My advenures with 3D Printing. Our Public Library just acquired three 3D Printers.
It all starts with a design. This was done in Sketchup. It is a sketch of the front wheel sleeve. When finished, I take the file to another program called MeshLab. This will convert to something that the Library's software will understand. From there I need to load it on one of their Macs using the Maker software. This will add the printer characteristics that the printer needs like scaling, where on the plate it is placed and so on. Then it's off to the printer. I saved the file onto a flash drive and plugged it right in.
Here's the center section I drew up.
After some clean up the pieces can go together.
After they are joined together.
Eyeballing under my latest build. I'm not planning on using these for the 58.
Stay Tuned...