My Dad is putting in a replica air conditioning unit into his 1968 Camaro. The manual for the unit wants you to cut up the original car ducts to connect to the new unit. The original car ducts are worth some money so it would be silly to cut them up – especially if you have a 3D printer. So I took some measurements and designed adapters that would easily connect the new a/c unit into the original car ducts with no modification.
The 1968 Camaro
An adapter fresh off the printer
An adapter fresh off the printer
Since all my machine part surfaces are not machined flat, the build base isn’t perfectly square to the Z axis. This is necessary when trying to print big parts because the layers are so thin. I was aiming for holding a +/-.10mm tolerance across the build base. I measured the initial plate (when heated of course) in a 50mm grid and then placed brass shims where necessary between the build base and the build plate to make it level.
Measuring with a Caliper
Contour Map
Shiming
Production ended with a count of 24 openers, ready to open beers.
Openers
Color Openers
Openers
Openers
