Rear Seat Recline handle 3D files

[Flyler]

I made this for my 68 M20F as the original handles were cracked.  With my interior, the back of the handles were rubbing quite a bit against the kick panel, so I releived the back side a bit and shortened the overall length to keep that from happening.  If anyone would like a modification, let me know.  The back relief does make it more challenging to print.

If you would like the 3d geometry files just let me know, I would post them but the file type isn't allowed.

EDIT: here's the STL file on Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6830500 

 

 

[Fly Boomer]

11 minutes ago, Flyler said:

If you would like the 3d geometry files just let me know, I would post them but the file type isn't allowed

Nice!

[EricJ]

Very nice!

 

[AJ88V]

Excellent work, Flyler!

Maybe you could post the files on Thingaverse https://www.thingiverse.com/ or someplace like that?

In fact, maybe somebody has already started a Mooney section on one of the 3D CAD posting sites.

---- update ----

Lo and behold, a quick search for "3d printed parts Mooney" picked up this very part:  https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3074623

I think Flyler's design has a couple of nice updates.

 

[Flyler]

23 minutes ago, AJ88V said:

Excellent work, Flyler!

Maybe you could post the files on Thingaverse https://www.thingiverse.com/ or someplace like that?

In fact, maybe somebody has already started a Mooney section on one of the 3D CAD posting sites.

---- update ----

Lo and behold, a quick search for "3d printed parts Mooney" picked up this very part:  https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3074623

I think Flyler's design has a couple of nice updates.

 

I do recall seeing that one and it looked very much like a 1:1 design of the original part.  Looks great and prints well.  I just wanted to make a slightly "fancier" version with some rounded edges for my plane 

I'll take a look at getting things uploaded to thingiverse.

[Patrick Horan]

45 minutes ago, AJ88V said:

Excellent work, Flyler!

Maybe you could post the files on Thingaverse https://www.thingiverse.com/ or someplace like that?

In fact, maybe somebody has already started a Mooney section on one of the 3D CAD posting sites.

---- update ----

Lo and behold, a quick search for "3d printed parts Mooney" picked up this very part:  https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3074623

I think Flyler's design has a couple of nice updates.

 

That was actually my handle for my M20C. One of my handles broke. Someone reached out and offered to recreate it and 3d print it. So I sent him my good handle and he uploaded the 3d file to thingverse

[Johnny U]

On 11/8/2024 at 8:59 AM, Patrick Horan said:

That was actually my handle for my M20C. One of my handles broke. Someone reached out and offered to recreate it and 3d print it. So I sent him my good handle and he uploaded the 3d file to thingverse

We need to learn how to do this as a body… I have played around a little bit with some of the free CAD softwares, but the learning curve is a bit steep. I believe you can create a relatively accurate wireframe model using a camera/photogrammetry and the turn it into a wire frame model/printable *.STL file. Does anyone here have and end-to-end tutorial they could recommend?

[Flyler]

On 11/9/2024 at 8:44 PM, Johnny U said:

We need to learn how to do this as a body… I have played around a little bit with some of the free CAD softwares, but the learning curve is a bit steep. I believe you can create a relatively accurate wireframe model using a camera/photogrammetry and the turn it into a wire frame model/printable *.STL file. Does anyone here have and end-to-end tutorial they could recommend?

My CAD skills are rusty, and technology is absolutely making things easier.  With that said, it is certainly a skill.  You can absolutely acquire that skill, but it takes a good amount of time commitment.  In my past experience with scanners, they do a good job capturing the geometry but they function by creating a "point cloud" which is just 3d points in space.  It doesn't give direct feedback as to things such as curves or flat surfaces.  So, generally, it takes some rework in CAD.

 

If anyone wants to send me parts to reverse engineer, I would be happy to do so.  I'll see about getting a "thingiverse" account set up too.

[Flyler]

I created a Thingiverse account and added this as a "remix".  It looks like I'll need to wait 48 hours for the link to be active as my account is brand new.  https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6830500  I'll update my original post as well.

[Johnny U]

16 minutes ago, Flyler said:

I created a Thingiverse account and added this as a "remix".  It looks like I'll need to wait 48 hours for the link to be active as my account is brand new.  https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6830500  I'll update my original post as well.

Wow- you’re not fooling around! Now if we can only start printing out intake ducts to avoid the 35-week wait time from LASAR!

[Yetti]

On 11/13/2024 at 2:02 PM, Johnny U said:

Wow- you’re not fooling around! Now if we can only start printing out intake ducts to avoid the 35-week wait time from LASAR!

So I looked into this.   They are now printing with silicone, which would be muy bueno.    Not sure if there is a service that will print in silicone yet.   I did check into buying the slicone printer.   I saved my old duct for this reason.

[Flyler]

Can someone show me which duct part you're referencing? 3D printed parts are no where close to injected or machined parts of the same material. There's voids everywhere. For a little handle it's really no problem, but for other areas... Have to be careful.  You can still utilize the printer for molds or fixtures though.

[Igor_U]

19 hours ago, Flyler said:

Can someone show me which duct part you're referencing? 3D printed parts are no where close to injected or machined parts of the same material. There's voids everywhere. For a little handle it's really no problem, but for other areas... Have to be careful.  You can still utilize the printer for molds or fixtures though.

I think they he's referring to this intake air duct:

 

[Flyler]

Oof... That's a job I am not familiar with.  Looks like silicone impregnated cloth? Unfortunately I've not made anything like that before.