And even though I have been long familiar with creating parts out of nothing for prototypes, via the SLA process and resulting in some rubber form to cast urethane pieces....I am totally enthralled with the magic of modern 3D printing.  It is really amazing.  And they are gradually improving the resolution on these things too.  I mean, a little sandpaper and some spray paint, yep, it works totally fine.  And they are stout.

    On Monday, March 6, 2023 at 07:23:45 AM PST, Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net> wrote:  
 
  Ha-ha!!  I recently discovered that my local library has a 3D printer.  Made a Solidworks model; for that plastic trim piece on forward edge of inboard seat pedestal, long gone.  Took me a while to reverse engineer.  But, $1.38 later, I was back in business.  So, I might suggest looking around at your local library.  These folks want to be on top of things.  And...it was very fun to do.

    On Monday, March 6, 2023 at 07:07:48 AM PST, Pete Sicilia <pete@coffeepot.org> wrote:  
 
 Nice! Pivoting the thread slightly... which 3d printers are folks
using/liking these days?

I may need a new hobby to feed my old hobby 🤣

On Sun, Mar 5, 2023, 5:37 PM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> Cluster repair takes off
>
> :-)
>
> Btw I 3 d printed wee tabs to fix cluster hood down. As others have said,
> there are a couple of options to 3D print something , thingiverse.
>
> Alistair