Somebody has to get his self a 3D scanner and go to town on all the parts we need. I would donate parts, but the stuff I find is mostly old and dilapidated, so would end up as URO quality once printed.
I do question the quality of the feedstock and how it compares to original formulation for most of the parts our old cars need. The new models seem to use basic crap chinee prastic flavor, as the bits in my W220 spontaneously de-molecularize at random moments, sloughing off large portions of prastic willy nilly clay On Apr 15, 2016, at 7:52 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: >> Has anyone done this? >> i.e. something to 3D printer, scan, print, and get decent plastic part >> replacement? >> ...or has anyone read review of printed parts? >> I should think that if GE can print a jet engine, plastic parts might >> be decent, if affordable. >> Thanks. >> mao > > I've seen it at E week at the U. If you can generate a 3d object in autocad > or other solid modelling software, someone can print the part. > > If you could get autocad files for MB prastic parts from the 50s through 80s > or 90s, there'd be a good bidness in printing new parts, but the finish would > not be as nice. > > All the junk MB does not want to stock and what we can't afford to pay mb > inflated prices for. > > THere are custom shops that print the parts to order. just send file and > stacks of cash... > > _______________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
