3D Printing

barnsleyboy

Having bought a few 80's Marshall amps, the one thing that seems to be a recurring cosmetic issue is the plastic end caps on the handles. In the process of removing them they invariable get broken. The style is long since discontinued, but I like the plain simplicity of them. I was pondering whether or not it was possible to 3D print some replacements. I can run my digital callipers over the broken ones that I have, reproduce in Sketchup and export as an stl or obj file from which I could get them printed.



Has anyone had any success in printing bits for their guitar/ bass/ amps? If so, recommendations on material selection, finishing and any pitfalls would be much appreciated.

Cheers

m_c

If you can create a suitable STL, I can print a couple In petg for you try.

barnsleyboy

That would be most awesome, and very much appreciated! I'll get to work on the modelling front and drop you over a link.

normula1

My son did me some pedal toppers in Soviet grey and some in translucent once we found a couple of pedals had their LEDs too close to the switch.
He's also made me a knob puller which I actually used in anger last night. 

WBT2079

My friend did a strat pickguard and 3 single coil pickup covers in a lovely gold from spares I gave him, must say I was quite impressed with the test pieces. Just needed the plans tweaking slightly as they were about 1mm out between the holes in the pick guard and the covers.

Fez

I would go for ABS for material 

tanihhiavlt

normula1 said:

He's also made me a knob puller which I actually used in anger last night. 

Pics or it didn't happen

barnsleyboy

oo-er missus! go on, show us yer knob puller Phnarr Phnarr!!

barnsleyboy

A quick update on this post, @m_c very kindly sorted me out with 3D prints from an stl file that I created in sketchup. If onybody wants the stl, to print their own, message me and I can e-mail it. I also have a test piece which Moray sent me before he printed the final pieces. I can post this on so that you can check for fit before printing. I don't need it back, so forward on to anyone else who needs it.

I'm doing a bit of post processing work (sanding, filling, priming and spraying), at the moment, I'll put some pics up when they are done.

barnsleyboy

Work in progress, but I think these are going to come out remarkably well!

The 2 in the foreground are the raw unfinished prints. The mustard colour has been sanded and primed (probably should have used black filler primer, but I could only get yellow) and the top right is the original broken end cap. The finished one has been sprayed with Halfords matt black paint - probably needs another couple of coats to be on the safe side.

Once again, big thanks to @m_c for the 3D printing.

m_c

They're looking good now.

I did try cleaning the bed to get a better finish on the flat surface, but I think I've abused it for too long with the other parts I print for it to ever be smooth again.

I also found another one, which had got stuck in some paperwork, so if anybody wants one to try, it's currently cluttering up my desk.
I did think I had printed 10, but could only find 9, so printed an extra one.

PhilKing

If you have one, I'd gladly pay you for it.  My original Silver Jubilee combo is missing one.