[11spd]

Cool stuff. What material do you make your parts out of? Do you have a spec sheet of the material properties for the polymer you use?
What type of software do you use to construct your CAD models? Do you perform any rudimentary FEA on your part designs...or basic stress analysis based upon potential loading?

 

[spdntrxi]

Cool beans .. I still owe you some parts Op.. I have not forgot . Just life getting in the way


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[WheresWaldo]

Cool stuff. What material do you make your parts out of? Do you have a spec sheet of the material properties for the polymer you use?
What type of software do you use to construct your CAD models? Do you perform any rudimentary FEA on your part designs...or basic stress analysis based upon potential loading?

I use a print service, Shapeways in this case, so if you need MSDS for the materials used you would have to get them from Shapeways. I can tell you that I enable printing with their Nylon (what they call Strong & Flexible) and Black / White Acrylic.
https://www.shapeways.com/rrstatic/material_docs/msds-strongflex.pdf
https://www.shapeways.com/materials/acrylic-plastic

Cool beans .. I still owe you some parts Op.. I have not forgot . Just life getting in the way
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Looking forward to see them.

 

[11spd]

I use a print service, Shapeways in this case, so if you need MSDS for the materials used you would have to get them from Shapeways. I can tell you that I enable printing with their Nylon (what they call Strong & Flexible) and Black / White Acrylic.
https://www.shapeways.com/rrstatic/material_docs/msds-strongflex.pdf
https://www.shapeways.com/materials/acrylic-plastic


Looking forward to see them.

I had an interesting conversation with a brilliant engineer from silicon valley a few months back. He said that 3D printing is going to be the next industrial revolution. Not in its primitive form today...which can only utilize homogenous and more generic materials you reference for example for low strength applications with limited fatigue life. He said new printers are on the horizon that will be able to print on the molecular level. Molecule by molecule. Why that is important is because in the context of plastics, any homogenous plastic is limited in strength due to its isotropic properties. You site nylon for example with good ductility but a very low modulus of elasticity and yield strength. That is why molded glass filed nylon parts like you show would be much stronger. By contrast, most know that acrylics are the opposite of nylon with a high modulus of elasticity but still a relatively low yield strength and poor ductility. So both materials are quite limited without a companion material. A direct analogy would be carbon fiber of course which can be tuned through composition for the perfect balance of three properties mentioned.

If you think about the future of 3D printing, it is going to revolutionalize industry. Not in it current primitive form which is relegated to either weak parts or heavy parts or overly designed parts to compensate for material homogeneity. But bike frames that could be printed. No manual carbon lay ups. Possibly comprised of a material not even conceived yet. Or printing human body parts for example versus growing animal and in the future human parts in a laboratory which has already been done.
A last example as I study the career of the genius Elon Musk, our modern day Thomas Edison who has not only his hand in space flight, artificial intelligence but battery technology, he stated something rather profound about the battery industry which is going to bend the arc of electricity powering cars, motorcycles and of course light weight e-bikes of the future when I want 400w's to keep up on group rides when I am 80 years old. He said 3D printing one day will be able to create a battery that is constructed of greater Al content that will completely change the power, storage and size of current batteries. He said, the reason that hasn't already happened to replace LiIon for example, is it can't be manufactured. He said alloys will be created through 3D printing that presently can not be created. The future....anything you could possibly envision. As sophisticated as current bike tech is today which has grown exponentially in the past 30 years for every component based upon computer development, FEA and composite materials that didn't even exist 40 years ago, the future of bicycles and industry will refer to this time as the stone age. The front shock on the new Roubaix will be looked back upon as primitive.

 

[WheresWaldo]

I do understand that 3D printing, as it exists today, even though praised as a disruptive process, is still in it's infancy. There is still much more research and growth coming from 3D print technologies.

For me, I don't consider anything I am doing as mission critical or adding to the 3D printing evolution. I had a problem I needed to solve and I found a way to solve it to my satisfaction. The little things I have modeled work completely well within the current state of 3D printing technology. I have been thankful that I can share a little bit of it with others.

 

[11spd]

I do understand that 3D printing, as it exists today, even though praised as a disruptive process, is still in it's infancy. There is still much more research and growth coming from 3D print technologies.

For me, I don't consider anything I am doing as mission critical or adding to the 3D printing evolution. I had a problem I needed to solve and I found a way to solve it to my satisfaction. The little things I have modeled work completely well within the current state of 3D printing technology. I have been thankful that I can share a little bit of it with others.

I am grateful you did share with us...well done and thank you.

 

[WheresWaldo]

WARNING - Venge Vias GoPro and Virb mounts

A word of warning to anyone with a Venge that wants to mount any action cam to the bottom of the Edge mount. Specialized did show a wind tunnel video with a GoPro Hero4 mounted underneath a Garmin Edge. It was a prototype mount that was used to test the effects of the GoPro on aerodynamics and wattage. The conclusion was that the GoPro required 1 watt of additional power. That was the good news. Specialized has appeared to have abandoned the idea of mounting the action cam under the Garmin Edge mount as the vibration made the video footage unusable. This cannot be corrected with any redesign of the current action cam mounting options. This is a Specialized issue, not one of any of us here that uses or designed a mount for the Venge, a redesigned and sturdier arm will likely be required. I am keeping the two I have in my storefront, but have added a plainly worded warning that you may experience vibration in the video footage.

 

[Merc]

On another forum I have had many requests to design some mounting adapters for the SWAT saddle mount. After a few revisions I have come up with a few I thought you guys might find interesting. First up are a couple of tail light mounts that are not STIX related.

SWAT to Garmin Varia-Edge mount or Long version
This one comes in a short and longer version. The Garmin section is eighth-turn instead of quarter-turn so no need to modify the mount for landscape or portrait orientations, just insert and turn 1/8 turn in either direction. Works with both the Varia TL and Varia Radar as well as any Edge device that a track rider might need to record data while not having their device handlebar mounted. Short version pictured.

On the bike with a Garmin Varia Radar (Short version). The long version allows for portrait mode mounting.
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SWAT to GoPro mount
Works with the standard GoPro hardware (M5 Thumbscrew & M5 Acorn nut).

As I mentioned this is stuff people have asked me for, If anyone here has anything special they want to mount on the back of their SWAT equipped saddle just let me know via PM or a message on my Shapeways page (faster) and I will see if I can accommodate.

I have ordered 5 of the SWAT Garmin Varia Radar attachment and love them! The quality is great and it works perfectly. Thank you for coming up with this!

 

[WheresWaldo]

I have ordered 5 of the SWAT Garmin Varia Radar attachment and love them! The quality is great and it works perfectly. Thank you for coming up with this!

I hope you got more than just black ones. I also updated the GoPro adapter. It should now work better and with all kinds of GoPro waterproof cases.

I also have a GoPro adapter for the front Garmin mount, although as a result of the way that Specialized designed the mount, I don't recommend it to anyone unless you are putting an extremely light camera on the front.

 

[Merc]

Funny you mentioned that, I did order just the black ones. I guess I need to order some more in different colors.

 

[WheresWaldo]

I only mentioned it because the surface texture of the colored ones is more 'satin-like' than the black ones. I along with other designers on Shapeways have begged them to bring back polished black so it too can be 'satin-like.' They just don't want to hear about it.

 

[Merc]

I only mentioned it because the surface texture of the colored ones is more 'satin-like' than the black ones. I along with other designers on Shapeways have begged them to bring back polished black so it too can be 'satin-like.' They just don't want to hear about it.

Good to know. Thanks.

 

[WheresWaldo]

Here is another happy SWAT Mount for Garmin's Varia owner. He sent me the pic today but has been using the mount all summer.

 

[Jdlbb]

Any chance of getting a PDW compatible mount? https://ridepdw.com/collections/lights/products/danger-zone?variant=24756532545

 

[WheresWaldo]

Everything I have that will mount on a Specialized SWAT mount is located here: https://www.shapeways.com/shops/revolutionaries?section=Integrated+Saddle+Mounts&s=0

@ithier10, I tried to reply to your PM but the board said you are not receiving private messages.

 

[ARPRINCE]

Everything I have that will mount on a Specialized SWAT mount is located here: https://www.shapeways.com/shops/revolutionaries?section=Integrated+Saddle+Mounts&s=0

@ithier10, I tried to reply to your PM but the board said you are not receiving private messages.

I just saw this thread while searching for a SWAT mount. I'm interested on a PDW mount as well.

 

[mindanalyzer]

I need to attach the new Garmin varia 2 (RTL510) to my 2013 look 695 seatpost (ePost) in a secured manner. Currently I am using the flimsy rubber Garmin adapter that comes with the varia 2

I use a prologo saddle in my bike. It has the U-CLIP system (topeak quickclip compatible) and I was thinking that by buying the adapter (https://www.amazon.com/Prologo-UTIUCLIPBK-AM-U-Clip-Black/dp/B007SVKE2S#customerReviews), I would only need the UCLIP - Garmin adapter. This option is not my favorite

I would prefer the seatpost adapter. If somebody designs it, I would buy from shapeways

 

[WheresWaldo]

@mindanalyzer Look 695 Varia Post mount is already in my collection. http://shpws.me/QynS

@ARPRINCE For the Portland Design Works, I need dimensions on their mount so that I can design one for SWAT.

Sorry, I do not spend enough time on this forum, so I did not know these posts were here until today.

 

[Finx]

Bumping this old thread, as I'm curious about the compatibility between Specialized SWAT and the Bontrager Saddle Mounts for 3D printing services.

Waldo, I did purchase one of these from you this morning, but for the broader audience, I'm trying to figure out if the SWAT and Bontrager saddle mounts use the same spacing (i.e. mounts are interchangeable).

My Bontrager saddle has these screws on the back that are roughly 1.75" or 45mm center to center.

For the time being, I just want to put a GoPro mount here for a Light and Motion light, but I'm curious going forward, if I decided to put my Varia here, or perhaps a FlareRT, if I could use mounts labeled as "SWAT" o or "Bontrager"?

 

[WheresWaldo]

Bumping this old thread, as I'm curious about the compatibility between Specialized SWAT and the Bontrager Saddle Mounts for 3D printing services.

Waldo, I did purchase one of these from you this morning, but for the broader audience, I'm trying to figure out if the SWAT and Bontrager saddle mounts use the same spacing (i.e. mounts are interchangeable).

My Bontrager saddle has these screws on the back that are roughly 1.75" or 45mm center to center.

For the time being, I just want to put a GoPro mount here for a Light and Motion light, but I'm curious going forward, if I decided to put my Varia here, or perhaps a FlareRT, if I could use mounts labeled as "SWAT" o or "Bontrager"?

I don't spend time here anymore, but I thought I answered your question on Shapeways messages. Anyway, SWAT and Blendr are not compatible mounting systems. Each have their own spacing for the bolts. I specify in my description which mounting system it is for, even if it is not obvious in the title.

I spend most of my forum time on Weightweenies or Bikeforums.