In my vacation home I have powered shades that are now discontinued. Everything works but a few units have had the drive gear break. The gear is made of hard plastic I am wondering if it is feasible to replicate this gear using 3d printing? I have one good gear left to make the copies from. These gears used to be available but have since become discontinued. Here are some pictures of the gear I need replicated.
That definitely looks feasible - Do you have the name of the product it came from? If you’re lucky sometimes there’s already existing STL files online of gears that can easily be 3D printed from.
No problem to redesign this part ,i often have a broken part wich i replace for a printed one .
Let me know if i can help
If you can send more pictures of the drive gear which shows the part from the side and maybe more perspectives (please all with a scale beneath) i could create you an .stl file for 3d printing.
-Marius
Is it possible? Yes. Is it that simple? No.
In order to print, we need a 3d file (saved as a .STL file extension). You have physical gears - meaning you have the physical object. We need a 3d design file in order to print another gear.
If you are interested, you can contact Larry Carlberg at Laser Design, Inc. Larry has laser technology that can scan physical objects. He can scan one of the functional gears. Obviously, you will want to use the gear that is in the best condition. The scan creates a 3d file that can be saved as a .STL file. From there we can print a gear.
I hope this helps
I believe the piece in question could be 3d printed to fix your issue, but the model may not exist and may have to be modeled.
Is the piece broken to the point where using a 3d scanner wouldn’t be able to remove the broken details?
From my own experience, 3D scanning would usually not work (especially on broken parts)for anything needing to be functionnal in the end. It can gioves great result for scanning a body or a building, but doing something like scanning a threaded rod would most of the time result in a mess of a mesh that won’t produce a working result due to the scanner accuracy …
However, it is more than doable to model it “by hand”. It would imply having the part to work on and get measurements, but I’ve worked on trickier replacement parts without issues (expect for the time needed ). Worst case scenario you’d have to do some sanding on the part to get a perfect fit, but that’s about is …
How much strength would be applied on the part ?
We can take the part and make a RTV mold and cast the part.
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Hi guys, just a heads that I’ve moderated your phone number out. In the future, please leave your hub profile link as means of contact. Cheers!
I would find some one to draw it up and then print it 3d printer
