Car sos Astra GTE

[pauly22]

Don't know how many have seen this show, but I watched the Astra GTE one recently.

They needed a new centre cap for a wheels and they had it 3D printed by a place in Aston Birmingham.

They never say the names and things of places that I could see, I wondered if anyone knows that place or a place where I can take something which they can use and make the computer file to build me a new one.

Everyone online all say upload the file which I haven't got.

Thanks. Paul.

[mashedpot8er]

maybe try popping into your local college / uni. See if they can scan said object for you in return for a charitable donation of their choice. Ya never know. Or take some accurate measurements of the critical lenghts / diameters and take good photos and see if someone can model it up for you in 3d. You might have to adjust the 3d print to suit / fit though. What is it you need doing ?

[pauly22]

I'm trying to see about capri turbo tail spoilers

I don't know how big you can make things with these printers or anything. Just watching that show seems can pretty much print anything.

[BT]

I saw that one, one of the only ones I have seen.

I don't know if they say anything in the credits like they do with other shows. When I was at uni we had one many years ago, the waiting list to get on it was chronically long!

I am not familiar with the item you're wanting to produce, if it already exists could it not be replicated with a fibreglass mould?

[meaningreen]

Watch it again, there's usually a gratis shot of the company name over the door.

[mashedpot8er]

Something that big will be hugely expensive to 3d print. Might be cheaper to get one cnc milled, but again, you'll need a 3D cad file.

[raymondo]

Email the garage, Westgate classics.

[cjl1281]

If you're on Twitter you could tweet Fuzz because someone tweeted him once about where they get the soft tops made and he replied saying Aldridge Trimming.

[cobblers]

If you want something 3d printing there's a load of services online that'll do it for you, eg shapeways or 3Dhubs. See if you can draw up what you like with Tinkercad.com

However a 3D printer isn't expensive nowadays.

£147:
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2016-Upgraded-Full-Quality-High-Precision-Reprap-Prusa-i3-DIY-3d-Printer/221985481951?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D37255%26meid%3Def8d7da35c8c42c6a868725a690f885e%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D18%26mehot%3Dag%26sd%3D221783391069

I have one of these: www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2016-Upgraded-Full-Quality-High-Precision-Reprap-Prusa-i3-DIY-3d-Printer/221985481951?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D37255%26meid%3Def8d7da35c8c42c6a868725a690f885e%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D18%26mehot%3Dag%26sd%3D221783391069 and it prints just as well as the £1700 one we have at work, it just needs a lot more TLC to keep it working.

[joem83]

If you have one, you could make a mould out of fibreglass and make a new one using fibreglass and pu foam.

I know our uni can 3d scan just about anything and turn it into a cad file.

[Midland Performance & Retro]

I remember looking on the website of the place that did it whilst that episode was on, so there must have been a clue there somewhere which I typed into Google. I can't remember what or the name of it now without watching it again.

[Littlepixel]

I can't watch it right now but there's a catchup version of the show on the Dailymotion site if you want to revisit and see if the company gets a namecheck



To get the file you usually need to get the part (you need one to make more ) 3d scanned so it can then be replicated.


Just my experience around this sort of thing:

I've used a company called 'Shapeways' in the Netherlands before to get a few small bike parts made - it is relatively expensive as cost is measured in terms of potential volume - ie a cube based around the x y z dimensions of the object rather than the actual volume taken up by the part. But printing in plastic is a lot cheaper than metal.

Shapeways don't do scanning though, so the parts I made were done with the free Google 3D app, www.sketchup.com/download which is tricky to learn, but potentially good for things like hubcaps if you're measuring off an original with a proper vernier caliper. Getting accurate detail like a manufacturer logo on a centre-cap definitely a more 'pro' skills thing.

[deano123]

Within the first few minutes of the program it clearly shows this company made the centre caps

www.robochallenge.co.uk/