| Author | Message | ||
     Pikeben08 |
 Still have a couple of tweaks to make, but this is the prototype. My plan is to vapor polish and paint the final version. | ||
| Mikethediabetic |
3d printed? | ||
| Purpony |
looks like FDM to me. | ||
| Greg_cifu |
I give it 1 mile before it breaks. That's optimistic. You may not make it out of the driveway. The 25 Years Of Buell book describes the story of the M2 tach kit breaking on the test fixture. That was aluminum. 3D printed stuff is just not strong enough. | ||
| Thylacine |
I agree with the breakage issue. Only I give it just enough time to let you think it will work and then break in an inopportune predicament. | ||
| Purpony |
I'm guessing he will make it out of aluminum after this test fit..?? The dash pod on my bike when I had my xb headlights is 3d printed in nylon with a few thousand miles and has held up fine... but it's fully supported all the was around. My bar end mirrors are also 3d printed | ||
| Pikeben08 |
Man. Negative nancies.  Actually there is a vertical support attaching to the front of the triple tree on the back side with some ribbing. Its also a half inch thick. I had to rethink the top mounting holes, not pictured, since they would interfere with the pinch bolts on the triple tree. We'll see if it breaks or not. My buddy is printing it for me for a six pack so  . I'll just keep some zip ties with me just in case. Could always try to put some metal in the center of the print for support as well. I'll post some pics of the final version when I get it. I always have the stock dash if it doesn't work out. One beer of your choice says that I make it to work and back. 36 miles round trip.  What's the story behind the M2 dash? | ||
| Ratbuell |
Page 81, "25 Years of Buell", Canfield/Gess: "The "test target" is clamped in the arm and a simple counter is set to zero. An engineer checks everything...notes the number of required oscillations (say 100,000), and notes the date and time the test is expected to conclude, perhaps four days hence, perhaps next week. As the tach kit begins to shake, the engineers confirm the test has started properly and head back to the double doors leading into the office. Just as they approach the door, about 12 paces from the shake-a-traption there is a loud "kachink" and a cleanly broken in half tach kit skates past on the concrete floor. Egads, declareth the learned engineers and they promptly return, load another blank, and start back to the office. "Kachink"...Yikes! ... So now the folks at Buell are staring at a tach kit that has an expected service life of about 7 miles and whose single saving grace is consistency - each one breaks at about the same place in the same amount of time." Can't wait to hear how it turns out  | ||
| Coxster |
Could you put a back on it made of ABS? I have the 2000 tach kit and that's sure what it looks like | ||
| Pikeben08 |
The whole thing is made of ABS. | ||
| Purpony |
I was going to say... it is abs. It may hold up fine. I would say SLS would so FDM may. It's just the weight of the gauges and the vibes make a questionable combo. What type of machine? Due to the decent finish and size it's a stratysis or something more high end then a home printer. | ||
| Pikeben08 |
Agreed about the vibes and mass. But we'll see. That's the beauty of the 3d print, just make another one. He built his own printer, its his second attempt. He used the a kit for the first one and then built parts with that to make his current version. |
