Arkitex (00) - Compatible Parts - Would anyone like some? - Poll Closed

There appears to be some interest in my Arkitex project so what I propose with the permission of the P1MRC administrators is to make available to members the STL files of my work such that you may print your own components.

These are currently additional customised standard parts and totally new parts intended to be compatible with the original Arkitex (00) system. For standard parts it would be more cost effective to purchase them second hand from a site such as eBay than print your own.

After some thought I propose to make the STL files available directly to members as email attachments for free, if you do not have a suitable 3D printer then there are online sites that specialise in printing parts from files you submit to them.

I may also consider selling sets of printed parts through Shapeways but I need to look into this further.

I do not wish to print and sell these parts directly, this is an offshoot of my railway hobby.

These files will carry no guarantees because as many of you are well aware of the vagaries and tantrums these potentially tempremental machines can throw, but I will endeavour to assist as much as possible.

They may be printable with resin based technology, I cannot help with that but there are skilful members of P1MRC that could probably assist.

Proposed Implementation

I would ask that members in the first instance contact me by private messaging with an email address I can send STL files to.

I would provide a public thread on P1MRC for

• assistance
• updates on what is available
• any general enquiries

Please Note

All items are under constant development and review.

These are provided free for personal use only.

If you wish to sell your prints I would appreciate that you contact me first privately as a matter of courtesy.


General

All my current components are designed for printing with a single extruder filament printer wth a 0.4mm nozzle.

All items have been printed in PLA, ABS has been tried for some components but not essential so far, ultimately the choice of material is up to you.

Some parts will be available for a dual extruder machine as well, e.g. brick faced walls where the bricks and mortar can be of different colours.

Summary

Well, providing admin approve, what do you think, is this of any interest to anyone, please poll above, and/or comment below, thanks.

Jim

 

Well the votes are in, after 7 days :-

• 1167 members
• 100+ site guests nearly all the time
• 98 views of the poll
• No comments
• 1 vote

Result - "No, not at all" received 100% of the vote.

My sincere thanks to the sole voter for taking the time to vote

Jim

 

Hi Andy, I normally post on items of minimal interest and rather techie anyway, so I am not surprised by the 'turnout' what tickles me is that only one viewer of the thread actually voted, it was almost out of mischief I worded the no option as "No, not at all" as let's face it a view without a vote was an "Absolutely no, you just wasted my time with this post"



I could have run the poll longer but I am not that patient

Anyway, if there is any serious interest then I will look into it further, 3D printing is only an emerging side of our hobby which can be fraught with issues as you and the resin printing clan of P1MRC are well aware, so now I have gauged the interactive interest in my style of printing.

If anyone wants to pursue it, then all they have to do is contact me on here.
Meanwhile I have plenty on the drawing board and going through my printer, I will on regardless with my developments and articles

Jim

 

Thanks Brian, although the voters identities are anonymous, I guessed it was probably you, the way I phrased the 'No' option was spot on for you.

Jim

 

Hi Gary, me too, there are areas that do not interest me too, so if a similar poll came up about scratch building in card I probably would not have looked at that myself, I have done some card building, but I don't really get on with it. Even though printed sheets are often more realistic in appearance in 4mm scale than overscaled contoured plastic mouldings that need elaborate painting and weathering to look decent, I prefer plastics.

I don't thnk where it was posted would have made much difference, new posts also appear to be highlighted in the forum headers, whether they are time limited or just dissapear when a section or post is viewed I am not sure.

Yes, only a relative few of us interact or actively contribute on a regular basis, but most will just not have the time to do so, afterall it can take significant time to post especially structured series of articles and the like, it also erodes modelling time however I find it enjoyable nonetheless.

But at least casual readers get some enjoyment browsing and reading when they have free moments, today's mobile phones allow spots of leisure during work breaks, when travelling on, or just waiting for public transport for so many now, inconceivable 10 years ago, let alone 20.

I consider myself very lucky to have retired early from the rat race with some time to use as I wish and not desperate for cash.

All the contributers on P1MRC, and I think it is the 'Community' part which is so important, can write and display on here and help make modern life bearable for those less fortunate (tongue in cheek, I mean wage slaves) until they too can retire to the shed with us and get stuck into fulltime modelling.

Jim

 

Yep, you sure can, it is too easy to be blinkered

Jim

p.s. it was a compliment

 

I agree that where a post is made is important, I very much like P1MRCs strongly categorised structure, within which I can also actively cross-link my posts, most social media e.g. FB are write and forget, posts not seen quickly are lost forever.

Even another site I used to post on alongside P1MRC in the first year here was very much FB style, I hated it, even in closed groups, impossible to find things or reply to questions, after being here for a short while I found that P1MRC suits me down to the ground, the people and the organisation is top notch, so I only frequent here now, for reading or writing

But in this case the Poll was positioned by choice in the CAD area where CAD followers would be more likely to find it.

I'm not sure I would go looking in the Poll category as it seemed to be more for admin than other members.

Point taken, Jim