3D Printed Relay Holder

davamb · Jun 29, 2016

21st century hi-tech solutions for a machine that has its roots half-way back into the 20th. Great stuff!

swooshdave · Jun 29, 2016

While you can buy a bit of plastic to do the job the spools of filament for printing is about $20/kg and one of these mounts is about 8g so, well that's math. Maybe a few pennies?

grandpaul · Jun 29, 2016

Don't mean to rain on your 3D parade, but you've overlooked the cost of the electricity to run the machine, the life-cycle cost of the printer itself, and of course your time to setup each printing session, etc.

Still, it is considerably fulfilling to build stuff yourself, I can vouch for that!

swooshdave · Jun 29, 2016

grandpaul said:
Don't mean to rain on your 3D parade, but you've overlooked the cost of the electricity to run the machine, the life-cycle cost of the printer itself, and of course your time to setup each printing session, etc.

Still, it is considerably fulfilling to build stuff yourself, I can vouch for that!

Yes, I counted every microamp. :roll:

It's worth it for the ability to create truly custom parts.

dennisgb · Jun 30, 2016

Dave,

Not to rain on your parade but you might want to add a web on the opening between the two relay boxes on the end away from the bolt hole. Thinking that if you plan to use nylon it may want to bend or flex together. Years of plastic part design tells me that.

jeffdavison · Jul 3, 2016

https://www.facebook.com/verge/videos/1066537116715964/

swooshdave · Jul 3, 2016

dennisgb said:
Dave,

Not to rain on your parade but you might want to add a web on the opening between the two relay boxes on the end away from the bolt hole. Thinking that if you plan to use nylon it may want to bend or flex together. Years of plastic part design tells me that.

There really shouldn't be much movement. I did add a filet on the inside corner.

swooshdave · Jul 17, 2016

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