Battery case, dash kit, speaker rings spacers and adapters, trim bezels, gague pod, distribution blocks, endless possibilities. I want one of those printers
That's so cool! Looks great. Just started playing with 3d printing and wondered about an amp rack, so I Google'd for "3d printed amp rack" and yours was the first result. I've seen a lot of your videos before so I should've known you'd have explored this. And two years ago, no less.
I'd print custom speaker covers, speaker mount plates, amp shrouds, wire clamps/combs, subwoofer style mount plates, custom switch panels, custom wire management racks, tweeter pods with 180 degree adjustable aiming built in, just a huge number of things. you could embed your logo in prints instead of having to use a router and then do a layered paint on them. Also much easier to mass reproduce when it comes to adding your personal styled touch to something.
Man, I've doing car audio for over 27 years. And nothing much impresses me anymore. But, this is really cool. I must say I'm impressed. I could never work that machine. But, I sure as hell wish I could.
I am blown away by you work all the time.. You gave me some good ideas to do in my own vehicle and would like to install cooling fans but don't know how to hook them up to be powed
I have a couple 3D printers and right now I'm running them to make some internal bracing mounts for an acoustic guitar I'm building for a client. The mounts are being printed from carbon fiber infused polycarbonate and they will hold 6mm and 8mm carbon fiber rods to the back and soundboard in place of traditional spruce braces. The idea is to be stronger and lighter with fewer and smaller direct contact points for less interference with the resonance of the instrument. I also use my printers to make various router templates for guitar building and am soon going to be using them to make full-size representations of guitars I've designed so I can make molds of them and start producing the instruments themselves in carbon fiber. Oh and I also use Fusion 360 for all my design work. It's a fantastic program with a lot of resources to help get a new user up and running. I knew nothing about CAD last year and have made great advancements through trial and error and some basic tutorials.
Mark, let’s say you want a more polished look. 3D printing is very good and precise but what is recommended for a silky smooth and polished look? The amp rack turned out pretty well. Interesting concept to use red and white in contrast with a black amp.
I think its more useful building specialty parts. The Backframes of the amprack that holds the fan for example. Shops can easily pump those out in volume and sell it as an upgrade too a traditional amp rack design.
I'm really impressed by the quality of this printer. Don't know anything about it, but my CubeX (12x12x12 printing area) was the ultimate back when I bought it. I prefer printing PLA vs ABS. In all honesty though I haven't used it in years, all my work is done now on the CNC. A CNC is virtually a 3D printer but instead of additive it's subtractive. The fact that you were able to print such long horizontal lines without supports is very impressive! I've made some pretty exciting things with the 3D printer it's just that it takes so bloody long and they DO mess up ESPECIALLY when using ABS. Some "aftermarket" software and hardware goes a long way with printers though. It'll be neat to see how often you use this going forward. ALSO very impressed with the support in these comments, I was expecting, "YOU FOOL WHO HAS A 3D PRINTER?" "YOU ARE DUMB, TOO MUCH MONEY" "THAT IS GAY!!" not a bad little community here!
im intrigued by that printer! i would make home decor, car fender emblems, shift knobs, tools for easily marred metals. i think I'm gonna learn how to do this...
ABS can be a bit tricky to work with (warping, bed adhesion issues... oh, and it stinks when it gets hot, too; so remember to have plenty of ventilation where the printer is). I’ve had great results with PETG on my Monoprice Maker Select (basically a rebadged WanHao i3). I did upgrade to an all-metal hot end, though. The PETG I’m using is from eSun, and it lays down well, doesn’t warp, and doesn’t stink, either (I still run the vent fan on the enclosure I built for it though... breathing hot plastic fumes can’t be good for you even if it doesn’t smell bad). 😎
Unfortunately... I do not have a 3D printer. YET! I will have one some day. But I do have 2 CNC routers I built and they work very well for these kinds of projects. Great video and cool project. One nice thing about CNC routers over 3D printers is while I have to buy sheet material to cut from. Even my home built CNC router would knock this rack out in about 30-45 minutes depending on the material being cut and assuming I was able to nest everything into one panel and just push start.
Mark thanks for the shirt and the stickers just got them today!!! Got my shirt on and the stickers are on my tool box and my car already!!!! Thanks keep it up ...
I've designed a small custom 3x ATO fuse holder. Maybe it'd be a great idea if you could design a fuse holder of yours too! Bonus points if it's part of a custom power distribution board using small copper bus bars!
You are gonna get much bigger been checking in from time to time although I am an experienced car audio fabricator been at it since mini trucks back in the 80s ... you're videos are very professional and informative .....and you seem to be a good teacher you take your time and explain it all in detail ...... you've come a long way .....keep up the great job Ozzy from Colorado
You are a great wealth of resources and have a great way of teaching. I have got NO clue as to do the 3D printing thing. I could see the benefits of being able to have that do work while I'm doing something else...but I don't have the need at this moment and see that time wise...it could be done in different tools and cost less time and money... That being said.... I can see the lure of the 3D printed hype as a potential bandwagon of flaunting what you have kind of systems. Well done in your presentation!
Awesome seeing the use of new technology pushing boundaries. As an idea Mark it would be interesting to see the weight differences between this amp rack and an identical mdf version. Also another plus for the 3D printer would be making templates to use on the router for mass produced/common parts. I'd make an iPad slider kit but I think Mr Bernards would send the lawyers round!
Good job mark, that looks awesome!!! You ever plan on posting the plans for those 3” sub boxes? Been following you for awhile, and always wanted to print em. Btw, Doug doesn’t give you enough credit, you should talk about his mom!
In addition, if you expect to sell high volumes of a part, once it's printed and test fitted and all is good, you can send the finished design to a 3D print fab in china and order them in bulk at a low cost pr part. It's not feasible to mass produce anything on a 3D printer at home, but it's great for prototyping and then order it up from China. :)
I would print out a bolt in double din tablet slider kit and Door speaker adapters/Tweeter adapters for GM cars that I have. I have a 08 Lacrosse Super, 98 Grand Prix and 99 Century/Regal and they share some of the same parts with other W-Bodies. Not 1 person has done a speaker adapter for a 97-08 Grand Prix 😑
Printing a factory door speaker adapter bracket with a sealed back to make a small box for the mid base or even a mini ported mid bass speaker adapter bracket. You know for those dam Toyotas.
Given that material's response to heat, how would a structure like this react to exposure to direct sunlight in the summer, or similar heat levels? Seems like it would deform and eventually melt like an ice cream sunday. Thanks for the vid.
Could you make a cover to work on a 2016 Nissan Altima with an Alpine Halo9, to make it look more factory? Sort of like what Alpine Does for the Jeeps, the Restyle series.
I don't know that I like the 3D printer vs using wood or metal. I question how strong that abs plastic is vs wood or metal. That rack could have been made with various woods from soft to hard and various metals from steel to aluminum. I do understand and like being able to just print a part over and over again but 28 hrs print time is kinda cra-zazzie! How much did the abs material cost to make this rack? Good video though. Thank you for sharing. Love your walkthroughs! Mad skillz!
Great idea! Some of my first projects were little pods, then I did a big mid range and tweeter pod, watch it here: th-cam.com/video/IdVodIXIeeQ/w-d-xo.html
you should print a speaker that would be sick i've seen videos where people have done it before you should watch them there cool or maybe print a subwoofer
I'd love something very similar to that for my AudioControl Matrix+ and EQS setup for my system. I'm going to attempt to fabricate something for those two pieces like what you built Mark, thanks for making this video, i'll no doubt be gleaning a few ideas off of your design. Unless you'd be able to build something for me if i sent them to you, i doubt that you'd have the time for that though.
Great video mark...3D printing has really opened up the possibilities in car audio fabrication....but what are some of the course or background programs that one would need to grasp a better understanding of CAD software and designing ...
Hey quick question im running wire for amps and such and wanted to know anout running the wire under the car, right now i have it placed on the fender under the hood and its ran along with other wires that go into the fram rail from under the hood and i have it fed all the way to the back for truck entry, i know about grometing the wire and all that ect but before i go through with this just wanted to know if its a good idea or not, i have a 96 impala ss and theres only two grommet ran into the fire wall and they are completly sealed and no removal without redoing the whole seal and didnt want to go through with all of that
Awesome video. Thanks. Question: I have a few old school PPI Art series amps that are mounted diagonally like you did in this vid. My amps have a white gooey grease under all the mosfet amp parts. The paste transfers heat from the mofset part to the amps exterior case, thus allowing cooling. I am curious if you think inthe heat of summer if the cooling paste will seep donhill and come out from under the mofset parts?
Battery case, dash kit, speaker rings spacers and adapters, trim bezels, gague pod, distribution blocks, endless possibilities. I want one of those printers
You never fail to amaze! There is literally no other TH-camr who is making nearly as cool of stuff as you
That's so cool! Looks great. Just started playing with 3d printing and wondered about an amp rack, so I Google'd for "3d printed amp rack" and yours was the first result. I've seen a lot of your videos before so I should've known you'd have explored this. And two years ago, no less.
I'd print custom speaker covers, speaker mount plates, amp shrouds, wire clamps/combs, subwoofer style mount plates, custom switch panels, custom wire management racks, tweeter pods with 180 degree adjustable aiming built in, just a huge number of things. you could embed your logo in prints instead of having to use a router and then do a layered paint on them. Also much easier to mass reproduce when it comes to adding your personal styled touch to something.
FINALLY A SOLUTION TO MY PROBLEM AND A GOOD USE FOR THE PRINTERS I HAVE! THank you so much Mark, keep up the good stuff!
Man, I've doing car audio for over 27 years. And nothing much impresses me anymore. But, this is really cool. I must say I'm impressed. I could never work that machine. But, I sure as hell wish I could.
I am blown away by you work all the time.. You gave me some good ideas to do in my own vehicle and would like to install cooling fans but don't know how to hook them up to be powed
I have a couple 3D printers and right now I'm running them to make some internal bracing mounts for an acoustic guitar I'm building for a client. The mounts are being printed from carbon fiber infused polycarbonate and they will hold 6mm and 8mm carbon fiber rods to the back and soundboard in place of traditional spruce braces. The idea is to be stronger and lighter with fewer and smaller direct contact points for less interference with the resonance of the instrument. I also use my printers to make various router templates for guitar building and am soon going to be using them to make full-size representations of guitars I've designed so I can make molds of them and start producing the instruments themselves in carbon fiber. Oh and I also use Fusion 360 for all my design work. It's a fantastic program with a lot of resources to help get a new user up and running. I knew nothing about CAD last year and have made great advancements through trial and error and some basic tutorials.
Mark, let’s say you want a more polished look. 3D printing is very good and precise but what is recommended for a silky smooth and polished look?
The amp rack turned out pretty well. Interesting concept to use red and white in contrast with a black amp.
I think its more useful building specialty parts. The Backframes of the amprack that holds the fan for example. Shops can easily pump those out in volume and sell it as an upgrade too a traditional amp rack design.
I'm really impressed by the quality of this printer. Don't know anything about it, but my CubeX (12x12x12 printing area) was the ultimate back when I bought it. I prefer printing PLA vs ABS. In all honesty though I haven't used it in years, all my work is done now on the CNC. A CNC is virtually a 3D printer but instead of additive it's subtractive. The fact that you were able to print such long horizontal lines without supports is very impressive! I've made some pretty exciting things with the 3D printer it's just that it takes so bloody long and they DO mess up ESPECIALLY when using ABS. Some "aftermarket" software and hardware goes a long way with printers though. It'll be neat to see how often you use this going forward. ALSO very impressed with the support in these comments, I was expecting, "YOU FOOL WHO HAS A 3D PRINTER?" "YOU ARE DUMB, TOO MUCH MONEY" "THAT IS GAY!!" not a bad little community here!
im intrigued by that printer! i would make home decor, car fender emblems, shift knobs, tools for easily marred metals. i think I'm gonna learn how to do this...
ABS can be a bit tricky to work with (warping, bed adhesion issues... oh, and it stinks when it gets hot, too; so remember to have plenty of ventilation where the printer is). I’ve had great results with PETG on my Monoprice Maker Select (basically a rebadged WanHao i3). I did upgrade to an all-metal hot end, though. The PETG I’m using is from eSun, and it lays down well, doesn’t warp, and doesn’t stink, either (I still run the vent fan on the enclosure I built for it though... breathing hot plastic fumes can’t be good for you even if it doesn’t smell bad). 😎
Diy car audio legos. I dig it! Nice work, Mark.
Thanks for the files for the rack!
Unfortunately... I do not have a 3D printer. YET! I will have one some day. But I do have 2 CNC routers I built and they work very well for these kinds of projects. Great video and cool project. One nice thing about CNC routers over 3D printers is while I have to buy sheet material to cut from. Even my home built CNC router would knock this rack out in about 30-45 minutes depending on the material being cut and assuming I was able to nest everything into one panel and just push start.
Love All the new ways to do CarAudio with 3D printers..!
Lovely video, lovely product at the end.. Nice!
Build a 6” speaker/sub enclosure with the printer! It’ll be cool to see how it sounds.
Great proof of concept. It turned out looking really cool.
Mark thanks for the shirt and the stickers just got them today!!! Got my shirt on and the stickers are on my tool box and my car already!!!! Thanks keep it up ...
I've designed a small custom 3x ATO fuse holder. Maybe it'd be a great idea if you could design a fuse holder of yours too! Bonus points if it's part of a custom power distribution board using small copper bus bars!
THAT WAS AWESOME
You are gonna get much bigger been checking in from time to time although I am an experienced car audio fabricator been at it since mini trucks back in the 80s ... you're videos are very professional and informative .....and you seem to be a good teacher you take your time and explain it all in detail ...... you've come a long way .....keep up the great job Ozzy from Colorado
Tweeter pods and speaker ring adapters they r great looking
You are a great wealth of resources and have a great way of teaching. I have got NO clue as to do the 3D printing thing.
I could see the benefits of being able to have that do work while I'm doing something else...but I don't have the need at this moment and see that time wise...it could be done in different tools and cost less time and money... That being said....
I can see the lure of the 3D printed hype as a potential bandwagon of flaunting what you have kind of systems.
Well done in your presentation!
I have a 3d printer I have made a cupholder and a phone dock and they work really well
Awesome seeing the use of new technology pushing boundaries. As an idea Mark it would be interesting to see the weight differences between this amp rack and an identical mdf version. Also another plus for the 3D printer would be making templates to use on the router for mass produced/common parts.
I'd make an iPad slider kit but I think Mr Bernards would send the lawyers round!
Nice made
Good job mark, that looks awesome!!! You ever plan on posting the plans for those 3” sub boxes? Been following you for awhile, and always wanted to print em. Btw, Doug doesn’t give you enough credit, you should talk about his mom!
That's pretty cool!
Well Im sold. I'm buying that printer.
Those prints came out really well.
easy, speaker-adapters!
Hell Mark I was impressed the first time when you 3D printed those front door speaker pods
If i had a 3d printer i would build my own custom game controller shells to bring my business to the next level
In addition, if you expect to sell high volumes of a part, once it's printed and test fitted and all is good, you can send the finished design to a 3D print fab in china and order them in bulk at a low cost pr part. It's not feasible to mass produce anything on a 3D printer at home, but it's great for prototyping and then order it up from China. :)
This is such a cool design! Love the color choice and nice job modeling. 3D printing FTW!
I would 3d print some ANL fuse holders
incredible. great!
Dude you are super nice with this stuff I hope I get good as you one day nice work
You should make these for production
I would print out a bolt in double din tablet slider kit and Door speaker adapters/Tweeter adapters for GM cars that I have. I have a 08 Lacrosse Super, 98 Grand Prix and 99 Century/Regal and they share some of the same parts with other W-Bodies. Not 1 person has done a speaker adapter for a 97-08 Grand Prix 😑
thinking the same
Could you do an old school install? New old stock gear from ebay.
Be cool to see it done on a Cnc router with abs sheets just to compare time and quality
Every time I watch this it makes my head hurt,all that calculating and designing wooooooooo,I’m not built for that,great job as usual
I would make a proper looking\fitting dash kit for my '15 Jeep Patriot.
Printing a factory door speaker adapter bracket with a sealed back to make a small box for the mid base or even a mini ported mid bass speaker adapter bracket. You know for those dam Toyotas.
@Soundmanca...#DAMN SON, Mark "Got-Em"
Good video thanks Mark. that amp rack is bad ass. I wonder how long it would hold up?
Given that material's response to heat, how would a structure like this react to exposure to direct sunlight in the summer, or similar heat levels? Seems like it would deform and eventually melt like an ice cream sunday. Thanks for the vid.
every time I see cool shit on 3D printers I get super psyched about making stuff :) Love the video!
Could you make a cover to work on a 2016 Nissan Altima with an Alpine Halo9, to make it look more factory? Sort of like what Alpine Does for the Jeeps, the Restyle series.
Id like to see some tweeter mounts!
Thanks man how much are you in for the printer and software it takes to run it? And how much is the rolls of ABS?
Always with a high quality video.
I don't know that I like the 3D printer vs using wood or metal. I question how strong that abs plastic is vs wood or metal. That rack could have been made with various woods from soft to hard and various metals from steel to aluminum. I do understand and like being able to just print a part over and over again but 28 hrs print time is kinda cra-zazzie! How much did the abs material cost to make this rack? Good video though. Thank you for sharing. Love your walkthroughs! Mad skillz!
i would 3D print my tweeter pods! that would be awsome!
Great idea! Some of my first projects were little pods, then I did a big mid range and tweeter pod, watch it here: th-cam.com/video/IdVodIXIeeQ/w-d-xo.html
That’s crazy I wish I could do that
Question. Would you prefer this over wood?
you should print a speaker that would be sick i've seen videos where people have done it before you should watch them there cool or maybe print a subwoofer
If I had a 3d printer I would want to build speaker adapters.
it'd be too dope to be able to print a tweeter pod that would bolt up to my a-pillars!
that's cool. I would love to have one for my suv
I'd love something very similar to that for my AudioControl Matrix+ and EQS setup for my system.
I'm going to attempt to fabricate something for those two pieces like what you built Mark, thanks for making this video, i'll no doubt be gleaning a few ideas off of your design.
Unless you'd be able to build something for me if i sent them to you, i doubt that you'd have the time for that though.
I'm curious as to how that would hold up in a trunk in Florida where it get 140+ degrees. Cool idea though. Great design and execution.
Most abs will go soft at 172 degrees. After that things may start to change shape. If printed solid it should hold up a bit longer.
Nice!! Would be better with LED fans!
How about a updated tutorial to your sketchup subwoofer box designs with fusion 360? Great vid again Mark!
This is super cool! How long did it take you to make the 3D model in AutoCAD? I'd like to learn 3D modeling but it looks a bit daunting.
Every time you say g-code, it reminds me of rap artist Juvenile’s album from back in the late 90’s, nice video great info!!
A pillars mods for speakers that u glue in
Great job but I would have used Torx or Allen bolts instead. They would give a better look.
Great video mark...3D printing has really opened up the possibilities in car audio fabrication....but what are some of the course or background programs that one would need to grasp a better understanding of CAD software and designing ...
Are you taking custom orders to build amp racks such as this for car audio?
I would use Torx or Allen bolts instead but great video good job always.
love the 3D printerted amp rack, would look good lit up with LED'S
Great video as always! I’d like to get into 3D printing, but the software is pretty intimidating to me lol.
Nice warping :P
curious how much time you have in the modeling of that piece
When I'll get my own 3D printer, I'll try to 3D print some suspension bushings. Just for fun
What do u think of android head units
Shouldn’t you pull the heat away from the amp? Rather than push air into it? Thats what i heard anyway, not sure if it really matters.
Door panels and kick pods
im curious...
based on the time, materials and electric, what would you need to charge someone for that rack? minus the amps of course.
Hey quick question im running wire for amps and such and wanted to know anout running the wire under the car, right now i have it placed on the fender under the hood and its ran along with other wires that go into the fram rail from under the hood and i have it fed all the way to the back for truck entry, i know about grometing the wire and all that ect but before i go through with this just wanted to know if its a good idea or not, i have a 96 impala ss and theres only two grommet ran into the fire wall and they are completly sealed and no removal without redoing the whole seal and didnt want to go through with all of that
Super daupe! Pretty nerdy, but awesome 👏🏼😎 🤓
Hii, what program did you use for drawing this? :) I'm new into this 3D printing world and i want to learn what tools i need :)
Mark will your files for the amp rack from the older R2 work with the newer Robo E3?
Can you make another for purchase?
3d printing is pretty cool I do want one but there expensive
i would print parts for my custom door panel
BTW an old trick to getting the Middle of hole to hole measurement; Inside of one hole outside of the other. IMHO
Hey what's your thoughts on the planet audio ac110 subwoofers 750 ems 4ohm
Well you be selling any of your finshed products on your site
I'd love to do a tablet Mount for my truck's dashboard
Awesome video. Thanks. Question: I have a few old school PPI Art series amps that are mounted diagonally like you did in this vid. My amps have a white gooey grease under all the mosfet amp parts. The paste transfers heat from the mofset part to the amps exterior case, thus allowing cooling. I am curious if you think inthe heat of summer if the cooling paste will seep donhill and come out from under the mofset parts?
Router jigs?
Hello how much would it cost to get this fot my car
great video , i noticed the parts have texture , can they be sanded smooth or can the 3D printer make a smoother finish ?
He is using ABS so it can be vapor smoothed with acetone. It will look like a molded part if done correctly.
Can i get a shirt and stickers to here in the uk lol.
I'd make damn near everything except subwoofer boxes with a 3d printer.
Can you make on and sell it?