3D Printed D10T Build

[TRUCKMAKER]

NICE! Are these the same scale? Can't wait to see the 657 sitting there with them!

[JDH429]

Originally Posted by Supermario

Your killing me Jason!

What a sweet looking combo I'm in love!

Haha, Thanks Mario

Originally Posted by TRUCKMAKER

NICE! Are these the same scale? Can't wait to see the 657 sitting there with them!

Yes they are both 1:14 scale, roughly . The 657 will be a giant. In this scale should be close to 4' long if i remember right. The tires are 7" tall. Still a bit of a ways away from seeing that picture. Thanks for the comments.

[Azonic]

Very nice, well done on both machines!

[quick691]

Love you work JDH429

What clearance did you use between your different parts ?

[Trackerman]

Jason,
How is the printed running gear going for wear? Really interested in your build.

Cheers

Paul

[td9clyde]

Very nice work, very interested in those printers.

[Pooie69]

Did you quit building?

[RCP57]

Originally Posted by Pooie69

Did you quit building?

He'll be back. He's just had a busy summer/fall.

[RexRacer19]

I've really enjoyed this thread. It inspired me to start my own 3D printed track loader project.

[cosworth34677]

Originally Posted by JDH429

Hired some help












Have a matched set now that some detail has been done on my Vario build.

wow!!!!!

[cummingsman29]

This is incredible ! I want one! Outstanding work !!

[Northern Farmer]

JDH429 you did a h3ll of a job on the build, looks bloody great
Have you ever got a chance to weigh the dozer ?

[skeeter]

I LOVE IT! I wish I had the ability to do things like that. I DON'T know much about computers, so CAD, & technical stuff like that is outta the equation for me.

[JDH429]

Thank you!

I haven't weighted it but It feels like 12 lbs maybe 15..?

It's never too late to play around with a free cad program and then maybe get a cheap printer to start out with. StArt with some simple models and work your way up.

[skeeter]

Originally Posted by JDH429

Thank you!

I haven't weighted it but It feels like 12 lbs maybe 15..?

It's never too late to play around with a free cad program and then maybe get a cheap printer to start out with. StArt with some simple models and work your way up.

I DIDN'T know htere were free programs! I thought all that powerful software was expensive. Do you have a link to such program that you'd recommend?

[JDH429]

Autodesk 123D and Tinkercad come to mind and Fusion360, although I'm not sure if that one is free or not. There are some others I'm sure. Plenty of Autodesk tutorials on YouTube to get you started too.

[skeeter]

Thank-you sir! I'll look into downloading one, or more of those, when my brother gets here to visit. He's the one that knows how to initially get stuff like that into my computer.

[JDH429]

No problem, have fun!

[Rvjimd]

Jason,

Are the track pads on the dozer printed? Is that a difficult print? It looks like there would be an overhang no matter which orientation it was printed?

I'm thinking about getting a printer or having a friend print track pads for my little Oliver Dozer.

Thanks for the great build thread, great work!

Jim

[JDH429]

Jim, yes I printed them and the way I avoided any support was printing them at a 45 degree angle, and a fine resolution. They came out great. I think I may have a pic showing the part orientation. If I'm going to make more in the future, I would like to try printing out of nylon, not that mine are worn but I really avoid driving it on anything but dirt if you know what I mean.







Heres how they printed... And a little trick i use when the part doesnt have alot of area to stick to the build plate in the printer like the chain here, is to design a small pad onto the part that gets printed like a foot, and later is easily broken off after the part is done. I loaded the build area up with as many tracks as i could fit. Hope this helps.