3D-printed cam gears from various materials - will they work?

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• Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  BMW makes their engines out of plastic. They work, but not for long.

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• Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Hmmm. I have 3D printed gears and PLA gears have outlasted my expectations but I would never ever trust a 3D printed gear in a car or anything else that involves human safety.

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  • ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    This Youtube channel is all about doing outrageous experiments and mods with old Ladas. Whatever they do really doesn’t have to be reliable 🙂

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    • spitfire@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Because they don’t go on the public roads, or don’t consider lives of ordinary Russians to be important enough?

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• Naich@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I can answer this without watching the video: it’ll work for a certain amount of time before it doesn’t, and then your engine explodes.

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  • ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Lada engines don’t have valve / piston interference. They won’t explode. But yeah: the 3D-printed parts won’t last even a trip to the supermarket.

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    • Mac@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      What about filling the oil pan with plastic, blocking the pickup, and starving the engine of oil? lol

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    • BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Glorious soviet engineering saves the day half-trip to the supermarket xD

      Luckily it’s so empty that you won’t have your car weighted down by your groceries

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