I was just informed my 3d printer is still 2 months out for delivery. But hope to learn from this thread.

 

which one did you get? I have an ender 3 pro I paid $99 and it prints phenomenally!

 

ABS rings for 2.5" tweeter

 

Distance for headunit due to tight fitment of the RCA

 

 

Yep, that’s a Subie dash. I own threee. I would also like to get your tweeter mount file, if you don’t mind sharing.

 

What software do you use for the design? How do you go about getting the exact right shape?

 

I used solidworks to design and cura to print.
All this just comes with years of design. You can definitely try and learn. Lots of YouTube videos out there.

 

Porsche dynaudio

 

What material is that?

 

^ok that is the real deal there!

 

All done.

 

Dude this is awesome. It's amazing that the custom work could be done like this. If you had tweeters/driver's for multiple speakers sent to you, you could essentially make them custom like your dynaudio tweeters. I have a set of Polk sr6500 with missing tweeter pods I might need some adapters for. 😁

 

I might actually have some SR pods.

 

Fusion 360, it's fun and free. Then all you really need is some cheap Vernier caliper to take measurements, and allow some clearance in your designs.

 

Free? Everything I am seeing is pricey?

 

I'm thinking of trying to use my TruthDepth camera to have a 3D model of my dash then build a 3D printed pod that fits the space.

 

Hmmm, I'm curious how well that would work.

 

Fusion 360 for me, I’ve printed various bits and bobs

 

here are a few things I’ve done with my 3D printers for car audio. The resin prints actually held up pretty well for forming the speaker grilles.

 

Solidworks here, no special reason. Found it not really simple for sub enclosure design...

 

Studio 3D max, Archicad,. Cinema 4D

 

I've posted this up here before, but here are the pods I 3d printed to test out a 3-way setup. They were supposed to be temporary, but I've been using them for over a year now, lol.

 

How much would you charge for this exact set of pods?

 

Heavy tools💪💪

 

Are those your own shop equipment ?

 

Here are my two cents on 3D printed dash pods.

I printed these, solid fill and 1/4" thick walls, finished and painted them in gloss black. They have been sitting in a few 90 degree days. I have a windshield sun shade, the pop-up kind, not the folding plastic. My pods now have dents in the finish where the wire in the shade was resting on them.

I will be remaking them out of a solid piece of wood or layered MDF or plywood. I'll remake the aluminum face plates as well, I should have access to a CNC machine soon, so they will come out cleaner than these which everything was done by hand.

They do get really hot in the sun, so maybe the aluminum is a bad idea, but I wanted it to match the gloss black and aluminum trim in the car. I haven't made the covers for them yet.

They do sound good though.

(first test fit, they sit in the dash better now)

 

Here are my two cents on 3D printed dash pods.

I printed these, solid fill and 1/4" thick walls, finished and painted them in gloss black. They have been sitting in a few 90 degree days. I have a windshield sun shade, the pop-up kind, not the folding plastic. My pods now have dents in the finish where the wire in the shade was resting on them.

I will be remaking them out of a solid piece of wood or layered MDF or plywood. I'll remake the aluminum face plates as well, I should have access to a CNC machine soon, so they will come out cleaner than these which everything was done by hand.

They do get really hot in the sun, so maybe the aluminum is a bad idea, but I wanted it to match the gloss black and aluminum trim in the car. I haven't made the covers for them yet.

They do sound good though.

(first test fit, they sit in the dash better now)
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What type filament did you use?

The ones in my picture were made from resin, but I plan to try making another set with my FDM printer in PETG.

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The pods shown above look like they were printed in resin, so it won’t be susceptible to damage from the heat. Once they are cured, that is the shape it will be in.

 

Gloss black is a reason for overheating... What was the material you printed with?

 

I don’t think either of those will truly hold up to the internal temps of a hot vehicle. You have to get into the 400 degree range of filaments to truly have a chance. Then we are talking $100 for a spool, and a heated chamber.

 

I've got some other stuff I've printed in PETG, I'll stick some to my dash and see what happens...

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I've printed with a PETG filament that had a heat deflection temperature of 150 degrees fahrenheit, and that's not enough for applications where the part is not exposed to the sun on hot sunny (117 degrees fahrenheit) days.

Some PETG has a higher heat resistance than the stuff I used, and some has less, so just saying PETG doesn't seem to be quite accurate enough. I also have some 'easy to print' ABS which has a lower than normal temperature rating and so isn't as heat resistant.

 

I've been playing around sail panel pods before jumping into another fiberglass pillar/sail panel build.

super simple design with a threaded insert for an articulating magnet mount.

tectonic 3" and nd20


fountek 2inch and nd16

 

I think ABS would be the best choice but I’m curious how it would hold up to direct windshield heat.

 

PC and any PC glass or fiber filled should actually do well.

 

^^this^^ I'm also looking into PA and PP