Sab-a-dab-a-doo! The back-country LJ build has officially started

[Apparition]

She's a beaute, Clark!

Better be, he already filled the shitter.

 

[RocknLJ]

Wait, isn’t it supposed to be color matched to the console?

 

[sab]

Wait, isn’t it supposed to be color matched to the console?

Yes, but Bambu said it'll take 26 weeks before my 10,000 roll minimum order of Khaki ASA filament ships. Stay tuned! [or not]

 

[RocknLJ]

Nice work as usual BTW!

 

[sab]

After a couple test prints to get the thicknesses dialed in and one aborted final print, a 20 hour print yielded usable (not the most aesthetically-pleasing) pair of dust seals for the cutting brake levers:

The design of those, since they are form-fitted, was pretty complicated and took me quite a long time to get right. What's next? Stay tuned...

 

[FarFire70]

And Bob's your uncle:
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I'm very pleased with the results, especially given the effort it took to get here. All that's left is my attempt at dust seals for the cutting brake slots, but I'm not confident it'll work. Alas, that'll have to wait a few days. I'm going to go try to put some meat on the ground tomorrow and Tuesday in a cull hunt on a friend's beef cattle farm. I've been waiting (a long time) for some cooler weather because I don't like sweating when I hunt. There's a cold front moving in!

Stay tuned!

Looks great!! Congrats on overcoming the hurdles and getting a great product!

However, I have in mind a way to salvage this print, and I'm wondering what y'all experienced 3D printers think of this plan. As long as that mounting tab is the only damage and it doesn't cause the print to abort, I'll cut off the remainder of the tab, print a new tab with a mounting flange, use 27 clamps on the welding table to hold everything in place like I typically do, and glue the new tab on. So, as I've said several times, I may end up with a bonded, two-piece print after all. Thoughts? Will the bond be strong enough? It would be mainly loaded in shear, which is the best load case for a bonded joint.

Although as I caught up on this thread - I was very disappointed to read this part. 27? You thought that would be enough?





Been fun watching along - can't wait to see your next, even more complicated, prints to come!