First prototype of some windows for the Harlem Station warehouse. Getting there.
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It’s a lot easier to print your own isn’t it !
Doors and windows are the main reason I wanted to get a 3D printer in the first place. That window has about 8 cents of material in it, and is exactly the right size for the building. I dont have to make any compromises on window size or style.
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Exactly…and they are easy enough to design IF you want to match a particular prototype. Plus they do VERY well outside.
(Just be glad you didn’t buy Grandt line! 
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Test print of the smaller warehouse windows. Now to fix the frame thickness and print eight sets of each.
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Looking good Bob. I like those a lot. What program are you doing your design work in. Thanks to Dan H., I use Fusion 360.
I have a set of windows that I need to get test printed for a big mine building that I want to get started on before my June club meeting.
Sean said it was a lot easier printing and installing your own. that is probably single handedly the very best part about 3D printing, parts on demand. I loved casting in resin. There was a certain satisfaction in the process. But you ended up with a bunch of seldom used molds that you then had to store. I love sitting down and designing the EXACT part I want and then printing only what I need when I need it. And then the file is tucked nicely away on my computer not taking up space for the next time when I need it. For a guy who used to call 3D printing “cheating” it sure is handy.
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For simple things like windows and doors, I just use Tinkercad. For more complex stuff I use Fusion360.
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Nice. What does this warehouse look like?
These are for the freight terminal at Williamsport, instead of the hacky acrylic + paint pen that it’s had for 10 years.
Ahh…I remember THAT building!
That will look way mo’ betta
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Too cool. Windows and doors are probably not only about the easiest things to do with a 3D printer, but also one of the best uses for that printer. Sure beats building them from scratch.
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Did you sand them down at all of just paint them. Because they look good.
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Does it matter?
I’m still thinking the “horror” of points and glazing if a hobo breaks a panel on those 4 over 6 split sash windows. However I’m a huge fan of 3 over 9 myself .
Assembled, washed then painted them. No sanding.
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