3d printed wire wheels

[Bilingham]

I've been experimenting with 3D printing.  Here is a 1/24 scale wire wheel.

[Eric Macleod]

I would like to know how this was done. I can see a lot of use for these.

[Miatatom]

13 minutes ago, Eric Macleod said:

I would like to know how this was done. I can see a lot of use for these.

+1  They look good.

Equipment, materials, cost, time, etc.

[oldrevellfan]

do the file will be open file? It looks good!

[Jantrix]

That is very impressive. 

[bbowser]

Very nice!  Did you print at home or via Shapeways?

[Mike Chernecki]

Those look great. I would like to see this done with 50's wire hubcaps where the hubcap is in the center with a wire ring on the outside.

Like this 1956 Chevy Wire Hubcap.

[Bilingham]

Although I do most of my own printing, really detailed items like this go to Shapeways.  Search "Bilingham Design" to see all my stuff

[Bilingham]

https://www.shapeways.com/shops/bilingham-design

[THORDOOR220]

Very nice! I like to print my own items if I can, but I have yet to get a print quite like that. I wonder how they do it. Does that have any finishing or straight off the printer, or do you know? I can't even tell if there's layer lines....

[Oldcarfan27]

That's incredible! I want  those.

Can you design wire wheel hubcaps? Like the ones on 70s and 80s luxury cars. Nobody makes anything like that, and I'm looking to build an 80s Regal and Monte Carlo. 

Similar to wire wheels, but more shallow. Basically spokes with no offset. 

[Matt Bacon]

Amazing! They look absolutely fabulous.

Can you do smaller sizes? 18"s are too big for the classics I'd need them for, which are 15" or 16" at most...

...and I don't suppose you'd consider making up some of the unique Campagnolo's for this:

In 1/16th scale? There'd be quite a few of us out there with the otherwise rather nice Fujimi kit who'd buy a set!

All the best,

Matt

 

[Pico]

Bill uses Fusion 360:  https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/students-teachers-educators.

 

[Pico]

Download Fusion 360 - free for hobbyists - learn it, and you can make anything. Youtube has many videos and Udemy has courses, many are free: https://www.udemy.com/courses/search/?ref=home&src=ukw&q=Fusion 360 .

[Spex84]

That's a beautiful wheel! I'm surprised Shapeways allows it to be printed with such thin spokes. I'm guessing the wheel in the lead photo has received quite a bit of cleanup, right?

 

[THORDOOR220]

11 hours ago, Pico said:

Download Fusion 360 - free for hobbyists - learn it, and you can make anything. Youtube has many videos and Udemy has courses, many are free: https://www.udemy.com/courses/search/?ref=home&src=ukw&q=Fusion 360 .

I second this. I used Blender for all of my modeling, because it's what a friend of mine recommended and I'm now used to it. I've tried Fusion 360, and it's a very more professional feel. I will be learning to use it eventually. It's far more precise (or seems to be anyways) and, from what I've heard, is extremely easy to use. I've seen people make some outstanding things with this.

[Pico]

9 hours ago, THORDOOR220 said:

I second this. I used Blender for all of my modeling, because it's what a friend of mine recommended and I'm now used to it. I've tried Fusion 360, and it's a very more professional feel. I will be learning to use it eventually. It's far more precise (or seems to be anyways) and, from what I've heard, is extremely easy to use. I've seen people make some outstanding things with this.

I have used Sketchup for about 9 years now and am sorry I am so good at it, because I look at the F360 videos and think "That would be sooooo much easier than what I do now!"  But learning another software is a lot of work. I will eventually learn it, but I suggest learning F360 first. It's a professional software that you can get a job with and build your career on. And Bill isn't showing the best thing he's making with it. I think he's refining it. I'll let him unveil it when he's satisfied with it.

[Bilingham]

On 7/13/2018 at 4:20 PM, Spex84 said:

That's a beautiful wheel! I'm surprised Shapeways allows it to be printed with such thin spokes. I'm guessing the wheel in the lead photo has received quite a bit of cleanup, right?

 

Here are a set of four just as they came out of the box from Shapeways.  A good washing is all that's really necessary.

[Bilingham]

On 7/12/2018 at 6:38 PM, Bilingham said:

Although I do most of my own printing, really detailed items like this go to Shapeways.  Search "Bilingham Design" to see all my stuff

This set of Borrani style wheels are 1/24 scale 16" diameter for use on cars like the 250 GTO and TR.

[Foxer]

I've done some fine 3D printing at Shapeway and I'm interested in how smoothing the spokes comes out ... just washing and maybe with a toothbrush?

[Bilingham]

On 7/13/2018 at 10:19 AM, Matt Bacon said:

Amazing! They look absolutely fabulous.

Can you do smaller sizes? 18"s are too big for the classics I'd need them for, which are 15" or 16" at most...

...and I don't suppose you'd consider making up some of the unique Campagnolo's for this:

In 1/16th scale? There'd be quite a few of us out there with the otherwise rather nice Fujimi kit who'd buy a set!

All the best,

Matt

 

Post a picture of what your looking for.

[Greg Wann]

WOW!  They look amazing.

[Bill J]

Very cool wire wheels. I would really like to have some of the old Kelsey-Hayes type that came on numerous American cars from the late '40's through the mid-'60's. There are a lot of kits that would benefit from some of those factory optional Kelsey-Hayes wires.

[Ron Hamilton]

On ‎7‎/‎13‎/‎2018 at 10:05 AM, Oldcarfan27 said:

That's incredible! I want  those.

Can you design wire wheel hubcaps? Like the ones on 70s and 80s luxury cars. Nobody makes anything like that, and I'm looking to build an 80s Regal and Monte Carlo. 

Similar to wire wheels, but more shallow. Basically spokes with no offset. 

Missing Link resin has those wheel covers. I have some for an 80 Monte Carlo Build.