3D printed RC car bumper bracket plates
Copies of the two carbon fibre plates in an RC car's bumper bracket, modelled from the originals and 3D printed in carbon-fibre PETG and TPU.
- Service
- Industrial 3D Printing
- Also used
- Flexible parts
- Made for
- An RC hobbyist in Singapore
- Started from
- The client's original plates, in our hands
- Built up as
- A stack of plates held by screws and studs
What we brought
What we can do
We copy a part from the part itself
We modelled both plates from the client's carbon fibre originals, keeping every bolt hole where it was.
How we look after you
Files set up for printing, with changes
We set the models up for 3D printing, with two small rounds of changes.
What you get
Printed plates that bolt up like the originals
The copies stack flat and bolt together with steel screws and studs, in a stiff or a flexible material.
Gallery
The whole project at a glance. Drag or swipe to browse; tap a picture to enlarge it.
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The finished piece
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The four-stud bracket, ready to fit.
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The zigzag bracket, from above.
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The four-stud bracket from the front.
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ProductionOriginals on top, printed copies below.
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Fitting and checksThe stack, bolted up.
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Edge on: the layers sit flat.
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The underside, with its screw heads.
The build
How we built it
5 steps, from the brief to the finished piece. Pick a step to jump to it.
The brief
Step 1 of 5
- Reference
- The client's two original carbon fibre plates
- Materials
- Carbon-fibre PETG and TPU
- Design
- Set up for 3D printing, with two small rounds of changes
At Additive Inn, our 3D printing studio in Singapore, we copy parts that people already own. An RC hobbyist needed both plates of his car's carbon fibre bumper bracket remade by 3D printing, true to the originals.
Measuring and modelling
Step 2 of 5
We measured both original plates and modelled each one in CAD, keeping the angled outline and every bolt hole where the original has it, then set the files up for 3D printing.
Production
Step 3 of 5
We 3D printed the copies in carbon-fibre PETG, a stiff, light material, and in TPU, a flexible one. Each plate prints flat, so it keeps an even thickness and clean bolt holes.
Fitting and checks
Step 4 of 5
We stacked the plates and bolted them together with steel screws and studs, checking that every hole lined up and the stack sat flat, as the original bracket does.
The final build
Step 5 of 5
Both bracket plates were ready as 3D printed copies, matched to the carbon fibre originals and bolted up to fit the car.
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