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I turned an old piston in a phone dock with a 3d printed insert

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2016 8:39 am
by mongerrr
I thought there'd be some people on this forum that would find this interesting.

I used an old piston from my first bike (ktm 200) and made a 3d printed insert with a slot for a cable, to use the piston as a phone dock. The 3d model I made is free to be modified for other bikes and used for your own parts

The link to my blog page is http://mongerrr.github.io/2016-09-05-piston-dock/

Here are 2 pictures of the dock from my post

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Tell me what you think

Re: I turned an old piston in a phone dock with a 3d printed insert

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2016 11:20 am
by PA
The piston still has rings.

Re: I turned an old piston in a phone dock with a 3d printed insert

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2016 7:51 pm
by TerrY
Hopefully not all the time!

Re: I turned an old piston in a phone dock with a 3d printed insert

Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2016 9:33 am
by David Lahey
PA wrote:The piston still has rings.

:wink: a dad joke for Fathers' day. I thought I was going blind for a while

Re: I turned an old piston in a phone dock with a 3d printed insert

Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2016 9:36 am
by David Lahey
Did you machine the dome off the piston crown so it sits flat?
I use my old pistons for wind chimes and only need a hole drilled through, none of this fancy 3D printing stuff

Re: I turned an old piston in a phone dock with a 3d printed insert

Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2016 11:11 am
by holster
Good job.

What material/colour options are available from the 3d printer? Could you print a metal-look piece or does it need to be painted?

Re: I turned an old piston in a phone dock with a 3d printed insert

Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2016 7:16 pm
by whitehillbilly
One of my old Villiers pistons is my pen/pencil holder.

whitehillbilly