I’m not to be trusted around your ATVs, or UTVs, or Side-by-Sides, or really any motorized vehicle of any sort.
Because, they…seem to end up damaged. I never set out to damage them, that’s just what happens. Just the way the world works, amiright?
But it may also be due to the fact I’M WILD AS HAIL BABY!!! However, being wild has…consequences.
Steps for how to make better use of your rapid prototype machine:
Be WILD AS HAIL!!
Drive your parents’ UTV thingy as fast as it will go over rocks wildly inappropriate for that UTV.
Break the front left shock into multiple pieces.
…which causes the front left tire to rip the headlight bucket all to pieces.
Confess to your parents what you did, and promise to fix it.
Wait three years.
Do some online searching for replacement parts, find none.
Grab your laser scanner.
Scan the unbroken passenger side.
Reverse engineer and mirror it.
Do some RP mockups to verify the shape of things.
PRINT A NEW HEADLIGHT BUCKET WITH YOUR RP MACHINE!!!
The various pics show fit checks along the way. It makes more sense to risk wasting a few 2-3hr prints than waste a single 24hr print. None of this part was flat/straight/circular…someone with a surfacing background obviously went nuts.
The final part was split into 2x pieces so it fit on print bed, glued together w/ a layer of fiberglass to reinforce it (where you can’t see it after install).
And that’s yet another way to convince yourself that buying a 3D printer was a good idea. Because it was. You should get one.
