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Kent Moore door glass blocks
Gene-73:
--- Quote from: Wallington on April 10, 2021, 09:16:47 AM ---Gene, was it your post that had these on Thingiverse on previous forum? I saved the link before it crashed and got a local to print them for me. Thanks for that. Anything to do with Flow State with their tools and mirror gaskets?
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Yes, the gauge blocks are my designs on Thingiverse - https://www.thingiverse.com/grcvisuals/designs
What/who is "Flow State"? I don't understand the question.
The blocks will be easier to install into a channel that is mounted on the car as they will be a tight fit. I went through several prototype iterations to get the fitment just right. Given the tight fit, I'm sure any paint that is applied to the blocks would get scraped off on installation. Better to print in red or blue filament color, or maybe use stickers.
Wallington:
Yes, the stickers are a better idea. Even test fitting on spare channel was wearing paint off in spots but leaving red and blue flakes on channel, and that's not original...
They were selling 3D printed items on ebay and have a fbook page, but included these window blocks and mirror gaskets only recently, perhaps someone here used them to print some and they decided to market them.
Some quick pics when I was playing around, and modified paint with buffed contact edges.
Firebird Kent Moore 3D print door glass blocks (5) by Aus78Formula, on Flickr
Firebird Kent Moore 3D print door glass blocks (1) by Aus78Formula, on Flickr
Firebird Kent Moore 3D print door glass blocks (7) by Aus78Formula, on Flickr
Firebird Kent Moore glass guides buffed contact edges by Aus78Formula, on Flickr
Gene-73:
--- Quote from: Wallington on April 10, 2021, 08:36:19 PM ---They were selling 3D printed items on ebay and have a fbook page, but included these window blocks and mirror gaskets only recently, perhaps someone here used them to print some and they decided to market them.
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No association. It wouldn't be the first time someone scraped a design from Thingiverse then printed and sold on eBay. In this case it's perfectly legal given the type of license I chose to post it under, but not legal if the designer assigned a "Creative Commons - Non Commercial" license to the model.
I have no interest in producing and selling these as it's not worth my time, so I have no problem with people using it this way. For people who don't own a 3D printer there is not much difference between buying from this eBay seller vs downloading yourself and using an online 3D printing service. Looks like it might even be a cheaper option, so it benefits everyone.
Gene-73:
Looks like the seller moved from eBay to Etsy. Here's the latest link in case anyone is interested in buying from them - https://www.etsy.com/listing/887977305/side-window-alignment-blocks-for-1970
firebirdparts:
--- Quote from: jugalo on April 10, 2021, 07:20:27 AM ---Im assuming that with T-Tops its basically the same? Remove the weather strip out of the t-top and the channel is the same as hardtop cars?
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I assume that is the hope. The t-top has a little bit of adjustment in it to try to get a competent beam weatherstrip presented to the window. The t-top weatherstripping is unique, but I don't think they ever intended it to have a different cross section.
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