3D printed rolls royce merlin full size

Hi Andy

im working on the early merlin exhaust stubs at the moment, ive not got the drawings but just working off measurements and pictures they are going to be a while due to the lack of time and will be for the kent battle of britain museum. what museum you doing parts for? and cool projects going on.

cheers

jamie 

That is so impressive! I wonder if you can help as I would like to 3D-print some components of a Merlin engine belonging to a small museum in order to replace some badly damaged parts for a static display? We have access to printing facilities. I’m looking for direction in where to obtain copies of factory drawings etc. One particular item we need to replace are the triple ejector exhaust stubs (as would have been present on a Mk. I Hurricane). Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Andy

Fantastic looking piece of kit sir. Hats off.

Will it be at… ….;-P…

I’m going to have to ask you all to pass the brain bleach,  because I don’t think my sanity can handle the possibility of having a Merlin in my house! But,  before I exit with my fingers in my ears,  I will just say that looks bloody stunning. 

Now that is a talking point WOW.

Wonderfull!

I’m impressed with the work and skill that you put in to the project. The finished article is awesome! 

Wow that’s amazing!

I know what you mean about having a re-enforced floor. I had a crash recovered Merlin in my living room 40 something years ago. It did make the floorboards creak somewhat.

My wife wasn’t too happy about it.

It was eventually relegated to the back garden. Took 4 of us to move the thing!

Happy days.

Old Towzer.

The printer uses a wire style filament on a 1kg roll. It lays down a layer around the size of fishing line so takes a while but has great detail.

The parts are modelled from scans and original drawings i had help with most of these parts.
The printer (bambulab x1c) takes a STL file which is made on the CAD software and sliced into parts the correct size for the print bed.sounds complicated but it’s fairly simple.

A cylinder head would take around a week to print. So you can imagine how long this takes.

That really looks amazing, very impressive. Is it printed from plastic sheet, and each part builds up line by line?

How long to print a cylinder head, for instance?  And how do you programme the printer ?   Take scans of an original?

So many  questions…

Anyway, quite awesome.