Fordson tugger hoist

[Juke Joint]

Amazing as usual! 

Philip

[Ray Dunakin]

Sweet!

[Greg Hile]

Yeah, really nice!

[Chuck Doan]

Thanks!  

I couldn't bring myself to modify the Danbury manifold, so I spent some time making my own. This is a different version than the Danbury one, and I did a little photo scaling to figure most of it out. The nuts and pipes will not be printed, but will be added as separate items.

[finescalerr]

That should do. -- Russ

[TRAINS1941]

That should do. -- Russ

I agree with Russ 100%.

Jerry

[Bill Gill]

Looks good, Chuck.

[Juke Joint]

 
Dang! 

Philip

[lab-dad]

I am  curious what a "printed" Fordson would cost.
Marty

[finescalerr]

That might depend on who does it. If Shapeways, while the price might be lower, you might have to clean it up a lot. If a 3-D printing expert were able to produce parts requiring virtually no cleanup, it would require a lot more time and care to print and the price might be much higher.

By the way, remember how you were a little reluctant to learn SketchUp at first? I wish more people were as willing to overcome inertia.

Russ

[Chuck Doan]

I finished the manifold and cylinder head.




The previous parts were about sixty dollars, and this cluster is about forty (printed in the higher res version material). I did double up on the parts to allow for different orientations. In 1/16th scale, if everything was done including the wheels, probably over 250. Maybe more.

[TRAINS1941]

Those are some really nice looking parts.

Jerry

[lab-dad]

Thanks Chuck!
Might be an idea for a  "kit" for selected people. ....?.....
We don't want hacks building a Doanson....

Unc is right - more people should try Sketchup.
It's getting better/easier and really is a requirement if one intends to scratch build.
There is a learning curve but nothing worth while is easy....

Marty

[Carlo]

Chuck, Russ - Do you use Sketchup?
If so, it must be adequate for our needs, especially since I work in 1/12 scale.
Is it still free?  Source?
Carlo (it's time I drag myself into the new Century, I guess)

[finescalerr]

Chuck uses a very expensive professional program called Solid Works, something he works with in his profession everyday. The rest of us use SketchUp and it is pretty much all we need. Most hobbyists use the free version (SketchUp "Make"). It is available from a company called Trimble at https://www.sketchup.com. Any problem you encounter is more likely to be with a printing company than with SketchUp.

I'd encourage you and anyone else on this forum to download the program and mess around with it. You should be able to learn the basics quickly (two or three sessions) and it's fun. Our forum has a long sticky describing its use: http://www.finescalerr.com/smf/index.php?topic=877.0. Marc Reusser spent a lot of time creating the original instructions and others added a lot of very useful information for when you're a little farther along.

Creating a 3-D drawing is almost like scratchbuilding a model except you do it with a keyboard, mouse/trackpad, and monitor instead of knives, saws, and files. It can be very satisfying.

Russ