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grafty99

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: North Devon
Posts: 4802

2002 90 Td5 Station Wagon
1990 Vogue SE
Triumph Tiger Explorer 1200
Td5 90 Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic50767.html
Tdi 110 Thread https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic69562.html
RRC Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic54492.html
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22nd Dec 2017 9:29pm

grafty99

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: North Devon
Posts: 4802

I don't think white lettering would last long anyway as clean my defender a couple of times a week at least, I would wash it off

22nd Dec 2017 9:30pm

Procta

Member Since: 04 Dec 2016
Location: Sunderland
Posts: 5348

excuses, excuses, excuses, heard it all before back in the 2000s grafty

Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back

In the words of my Good Friend, Gary Forrest 1980 -2025
" we will work something out"

24th Dec 2017 3:10pm

grafty99

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: North Devon
Posts: 4802

Exactly, back in the 2000's. That was nearly 20 years ago

24th Dec 2017 7:46pm

Procta

Member Since: 04 Dec 2016
Location: Sunderland
Posts: 5348

Well i wouldn't go that far back to the year 2000, more like 2003/04 when procta was 18/19.

very good chance you would have been playing with match box landrovers

Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back

In the words of my Good Friend, Gary Forrest 1980 -2025
" we will work something out"

26th Dec 2017 3:16pm

grafty99

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: North Devon
Posts: 4802

2003/4 I would have been 11/12. Probably harassing my dad in the workshop "helping" with somthing

26th Dec 2017 5:25pm

grafty99

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: North Devon
Posts: 4802

For Christmas I got a 3D printer, which I am very excited about!

So I have already drawn up a design and it's printing as we speak. It's a replacement ash tray that replaces the one that I have modified to take a permanent Garmin mount.

This is the first CAD design - I quickly went back to the drawing board, however, as I had over engineered it and so the print time was 13 hours

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After a complete redesign this is what I settled on (the hole is for the ambient light sensor for my auto headlights.)

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The redesign took the print time down to 4 hours 50 minutes but as I am impatient I dialled everything up to 11. This resulted in a print time of just over 4 hours and it nearly completed ,but annoyingly failed when the extruder blocked through excessive flow.

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So lesson learned, don't push limits on your first print when you don't know what you're doing

This is the current progress of the design. Should be done by morning

Click image to enlarge 2002 90 Td5 Station Wagon
1990 Vogue SE
Triumph Tiger Explorer 1200
Td5 90 Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic50767.html
Tdi 110 Thread https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic69562.html
RRC Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic54492.html
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28th Dec 2017 1:16am

Procta

Member Since: 04 Dec 2016
Location: Sunderland
Posts: 5348

looking good there grafty! Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back

In the words of my Good Friend, Gary Forrest 1980 -2025
" we will work something out"

28th Dec 2017 1:51am

barbel jim

Member Since: 12 Dec 2012
Location: Northants
Posts: 1454

Santa was rather generous George

28th Dec 2017 9:52am

LandRoverAnorak

Member Since: 17 Jul 2011
Location: Surrey
Posts: 11327

grafty99 wrote:
For Christmas I got a 3D printer, which I am very excited about! So I have already drawn up a design and it's printing as we speak. It's a replacement ash tray that replaces the one that I have modified to take a permanent Garmin mount.

That's brilliant. I've always thought that the ash tray hole was ripe for adapting for a different use.

I reckon there'd be a market for a simple replacement just with a hole for a 12v socket in the middle, for sat nav power without being model-specific. Darren

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28th Dec 2017 10:24am

grafty99

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: North Devon
Posts: 4802

Thanks chaps

I have many things planned and am certainly open to suggestions and requests

28th Dec 2017 10:32am

grafty99

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: North Devon
Posts: 4802

Well after yet another redesign (because I cocked up the dimension of the ball) it is done. The quality is ok as a first go. Now I know the concept works I can do it again with higher quality settings.

Not fitted yet but here it is with Garmin attached, light sensor fitted and with the old bodge for comparison

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28th Dec 2017 9:06pm

trickster5000

Member Since: 12 Dec 2015
Location: East Yorkshire
Posts: 521

Looks like you have the same 3D printer as me! I've found 3D printing is both extremely rewarding and extremely frustrating/painful. I too have the impatience problem and a lot of prints have failed because I've rushed the printer.

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This was my ash tray replacement attempt:

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A very simple coin tray

Matt.

'89 90 CSW with a 3.5 V8 conversion (WIP) - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic46809.html

28th Dec 2017 9:16pm

Procta

Member Since: 04 Dec 2016
Location: Sunderland
Posts: 5348

I tell you what lads, see if you can do something with the bottom vents

as I think its just wasted heat going now where. Also sounds like you two need to have a chat about making a few quid together

Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back

In the words of my Good Friend, Gary Forrest 1980 -2025
" we will work something out"

28th Dec 2017 9:21pm

trickster5000

Member Since: 12 Dec 2015
Location: East Yorkshire
Posts: 521

3D printed vent flaps would be difficult because I don't know about you but I'm always banging my knee on them getting in and out and dumping stuff in the footwell and I just don't think you could print something strong enough.

Would need to be injection moulded - maybe next christmas eh grafty?!

Matt.

'89 90 CSW with a 3.5 V8 conversion (WIP) - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic46809.html

28th Dec 2017 9:45pm

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