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Day 51: irritatingly close to success

TurboSnail

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Ah, the joys of 3D printing. The first test of the SER brake van (diag. 1553) looks to have come out ok at first glance - but a closer inspection shows that the print lifted from the print head on one side, meaning the footplate is warped up in one corner. Throw out, try again!

 

This is probably an issue with the print head levelling, which I triple-check before starting every print these days, as it's been so unreliable. Looks like I'll have to have another go.

 

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TurboSnail
15 hours ago, BusDriverMan said:

Could it still be used as a grounded van body in a goods yard, set a few decades later? 

 

Quite possibly, but I suspect vans would have been used in preference to brake vans, as there's no ballast weights or brake gear to remove before taking the body apart. Could be a good use of some of my reject prints though!

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