We have the ability to do both Computer Aided Design and 3D printing. For 3D printing we resin printing exclusively. We gave up on filament printing after the introduction of high quality/affordable resin printers.
For resin printing we use a AnyCubic Photon Mono 4K and AnyCubic Mono 5S Pro. The resin choice will be determined by customer preference, design constraints, and intended purpose of the print.
DesignSpark Mechanical is the program we use for design and Lychee Slicer Pro is used to convert the 3D drawing into the printer g-code needed to command the printer.
The 3D design and print process begins with a sketch, dimensional accurate drawing, or the actual part you want printed. In the example below, we needed an AAR Type A truck for our newest product, the Western Maryland slug. Commercial trucks were either in short supply, too expensive for our intended price point, and/or the bolster design was not suitable for our model.
We have designed simple replacement parts for items that simply not available any longer to full up model design. The image on the left is a simple axle bearing for a brass steam locomotive. The image on the right is the frame for the WM slug model.
