DIY Tooling Ideas

[ChelanJim]

@stinggray

I’ve seen videos of people using 3D printers to create tooling

Yes. Here are a couple examples:

Titan 25 tooling dies

Knick, Two questions that need to be asked before giving a meaningful answer. What kind of bends will you be working with? What is your range in material thickness? Tooling can get expensive really quick. I’m opting for the entire package LS is offering because I can use all of them with my designs immediately and lost time is money. That being said, their current offering, to buy everything, will set you back $3,637.70 before tax and shipping. If I were you, I would think about what you w…

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Yet another dimple die

[image] [image] These are the 3D printed dies. I need to work on the final form that I will distribute in the public domain as it needs some parts with 100% infill to withstand the compression force and others that are just for alignment. I’ll post an update soon but I would like to test this on a piece of scrap stainless

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Fix for XR Drains

I upload a project to Makerworld it has all the files and information 3.5 in sink basket swaging die set TinWhisperer by fourthstatecnc - MakerWorld [3.5-sink-basket-swaging-dies-tinwhisperer-v1] Bot Die 3.5 sink basket swaging tin.step (22.4 KB) Top Die 3.5 sink basket swaging tin.step (23.2 KB) washers X2 quarter steel 3.5 sink basket swaging tin.dxf (2.9 KB) 3.5 sink basket swaging dies tinwhisperer v3.f3z (578.1 KB) [3.5 sink basket swaging dies tinwhisperer v2] Description from ma…

There are several others. I did not mean to leave anyone out but my post is long enough.