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It would be nice if we all experienced such good luck. Mine corroded and broke. It cost me about 80 cents to print a replacement, including filament and electricity. To each his own. :)

I've seen people show videos of recycling waste filament into new filament. I just don't generate enough waste for that so I let the city's contractor do it. :)

I mean sanding, not pulverizing. LOL!

I guess no one understands why I put the STL file on there. It's for you to make your own and do your own testing to your requirements. :) Just sand it down and make it smoother. If your hand can't handle that, it can't handle the stock handle either. ;)

There's your sign. Got sandpaper? :)

It's a prototype. That's why I shared the STL file. :) Also, the connection to the parts that screw to the hull are stronger this way. And if you try to get fancy with compound curves you're going to spend a lot of time removing supports unless you have a two-extruder printer and print the...

Is that the final surface on the top of the boat? Gonna be a little rough on the little skipper's butt, don't you think? ;)

First bow handle in ABS. Still a prototype. Screw holes are intentionally undersize, you need to gently drill them out to fit your screws. STL file is here in case anyone else wants to be a guinea pig. :)

I have two window fans in my home office to suck out the fumes as well as the heat generated by my server half rack and Dell servers. :)

I would think that for this it would make more sense to use a wood carving duplicator with a rotating mount, like the ones used to duplicate gunstocks. A heck of a lot faster and true to the original.

Cool. Now you have to print a little person to go with it. :)

The pictures and details don't load but you can still download the file. As I suspected, it is HUGE, most likely for use on a CNC carver and not a 3D printer. Thanks! But now I *am* getting more results for parts!

Did my first design today, a replacement for the bow handle. I will trial fit and iterate in PLA and then post the design on Thingiverse.

I agree with *all* of this. PLA is ok for prototyping but no way you can use it on a boat. One day you'll go look for it and all that's left is goo. :) It is also possible to convert 3D printers into CNC machines, but most people use it for low Z-axis engraving, at least from what I have seen.

I found nothing when searching for "Sunfish". Do you have a URL for that?

The rudder bracket is a dirt-simple shaped piece of aluminum. There is nothing "special" about it that precludes it from being replaced with a properly engineered 3D printed bracket. Simple proof: NASA uses essentially a consumer version of a fused filament fabrication 3D printer to make things...

Shapeways.com can do the printing for you in all sorts of materials.

77. Just take off one screw on each end. You can also install threaded inserts with silicone sealant.

I found another way to drain the water. Unscrew the bow handle and tilt the boat forward. Water came out so fast out the screw holes it arc'd about an inch in the air! :p

Yeah I've seen the model railroad stuff, that is pretty cool. especially if you are handy with acrylic paints and a small brush. :) The big parts are out of my reach, no way I can 3D print something that big without spending way too much money. Sunfish dimensions and other specs here.