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Came here to say that a fake internet friend just received his. So maybe there is hope for yall.
 
LScout800 said:
They do have metal 3D printers, but for the price those go for it is not worth it. Plus you would probably have to machine the case still for where the bearing will ride.
I saw someone mention earlier in the thread about making a case kit that welded together. Maybe someone can make some cut files for a plasma table, then instead of machining the entire piece of steel you had some machined collars you dropped into holes and welded, and some sort of jig to keep everything aligned that could be 3D printed.
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I thought about that too, seems doable but then again I’m sure someone would already be doing it if that’s the case.

The gear set I think was one of the bigger hurdles, but if established places like JB have a supply then it could be a version of an “ecobox” where you supply your own gearing
 
LScout800 said:
They do have metal 3D printers, but for the price those go for it is not worth it. Plus you would probably have to machine the case still for where the bearing will ride.
I saw someone mention earlier in the thread about making a case kit that welded together. Maybe someone can make some cut files for a plasma table, then instead of machining the entire piece of steel you had some machined collars you dropped into holes and welded, and some sort of jig to keep everything aligned that could be 3D printed.
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I've worked with a handful of different 3d printed metals. Typically some exotic alloy, printing cheap metal doesn't seem economical.

"As printed" surfaces suck and require machining, unless shit finish is acceptable. It's about the same as working with a casting.

3d printing plastic cases to do investment casting isn't out of the realm of possibility, but I haven't fucked with investment casting since high school
 
posford said:
I've worked with a handful of different 3d printed metals. Typically some exotic alloy, printing cheap metal doesn't seem economical.

"As printed" surfaces suck and require machining, unless shit finish is acceptable. It's about the same as working with a casting.

3d printing plastic cases to do investment casting isn't out of the realm of possibility, but I haven't fucked with investment casting since high school
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It looks pretty cool, honestly never messed with casting at all, but found this interesting article about using PLA in investment castings.

Investment casting

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I have no idea what goes into making the ceramic mold, but for more complicated aluminum parts it looks like something you can do in you garage, and then you can clean up mating surfaces and such with one of those cheap lathes from harbor freight.
 
Lincoln Electric does 3D printing with weld robots. They gave us a tour when I was up there for a class this spring. Basically they are selling it as an alternative to casting. Post printing machining is definitely required. They had a bunch of parts on display. I only took a picture of the LS block they printed. They said it was not worth it to print an engine block but they had some tool path programing they wanted to test and the block had some complex features.

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665.0coupe said:
Lincoln Electric does 3D printing with weld robots. They gave us a tour when I was up there for a class this spring. Basically they are selling it as an alternative to casting. Post printing machining is definitely required. They had a bunch of parts on display. I only took a picture of the LS block they printed. They said it was not worth it to print an engine block but they had some tool path programing they wanted to test and the block had some complex features.

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The metal 3D printing stuff is so cool to me. It needs a few more years for it come come down to a hobbyist level though. Hopefully it will be as simple as a three axis CNC machine with a special torch tip and a mig welder.

I feel like this needs its own thread now rather than hijacking this thread.
 
Koenigsegg has 3D printed turbos previously.
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I see on Facebook MMW is still playing games with peoples money. People file a dispute with their credit card. MMW says to CCC that they delivered so the dispute gets kicked back to the customer. Then they have to start over. Circle jerk yo-yo. Dude says he wants to make it right but he’s sure making it hard for people to get whole.

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665.0coupe said:
Lincoln Electric does 3D printing with weld robots. They gave us a tour when I was up there for a class this spring. Basically they are selling it as an alternative to casting. Post printing machining is definitely required. They had a bunch of parts on display. I only took a picture of the LS block they printed. They said it was not worth it to print an engine block but they had some tool path programing they wanted to test and the block had some complex features.

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Looks like they printed a completely useless engine block. It would take hundreds of hours of machine work to make that usable if at all and at that point why not just go billet CNC block?
 
JR4X said:
I see on Facebook MMW is still playing games with peoples money. People file a dispute with their credit card. MMW says to CCC that they delivered so the dispute gets kicked back to the customer. Then they have to start over. Circle jerk yo-yo. Dude says he wants to make it right but he’s sure making it hard for people to get whole.

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That is not cool at all, but I guess that's what you have to do when you already spent everyone's money..... :mad3:
 
SLOWPOKE693 said:
Looks like they printed a completely useless engine block. It would take hundreds of hours of machine work to make that usable if at all and at that point why not just go billet CNC block?
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Read the last sentence I wrote. :flipoff2: They said the only reason they printed the engine block was because it had provided some tool path problems they wanted to test solutions for. It was simply a test part for them.
 
665.0coupe said:
Read the last sentence I wrote. :flipoff2: They said the only reason they printed the engine block was because it had provided some tool patch problems they wanted to test solutions for. It was simply a test part for them.
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I read it. So they solved the tool path issues so it can print unusable engine blocks. Neat :flipoff2:
 
SLOWPOKE693 said:
I read it. So they solved the tool path issues so it can print unusable engine blocks. Neat :flipoff2:
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The tool path issue could occur in other parts. They didn't care about the engine block being usable. They could have made something else to test the programing but an engine block was something cool to print.
 
665.0coupe said:
The tool path issue could occur in other parts. They didn't care about the engine block being usable. They could have made something else to test the programing but an engine block was something cool to to take to a show.
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Fixed it for you:grinpimp:
 
JR4X said:
I see on Facebook MMW is still playing games with peoples money. People file a dispute with their credit card. MMW says to CCC that they delivered so the dispute gets kicked back to the customer. Then they have to start over. Circle jerk yo-yo. Dude says he wants to make it right but he’s sure making it hard for people to get whole.

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Dude needs his ass beat at this point and criminal fraud charges brought. Ridiculous.
 
SLOWPOKE693 said:
Looks like they printed a completely useless engine block. It would take hundreds of hours of machine work to make that usable if at all and at that point why not just go billet CNC block?
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If they could make a running engine out of that lump of weld...............they could sell one to every rat rod owner on the planet.:flipoff2:
 
JR4X said:
I see on Facebook MMW is still playing games with peoples money. People file a dispute with their credit card. MMW says to CCC that they delivered so the dispute gets kicked back to the customer. Then they have to start over. Circle jerk yo-yo. Dude says he wants to make it right but he’s sure making it hard for people to get whole.

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If they say they've delivered, then they have to show proof of the product being shipped. Sounds like the CC company here is part of the problem.
 
Saying to a credit card complany that you delivered something that you didn't, seems like a documentable case of fraud. How many people has he done this with? One or two maybe no big deal, but more than that shows a pattern.
 
Will Scarlet said:
If they say they've delivered, then they have to show proof of the product being shipped. Sounds like the CC company here is part of the problem.
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They usually are. Had the same problem with Capital One...they basically gave the benefit of the doubt to a Chinese company that sent counterfeit goods to me b/c they charged me through PayPal and Cap1 wasn't about to buck PayPal. Most of the time, the CC companies are decent about charge backs, but I've had a few instances recently where they fucked the customer in the interest of another banking conglomerate.
 
Sean said:
They usually are. Had the same problem with Capital One...they basically gave the benefit of the doubt to a Chinese company that sent counterfeit goods to me b/c they charged me through PayPal and Cap1 wasn't about to buck PayPal. Most of the time, the CC companies are decent about charge backs, but I've had a few instances recently where they fucked the customer in the interest of another banking conglomerate.
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I don’t know how any of this works. Would the CC company not want to side with the customer because MMW is bankrupt and there’s no money to take from MMW to give to the customer. So CC is the one eating the loss?
 
Sean said:
They usually are. Had the same problem with Capital One...they basically gave the benefit of the doubt to a Chinese company that sent counterfeit goods to me b/c they charged me through PayPal and Cap1 wasn't about to buck PayPal. Most of the time, the CC companies are decent about charge backs, but I've had a few instances recently where they fucked the customer in the interest of another banking conglomerate.
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It all depends on the CC company you have as to whether they will really assist you or not. Only a few are better than most.
 
JR4X said:
I don’t know how any of this works. Would the CC company not want to side with the customer because MMW is bankrupt and there’s no money to take from MMW to give to the customer. So CC is the one eating the loss?
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Honestly, I don't know.....
 
Damn... this is getting quite interesting.
I think if you look back, some of us saw this coming, and warned some of you that were willing to throw your money at this guy. Some of you still gave him money, and didn't dispute the fact you weren't getting product when you were promised. Let it drag out too long and now you're really getting fucked over. I'm guessing most of you can kiss your money and case good bye. Sorry you got had, i hope there is some sort of resolution to this for you.
 
posford said:
Hell yeah now its official!
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It's really official now.


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Tyler@TMI said:
It's really official now.


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Magnitude 205 and 300 by Total Metal Innovations

We are officially launching our Magnitude 205 transfer case. FIND IT HERE ---->>>> MAGNITUDE 205 Our Magnitude 205 was built out of the need to have the smoothest shifting transfer case on the market. From the start of Magnitude, we set out to have the finest transfer case...
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Congrats Tyler! Looking forward to your D300.
 
Sean said:
They usually are. Had the same problem with Capital One...they basically gave the benefit of the doubt to a Chinese company that sent counterfeit goods to me b/c they charged me through PayPal and Cap1 wasn't about to buck PayPal. Most of the time, the CC companies are decent about charge backs, but I've had a few instances recently where they fucked the customer in the interest of another banking conglomerate.
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That's actually because you agreed to PayPal's terms of service, which includes "No charge backs" and that PayPal's investigation is final.
 
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