3D print quadrant control tips

[RobertGary1]

I’ve glued my mixture control end several times but it broke again. Looks like it would be trivial to 3D print if someone had the file. 

-Robert 

[Hephaestus]

Got a decent camera and some pictures? If it's not too nasty I'll draw it up.

[Bartman]

A while back someone posted some made of aluminum that were anodized the proper color and shape. They looked nice. 

[Marauder]

A while back someone posted some made of aluminum that were anodized the proper color and shape. They looked nice. 

That would be me. A former MooneySpace member made it to my specifications.




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[Marauder]

I just bumped another thread where another member made one back in April.


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[RobertGary1]

2 hours ago, Marauder said:

 

That would be me. A former MooneySpace member made it to my specifications.




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Do you think he’d still make some ?

[Marauder]

Do you think he’d still make some ?

I got to see if I can find his name first. It was over 3 years ago and he had just sold his Mooney. He also made a bunch of us those fire extinguisher holders.

I’ll look when I get back to my PC.


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[Hephaestus]

Like I said - If you guys get me a picture of the lever and dimensions on it - and an idea of what you want the handle to be (I see a few versions) it's only a few minutes in CAD to draw it up and 45-1hr to print it...

There's a mixture lever based off a 60s money pic I found... Guessing the lever is about 1" flatbar with a 1/4" hole? Fusion 360 says I spent 8 minutes on it... With rendering. 38 minute print with a .8 nozzle on my railcore. 

Edited September 30, 2018 by Hephaestus

[Hephaestus]

Bored waiting on phone calls today - does it show?

[Stephen]

On 10/1/2018 at 5:14 PM, Hephaestus said:

Bored waiting on phone calls today - does it show?

Looks great, what about a maple leaf shaped mixture   

[Hank]

10 minutes ago, Stephen said:

Looks great, what about a maple leaf shaped mixture   

Some people 3D print. I prefer wood, because I can carve things that are difficult to draw . . .  This is a radio volume knob for a friend's Mercedes with his name carved into it.

[Stephen]

39 minutes ago, Hank said:

Some people 3D print. I prefer wood, because I can carve things that are difficult to draw . . .  This is a radio volume knob for a friend's Mercedes with his name carved into it.

Very cool!

[Hephaestus]

1 hour ago, Stephen said:

Looks great, what about a maple leaf shaped mixture   

Nothing's impossible

1 hour ago, Hank said:

Some people 3D print. I prefer wood, because I can carve things that are difficult to draw . . .  This is a radio volume knob for a friend's Mercedes with his name carved into it.

But when you can print in wood filament... The details can get even finer

[Hank]

1 minute ago, Hephaestus said:

Nothing's impossible

But when you can print in wood filament... The details can get even finer

But it's still plastic, no grain, reduced strength, colors from dye. The radio knob is natural colored paduak from Central America, with a little paint used to bring out the carving. Posted here, there's much more detail visible than when I carved it with magnification. Could have done better cleaning up the paint . . . . . It bled too much into the grain . . . . .

[Hephaestus]

Takes paint, stains, sands carves and glues like wood. 

I've been playing with the graining, the 3d print actually adds a grain so to speak in layer lines, so it's fairly easy to create a grain texture appearance. 

[RobertGary1]

Got a picture. Since we no longer carry coins for size reference I used a aaa battery. 

 

[FloridaMan]

You should have a caliper to measure things. 

https://www.amazon.com/Anytime-Tools-Caliper-Reading-Standard/dp/B00B5XJW7I/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1538671508&sr=8-8&keywords=caliper 

[Hephaestus]

Is that the generally preferred design? Or did someone have an idea that they'd prefer? Hexagonal is easy, just the question of stock or something nicer.

Edited October 4, 2018 by Hephaestus

[RobertGary1]

33 minutes ago, Antares said:

You should have a caliper to measure things. 

https://www.amazon.com/Anytime-Tools-Caliper-Reading-Standard/dp/B00B5XJW7I/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1538671508&sr=8-8&keywords=caliper 

Oh, sure I could measure it with a caliper. I wasn't sure what level of precision he wanted.

-Robert

[Hephaestus]

Calipers are good my favorite tool next to my 60s vintage slide rule. I'm a disturbed individual I know...