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01-02-2017, 05:59 PM | #1 |
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One possible future for making reproduction parts
One possible future for making reproduction parts...
3D printing... I'm not sure what the status is with 3D printing of steel, iron, or aluminum, but it's only a matter of time, one would take old soda cans in a hopper and print an engine block... A V8 printed engine : https://youtu.be/iAkzb1nXzwU
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01-02-2017, 06:05 PM | #2 |
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Re: One possible future for making reproduction parts
Forget it. I'm an old fart and like the real stuff.
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01-02-2017, 06:37 PM | #3 |
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Re: One possible future for making reproduction parts
I have wondered why a gas tank couldn't be done with 3D.
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01-02-2017, 06:46 PM | #4 |
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Re: One possible future for making reproduction parts
Done in modern synthetic materials, it would never rust.
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01-02-2017, 06:53 PM | #5 |
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That would be a great example... I would think that could be made today...
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Re: One possible future for making reproduction parts
You want to go to the trouble of making a fuel tank so you can stick it in the dash board ....?
Doesn't seem too hard to make a foundry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r41dcYUvNLk |
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Somehow, I got a completely different idea of the actual subject matter from the title of this thread. .
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I wonder if anyone has ever considered installing a bladder in good looking but rusty fuel tank.
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01-02-2017, 08:48 PM | #10 |
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Speedway is doing 3-D printing to create tooling for spindles and some other items. I really like the idea of bladders as a solution for rusty tanks. Actually, they could reduce liability issues.
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I cannot understand why folks believe they need a new gas tank. Why not restore what you have? This is kinda like the mindset that because I don't know how to bore a cylinder to the next size piston, instead I will buy a new engine block. Oh, and while I do feel that liability insurance could affect the price, for me it is the tooling costs that make stamping out fuel tanks cost prohibitive. Then, if you only had enough money for one set of dies, which specific tank do you choose?
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"I wonder if anyone has ever considered installing a bladder in good looking but rusty fuel tank. Just a thought. "
------------------------------------- Now THAT is a good thought, one with promising possibilities - if the detrimental elements of 'Corn Gas' and Petroleum Gas can be brought under control. Remember 'real' gas eats things up and 'Corn' gas is even worse. BUT if those two problems were solved (tough job), then I think the other problems (Installation, Government Approval, EPA Approval,etc.) could be worked out, and we would have a great solution to a problem that plagues a great many of us. |
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I kinda thought we had discussed this before, but I am always ready to implement modern methods, ...so refresh my memory on how this bladder would work, please. I thought we calculated it, and the area between the baffles for the bladder to sit in would only hold something like 4 gallons thus yielding a 50 mile cruising range. Most of the comments I remember were to the effect of the bladder really would not be worth the trouble. Has something changed since then?? |
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as an aside I wonder what took so long to move the steering column support bracket as the later location would have saved manufacturing costs associated with the former tank design. |
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society in general has moved from repair to throw-away and old car owners are not immune from those ramifications. |
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