3D printed dirtbike parts - UPDATE

well done , keep us posted on the longevity of the new parts.

Crazy stuff

WOW! COOL. Let us know how it goes.

Great move on your part! Wish I could do that for a 81' YZ250 clutch basket.

YZ324 wrote:

Great move on your part! Wish I could do that for a 81' YZ250 clutch basket.

You can!
They are capable of rapid prototyping both aluminum and steel alloys now.

KC

I had the privilege to go to Rapid +TCT this year for work and was able to see a lot of cool new methods of additive manufacturing. A lot of stuff the would be awesome to see in the Moto industry.







Using additive manufacturing to make virtually any part out of Aluminim and Ti, and being able to do the mesh where extra strength isn't needed to reduce weight is awesome. Too bad the machine to do it cost upwards of a million dollars.

Millerrr973 wrote:

I had the privilege to go to Rapid +TCT this year for work and was able to see a lot of cool new methods of additive manufacturing. A lot of stuff the would be awesome to see in the Moto industry.







Using additive manufacturing to make virtually any part out of Aluminim and Ti, and being able to do the mesh where extra strength isn't needed to reduce weight is awesome. Too bad the machine to do it cost upwards of a million dollars.

That weight saving mesh is awesome! The possibilities are endless for this type of manufacturing.

Crazy to think where this could go in the next couple years

that is some cool technology, i watch a show on the Science Channel about 3D printing, soon the capabilities are going to be endless, badass stuff.

Millerrr973 wrote:

I had the privilege to go to Rapid +TCT this year for work and was able to see a lot of cool new methods of additive manufacturing. A lot of stuff the would be awesome to see in the Moto industry.







Using additive manufacturing to make virtually any part out of Aluminim and Ti, and being able to do the mesh where extra strength isn't needed to reduce weight is awesome. Too bad the machine to do it cost upwards of a million dollars.

It's a good business to get it to, that's where manufacturing is going in the near future. I was blown away with some of the stuff I saw at that convention. There was a French company (I forget the name) but their setup's accuracy was in the microns. Crazy to think that's possible and where it's going to go from here.

what online 3d modeling program did you use?

PTshox wrote:

what online 3d modeling program did you use?

Not sure what the OP used but you can use Fusion 360 for free for the first year if you're just a hobbyist. I recently tried it out to design a knife which is how I know this.

PTshox wrote:

what online 3d modeling program did you use?

I used Tinkercad. Pretty simple and easy enough to learn.

UPDATE - So I finally put my bike together and took if for a quick test ride in the pasture. The power valve operates perfectly. Now to get some hours on it and test the durability of the materials I chose for these gears.

Does this make me the first person to successfully repair a dirtbike using 3D printed parts? haha

I had some 316 Stainless Steel winglets made for a butter churn Absolutely incredible the cost savings wasn't huge but we avoided the hassle of machining, welding,EDM and final machine. I think we ended up with a better piece, I skipped the webbing this time around but next time is for sure on the webbing.

ron727 wrote:

UPDATE - So I finally put my bike together and took if for a quick test ride in the pasture. The power valve operates perfectly. Now to get some hours on it and test the durability of the materials I chose for these gears.

Does this make me the first person to successfully repair a dirtbike using 3D printed parts? haha

What material did you use?

early wrote:

What material did you use?

Shapeways has it listed as Black High Definition Acrylate.

Here's the materials data sheet if you're interested https://static1.sw-cdn.net/files/cms/materials/BDHA_data_sheet.pdf

Millerrr973 wrote:

It's a good business to get it to, that's where manufacturing is going in the near future. I was blown away with some of the stuff I saw at that convention. There was a French company (I forget the name) but their setup's accuracy was in the microns. Crazy to think that's possible and where it's going to go from here.

Microns... probably 100 of them. I am currently doing a measurement study on 3D printed parts, and there is no level of accuracy and repeatability close to micron level , Biggest issues are non uniform shrinkage and residual stresses in the material causing distortion when they are EDM'ed off the baseplates.

We have a V8 engine block that took 90 hours to print at half scale, will be interesting to see how that measures up.

Everything we have done needs to have a fiddle factor in it to print the same size as the CAD data it is printed from.

philG wrote:

Microns... probably 100 of them. I am currently doing a measurement study on 3D printed parts, and there is no level of accuracy and repeatability close to micron level , Biggest issues are non uniform shrinkage and residual stresses in the material causing distortion when they are EDM'ed off the baseplates.

We have a V8 engine block that took 90 hours to print at half scale, will be interesting to see how that measures up.

Everything we have done needs to have a fiddle factor in it to print the same size as the CAD data it is printed from.

The precision was +/-35 microns. Smallest layers possible was 20 microns. Add Up Solutions is the brand I am referring to.

ron727 wrote:

UPDATE - So I finally put my bike together and took if for a quick test ride in the pasture. The power valve operates perfectly. Now to get some hours on it and test the durability of the materials I chose for these gears.

Does this make me the first person to successfully repair a dirtbike using 3D printed parts? haha

Nope, I've been doing it for about 15yrs - sorry! I work for a prototyping company & often knock-up nylon parts on one of our SLS machines. I now run the CNC dept. so got lots of jobs on my list of things i "need" to make

Recently bought and assembled a Prusa i3 MK2 kit and have been having some real fun with it over the last two weeks.

Been downloading from www.thingiverse.com and printing other peoples designs

Doing my own designs in https://www.tinkercad.com/

I'v only printed in PLA so far but bought some ABS and some flex filament that I want to try this weekend.

My kids love it and have been learning how to use calipers and how to convert back and forth between mm and inches. (there like, why is there two systems)

It is just amazing what you can do and how you can customize things to just the way you want it.

ron727 wrote:

UPDATE - So I finally put my bike together and took if for a quick test ride in the pasture. The power valve operates perfectly. Now to get some hours on it and test the durability of the materials I chose for these gears.

Does this make me the first person to successfully repair a dirtbike using 3D printed parts? haha

Not really a 'repair', but a couple of months ago I printed myself a new exhaust spacer for my YZ 250. Seems to work fine.

Stretch67 wrote:

Recently bought and assembled a Prusa i3 MK2 kit and have been having some real fun with it over the last two weeks.

Been downloading from www.thingiverse.com and printing other peoples designs

Doing my own designs in https://www.tinkercad.com/

I'v only printed in PLA so far but bought some ABS and some flex filament that I want to try this weekend.

My kids love it and have been learning how to use calipers and how to convert back and forth between mm and inches. (there like, why is there two systems)

It is just amazing what you can do and how you can customize things to just the way you want it.

I have the same printer. I wouldn't print anything functional out of PLA. I've printed ABS, Ninjaflex, TPU and Carbon Fiber Nylon with great results. Not a whole lot of dirtbike related designs on thingiverse unfortunately. Have fun with it....its a great printer!

When I order new plastics for my future Alta, they better be 3D printed.

Jimfunn wrote:

Nope, I've been doing it for about 15yrs - sorry! I work for a prototyping company & often knock-up nylon parts on one of our SLS machines. I now run the CNC dept. so got lots of jobs on my list of things i "need" to make

That's awesome man! So I'm only 15 years behind in technology......I suddenly feel really old haha

So, watching this thread must have linked Facebook and Autodesk together to suggest I look at "Generative Design" through my Autodesk subscription. The sent me a PDF and I'll try and download it to share. Is there a way to share a PDF on here?

[url=http://hackrod.com/]

Here is one of the companies featured in the article I received.

Millerrr973 wrote:

It's a good business to get it to, that's where manufacturing is going in the near future. I was blown away with some of the stuff I saw at that convention. There was a French company (I forget the name) but their setup's accuracy was in the microns. Crazy to think that's possible and where it's going to go from here.

philG wrote:

Microns... probably 100 of them. I am currently doing a measurement study on 3D printed parts, and there is no level of accuracy and repeatability close to micron level , Biggest issues are non uniform shrinkage and residual stresses in the material causing distortion when they are EDM'ed off the baseplates.

We have a V8 engine block that took 90 hours to print at half scale, will be interesting to see how that measures up.

Everything we have done needs to have a fiddle factor in it to print the same size as the CAD data it is printed from.

Millerrr973 wrote:

The precision was +/-35 microns. Smallest layers possible was 20 microns. Add Up Solutions is the brand I am referring to.

Layer thickness is not accuracy. It is the increment of the build, not the laser accuracy. I will look at the site when i get back to the UK.

Think of it as internet speed... they tell you how fast it could be, they now how fast it should be, and you know what it really is.

First thing i thought of upon seeing this is to make powervalve parts that are nla. It would help complete a lot of older bike builds!

PTshox wrote:

what online 3d modeling program did you use?

ron727 wrote:

I used Tinkercad. Pretty simple and easy enough to learn.

Cool project. Well done getting in there and nutting it out. It seems a little bit overwhelming and expensive from the outside.