Check out the Tested channel on Youtube and watch Will and Norm assemble a Printrbot. A sub $500 3d printer although it only works in PLA, you'd probably want ABS for this application.
I'm seriously debating one... -Curt ________________________________ From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Thursday, October 9, 2014 2:30 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Source for Bumper Cover/3D Printer With that I would agree. Now we just need to get one.... I was reading an article on Hack A Day or MAKE, someplace like that, and they said that prices are really coming down on 3D printers. I have a friend who is retired military, that was recently visiting his daughter and her husband at Lackland AFB, I believe (somewhere in TX.) He had some sort of dental emergency that required a crown or repair to a tooth. The replacement was made right there with some sort of medical grade 3D printer. That certainly makes sense for a 3D printer application. Dan On Oct 9, 2014, at 2:22 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > That'd be a good thing to make with a 3D printer... > > -Curt > > From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Thursday, October 9, 2014 1:28 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Source for Bumper Cover > > Those tow hook covers can be stupid expensive. I saw some people on > Benzworld complaining about how expensive they were on the W140s. > > Dan > > > > > On Oct 9, 2014, at 1:20 PM, WILTON <wilt...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > > > 'Noticed coupla days ago that the the little tow hook door is suddenly > > missing from front bumper cover on my '87 300D - a bummer, but maybe I can > > forget about for a while at night and sleep well, anyway. > > > > Wilton > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Penoff via Mercedes" > > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 12:33 PM > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Source for Bumper Cover > > > > > >> Uh, right. That would be one HECK of a 3D printer. > >> > >> Yeah, I considered the plugs, but it really messes with the lines of the > >> car. I'm willing to wait to find the right one if necessary, it's just > >> that the grille on the bottom is busted up and look like crap. > >> > >> Dan > >> > >> On Oct 9, 2014, at 12:01 PM, Tim Crone <bb...@crone.us> wrote: > >> > >>> On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 11:49 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >>> Need a front bumper cover for the S420. I've seen a few on eBay, but > >>> they all have the Parktronic sensor holes in them. None of the local > >>> "recyclers" have any, either, although for as cheap as these appear to be > >>> I would just as well spend the money on a new (aftemarket) one, which > >>> appear to be around $175-$200. > >>> > >>> Sounds like a good use for a 3D printer. > >>> 1) Build a nice 3D model of the part. > >>> 2) Buy a nice, big 3D printer. > >>> 3) Print your part. > >>> 4) Sell us printing services for all our miscellaneous parts. :) > >>> > >>> Or perhaps more cost-effectively, find out if there is a cover plug for > >>> the sensor holes. I would be surprised if you couldn't find something > >>> that fit. > >>> > >>> Best, > >>> Tim > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > >> All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > >> individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > >> has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
