Texas_3D_Customs

I am being realistic, I will be gone the first week in August, nothing goes as planned the first go round, but there are several parts that are the same so it comes down to mainly the body and grill, I am hoping by September 1 perhaps sooner but not much. Plus I assume we are doing a day cab and I don't want to play that game again of releasing one before the other as I know people bought the sleeper then were less than happy when I released the day cab later. I even saw a sleeper for sale on FB due to this.

I do have that, but at the moment I am not selling it separately, that may or may not change. I will be very honest I kinda am tired of the transmission only orders because I am not in the business of shining up others engines, and I now have evidence thats exactly what is going on. Now I get it you dont want my engine but you want the transmission and for that reason I instituted a minimum order as a single $3 part is a net loss after fees and supplies, no the resin doesn't change but the amount of packing and other supplies proportionally goes way up. I may start selling the 10R80 separately as a SBF transmission along with the TR-6060

I am going to finish by saying I try to keep my prices reasonable and I am not this big of a Jerk, but you shouldn't go around telling people how to run the business.

When you start a statement with don't take offense but you know that what you're saying but hey don't take offense to this but you have no idea what you're talking about I don't think you really fully understand CAD but but I mean don't take offense to it. Look I don't support the shapeways thing but I can charge for my file over and over and over again You see when you have an exclusive file you can put that premium on it and tell me that a lot of my files are not exclusive to me. So yeah I can continue to charge for my exclusive stuff over and over and over again and factoring in my time in there do you think Coke is only charging you for the sugar flavors and carbonation No they're charging you for what they made their formula if you will. You see most people here are against what you're saying because you're wrong but don't take offense to that.

Yeah there's free versions of programs and there are straight up free programs. But I can tell you that the free version of let's say Fusion 360 is limited not only that but you are not supposed to use it for profit if you're on the free version. Some of the totally free CAD programs they're garbage for someone who's wanting to do very extensive modeling but when you say the cost of the program is free so it's really not even about how much the program costs it's about the time you have to put into it do you think that honestly that 426 Hemi I made was like a 4-hour job?

So I'm going to say this shapeways is way overpriced especially for the quality they produce I'm not going to argue that What I am arguing is your logic about how much the designer is getting and I'm pretty sure I get it I mean if everybody in this conversation I think that I'm probably one of the most experienced people here as far as designing and selling. I like how you pulled in one of those items that was never intentional to be sold as an individual item Yes I sell a transmission for $3 that was never the intent but that's what people like to do now, but a whole engine cost $25 with a transmission and I think this is pretty obvious but even though I use better resin than most people I'm still making a profit off of it and how much I choose that's my business how much you pay your business if you don't like the prices on shapeways don't buy from them. The people who live there don't want to print but they also don't want to license off their designs Ron Olson is a very good example I've asked him told him I'd pay him royalty whatever he's making on shapeways I'll match it and I'll get added into the price but he wouldn't go for it He wants to keep control of his designs and I understand that. But to tell people they shouldn't list their stuff on shapeways and should print it themselves You're basically telling someone how to run their business.

So no I don't have any front wheel drive transmissions at the moment I mean I actually have files for them but no I'm not making them right now and they will be on a Honda engine but to think you're going to pay someone $0.50 for a design I'm sorry that's unrealistic there are very few designs that are $0.50 for $0.50 I'll draw you a cylinder literally a cylinder nothing else maybe you don't think people's design time is worth that but if you were to offer me $5 for one of my engines I would just flat out laugh I'm not trying to be mean I'm trying to be realistic I don't sell my files anyway. But if you were to imply that my prices are too high at $25 for and engine with a transmission You're paying for both my design time My printing time my working time You're paying for all of that A lot of people don't seem to understand that when they buy an engine off me they are paying me for my designs.

You do realize that the people that are selling on shapeways is cuz they don't print them themselves they just design so having their own website kind of defeats the purpose who's going to print it

Both the TLS Boggers and TSL super swampers are listed on my website

I actually have those I thought I listed them but you're right the normal 15-in version is not listed but I have them I'll get right on that soon

Given accurate dimensions this would not be a hard object to model by any standards

You do know I have those right

I can make those, but I have to get the file from Ryan which costs me to get commercial rights to it. Now I would be concerned about paying for the rights for just a single one off. I would not make them this size but in my 15" format.

Yet another W mod

So I have a pretty good selection off-road tires I'm not going to make ones that are very specifically made for that specific kit The wheels I mean you can always ask me a say it makes certain wheels but it'd be more useful to have the make and model of a wheel over a picture

I already do off-road tires and wheels I mean if you're very specifically looking for a certain set of wheels and you could always make a suggestion.

Busy little bee I am

No but I've seen pictures

By doing one in 1:1 do you mean print or have an actual 1:1 Slant six with a blower because the answer would be no to either and cant do that either way.

Listed @ Blown Slant 6

So I don't share my models and theres also different resins and environment. But mainly I don't share my files.

So when I get back to Texas to ight I will check on my test prints, assuming everything went well expect this soon.

I have these wheels and I used to sell them like a year or so ago. I can bring them back probably in 15x8 and 15x10 and you could use my BFG T/A tires with them at that size or 15x8 and 15x12 and then my other classic tires would work

Yes but printing all those small parts is very difficult to make proper clearances to get parts to fit together and also post processing shipping inventory... The list goes on why doing it separately is not as easy as just doing one offs like that.

Try spraying it over in gloss black I think you'll be happier with that