Laser 3D printer objects designed to be listed

Sounds like an ambitious project, but your generosity will be of great benefit and service to the hobby.  I'm not into 3-D printing yet, but undoubtedly it's the coming thing.  I look forward to being able to use some of the programs you'll be offering.

          Logan

I plan to also have SketchUp .skp files available as well so you can modify my originals to suit your needs.

With laser 3D printing unlike MakerBot 2D layering the smoothness is at 100, 50 to 25 microns depending on the resin material.

So the objects require no sanding.

I like the sound of smooth surfaces on the printed parts, that would make a huge difference!

I am almost ready to buy a friends used 3-D printer. He has upgraded to a bigger one. He suggested SketchUp Maker (which he said is free) to use for creating my designs.

I would like to try my hand at using the S/W first, before buying. If it is reasonable to use, I will buy and design and will also make the .stl and .skp files available to all.

Ken

There seems to be a lot of people that want 1:48 automobiles.  I wonder if someone could make a profit, albeit small, 3D printing these and selling them here, on the bay, and other internet sites.  This goes for catenary poles too.

Being retired, I should look into this.

I think having a set of boxcar doors in different sizes and manufacturers would be a nice thing to have.  Cars had 6', 7', 8' doors as well as 6-panel and 7-panel Superior doors, Youngstown doors, etc.  Other than Atlas most mass-produced cars like the PS1 always come with the same type doors, when a lot of RRs choose which doors they wanted to use.  I think the PS1 cars could be purchased in kit form from Pullman and the RR put them together with whatever doors, brakes, roofwalks, trucks, etc they wanted at the time.

And a model of a Dalman truck would be a nice thing to have also:

Alan,

Making you designs available for free is such a nice gesture !    

I was hoping that one day we would see forum members posting about their 3D creations.  I am really excited to see your results.

I was wondering about the various design software programs.   The last time I looked (4 years ago) into 3D printing the software to design an object was daunting to the beginner or non-tech folks.

Has there been any new software programs come out that make the design task any easier or more user friendly.

Thanks,

Ed

this web site lets you store 3-D designs for use world wide.

https://www.thingiverse.com/

Alan,

I modeled Passenger Station Columns for my platform in Inventor (.ipt file).  Would you want this?