3D printed tiller wheel

[pierclav]

First things first: credit to Jackpilot for the measurements.

8 hours of printing and plenty of finishing work in the following order:

1- Glazing putty (red) to fill the the surface of the 3d print

2- Sanding (100 and 220 grit)

2- Alternating coats of primer-finisher (grey) and polypropylene bumper primer (clear)

3- Sanding (220 and 400 grit)

4- Black acrylic

5- High-gloss clear coat.

I am pretty happy with the results for a first try. I will be happy to share the Solidworks and STL files (or any other format I can convert to).

Pierre

[727737Nut]

Very very cool!!   You thought about making them on a limited basis?   Great job!

Rob

[Aerosim Solutions]

Nice work!

I have these in stock Rob if you need one! - http://www.aerosimsolutions.com.au/products/b737-steering-tiller/

Cheers Gwyn

[Flying_Fox]

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I am pretty happy with the results for a first try. I will be happy to share the Solidworks and STL files (or any other format I can convert to).

Pierre

Excellent work Pierre!

I wonder - which 3D printer you use?

Nick

[pierclav]

Rob,

I am too busy at the moment to consider get into that business. I am semi-retired but building my cockpit has pretty much turned into a fulltime job. My goal was to save on shipping costs.

Nick,

The print was 1 cm too big for my Prusa so I had to farm it out to a local Makerspace. I live in Thailand so the costs are very reasonable. Not sure there would be a cost advantage if you have to farm it out in your part of the world. I looked at Shapeways and the liked and theirs costs are ridiculous. If you don't have access to a 3D printer that can handle the volume, it makes more sense to buy an off-the-shelf product such as Gwin's.

Pierre

[jackpilot]

merci de la référence...

[Flying_Fox]

Nick,

The print was 1 cm too big for my Prusa so I had to farm it out to a local Makerspace. I live in Thailand so the costs are very reasonable. Not sure there would be a cost advantage if you have to farm it out in your part of the world. I looked at Shapeways and the liked and theirs costs are ridiculous. If you don't have access to a 3D printer that can handle the volume, it makes more sense to buy an off-the-shelf product such as Gwin's.

Pierre

Hi Pierre,

No, I don't need to build the tiller - I already have one that I got from Gwyn.
I am just thinking of getting 3D printer, that's why I wonder which printers people use.

Nick