Printing 3D Parts?

[Drew Bedo]

There is a thread in the Cameras and Equipment forum that started out discussing lens boards, but has morphed into am interesting discussion of 3-D printing.

Does anyone here do any 3=D printing to create parts or even re-creat missing or damaged parts for vintage equipment?

[DrTang]

ya know..I searched for 3D printers once.. and now a banner ad comes up everywhere I go talking about their 300 dollar 3D printer -
300 bucks! - so I been racking my brain to come up with something..anything I could use it for to justify buying a new toy

I got nothing

[barnacle]

I'd love to find a decent inexpensive 3-d print house in the UK for hobbyist use. The mech design guys at work use SLA and SLS printing for proofing parts before we make the plastic moulds, but they're both expensive and not hugely precise. Even the self-supporting sintered powder prints can droop a little, though it's good enough for prototypes. As an example, a recent build - two halves of an interlocking hollow ring about six inches across and somewhat under an inch in thickness was around three-four hundred quid for a single copy.

Which is why my home-built cameras are hand made wood and brass...

Neil

[Jockos]

I've made a lens (!) for a speed graphic, and today I assembled my Industar 37 with Packard with the help of 3D printed parts. I don't own a printer, I just do the designs and pay someone on 3dhubs.com to print them..

Link to thread:
http://www.largeformatphotography.in...g%29&p=1352163

[IanG]

There's a post by a UK member who had an MPP WA lens board made recently by 3D printing and the cost was quite reasonable. The search facility here won't pull it up but it's in the last 3 weeks.

Ian

[OeT]

Here are some of my photography related designs
All can be downloaded from my thingiverse
http://www.thingiverse.com/oet/designs

Ground glass holder


Rittreck 5x7 lens board



Nikkor 210mm f5.6 lens hood

[OeT]

Some more

Rittreck 5x7 body cap



Lens caps for Mamiya RB67


Grip fore the Travelwide 4×5

[Two23]

Does anyone here do any 3=D printing to create parts or even re-creat missing or damaged parts for vintage equipment?

That's what I'd like to know! I have had duplicate parts machined at a specialty shop and it was pretty expensive. I have a couple of other metal parts I'd like duplicated to complete a couple of cool lenses I have. And, wouldn't it be cool if a "printer" could make glass lenses so we could make use of those old brass tubes that come available from time to time?


Kent in SD

[Amfooty]

A friend of mine, Drew Nikonowicz, 3d printed a whole 4x5, save for the bellows and 80-20 monorail. http://www.donttakepictures.com/dtp-...rew-nikonowicz . While it's missing a few movements compared to other monorails, it's still a really cool project.

[Leigh]

You'll find a lot of info in the Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing) forum at PracticalMachinist.com
That's the largest machining-oriented site on the web, with over 10 million unique visitors per year.
It's populated mostly by professionals in the manufacturing and machining industries, so lots of expertise.

http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb...-printing-new/

Generally speaking, 3D printed objects are not strong.
There are machines that print metal and can make stronger parts, if you want ($$$).

- Leigh