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As you see here is a 3d printed headlight shell for a 1983 185s. I am pretty sure it fits the 200 model as well. If print more of these in red and cleaner, would there be interest in these. I could sell them for around 45-50$(rough estimate).
P.S. this picture is before supports material are removed.
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Also would be able to do in multiple colors.
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With a little more refinement, you'll have something marketable. Good job so far.
The shell bolt area, bottom center, has reinforcements on the OE one. That is a weak spot on any of them. It's one area most likely to break. You may want to make that beefier than OEM. The factory one also has a recessed spot to hold a hex nut. That's not a deal killer, but that area needs something more than a perpendicular, flat mounting tang. Some type of gussets to spread the load out.
The rest of the bucket looks pretty solid. The OEM ones are pretty durable except for the spot I mentioned. Improve on that, and post a picture of a finished product, and you may be able to sell quite a few. Even high volume, injection molded plastics have finishing processes. They don't all come out of the mold ready for assembly. I've got a scar from an X-Acto knife to prove it. Operating an injection molding machine was one of my many previous jobs.
Multiple colors? Yes!
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4 Wheels? Huh?
Agreed on beefing up the flat tang, i have had many of them with that broken. Some gussets would definitely help. How many shells and what is the infill percentage? I would go with at least four perimeter shells if your not doing 100% solid print. I assume you are using ABS? Because then it could be sanded and acetone smoothed, even a bit of body filler if someone really wanted to go for a smooth finish. I generally sand anything that is rough then do an Acetone smooth in a cheap rice cooker, works great and the parts look like injection molded. I used to run an injection molding machine as well at a previous job, i spent a lot of time snipping sprues off while the machine was cycling.
Only other suggestion i can make is that going with a larger nozzle will give you quicker print times and fatter layers but it makes for a lot more surface clean up. I could print one at .2mm layer height and the surface would be nearly smooth on my printers, but the print time would be horrendous, probably 14-16 hours. I did some parts in my MSLA printer and now i wish i had one big enough to print something this size, resin printing really is amazing, but my 7 other FDM printers were a lot cheaper!
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1984 Honda ATC200ES "Big Red"
1982 ATC200E "Hondie"
1988 TRX300FW "Project Quad" Still in progress....
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How long did that print take ? Day or so ? And what material are you using pla or petg?
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Pla. 10hrs
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That’s not to bad for the size of it. Did you use a 3D image converter?
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No, I used a design not by me just to see if my printer would print it. Now I have to design my own rendition to be able to sell it
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Good idea. Only worries is people would distribute it
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I'd make a mold. Parts will be way stronger, cleaner.
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The Chinese would never do such a thing....Originally Posted by Mike33
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That is what I was getting at, I was replying more about the people on here
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Would painting the print red or printing in red be better. Painting would be closer to the red but could flake. Printing in red wouldn't chip but wouldn't exactly match with the red of the machine
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My vote is print in red. I’d rather have something close on color that is durable as opposed to a perfect color match
3 Wheels:
1982 Honda ATC 185s
1983 Honda ATC 250R
1984 Yamaha 225DX
1985 Honda 250SX
1986 Honda Big Red 250ES
4 Wheels:
1986 Suzuki LT50
1987 Honda TRX 250 Fourtrax
2023 Honda Foreman
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Here is the final product.
Thoughts?
Last edited by Mike33; 01-24-2021 at 10:03 PM.
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