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I am looking for someone with a 3D printer to make a sample part. I have created an STL model of the part. It is a truck side frame for a standard gauge McCoy E2. I have attached a picture. The part is flat on the bottom and is about 6" x 1-1/2" x 1/2". The part is cosmetic and will be painted black and glued to a steel frame, The original parts are diecast and suffer from zink pest. There are quite a few E2's with this problem. Please contact me if you are interested.

Truck Side Frame

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David Nissen posted:

We found someone to print us a sample part that looks like once it is painted will be an acceptable replacement part. This person is not available to print more than just a sample part. So we just need to find someone to print multiple parts. Maybe it's time to purchase a 3D printer.

3D printed Side Frame

Dave, there is a young man at TTOS SP that can probably help. Jeff may be able to get you his contact info.

Steve

So an old thread with a new solution. When I made the ask, there were no spares (they probably would have been warped to. So David Nissen sent the STL file (used for 3d printing), I recommended that he thicken it up a bit (easy in CAD), and an hour and 12 minutes later, a part. The NH loco was the basis for my need, I ended up modifying a GG1 3D model on my basket case Cascade (which had NO remaining side frames).

JimNH EP3 from CascadeCascade side frame

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  • NH EP3 from Cascade

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