Merry Christmas!
Heck no.
Looking at Warn and Badlands open (portion where sun hits) spool size, it looks like about 8 to 10 inches wide and 7 inches tall. Because the main purpose would be to shield the synthetic rope from the sun and bugs and it would need to have an opening to allow some of the spool to connect, it would really just be a shell for the top portion of the spool with an open slot across the bottom for the spooled portion. So the actual size would be less. It could even come in two pieces which snap together to form a larger surface area. Tough part would be figuring out how to hold it in place securely, but also allow for removal during actual winch use.
Awesome! Eagerly waiting for your STL.
Thanks for the STL!
Here is a very rough concept drawing (please no laughing!!)
These are amazing. Indeed them for KC Flex Era 4. I have literally zero 3d design skills though.Oh I got something much more ridiculous in the works, that will apply to 0 people. In the meantime did these too
I wish I would have measured my lights before mounting them would have made my life easier but I’m still iterating. They held up to highway speeds today though.
Yeah, I printed a bigger one and it took a ton more supports. I also had to manually apply the supports.Thanks for the STL!
Wow that is tiny! One unit tall or something like that. I scaled it to 100mm tall and added a 7mm hole in the bottom to mount to my dash rail as an option.
Question is what direction should it face?
Horse facing forward with the direction of the vehicle (like a hood ornament)? But then I’m looking at its ass while driving.
Facing me is better. Plus it makes sense since I can say the crack in my windshield was caused by the bucking bronco.
Sideways just looked odd.
Printed in ASA with a lot of tree supports.
Well ya said no laughing, so naturally I had to laugh at the post. Your drawing does at least give me an idea of what you guys are talking about finally.
this is why my initial thought was 'too big' for my build plate!
Yes, that is the idea. It would only cover the spool to protect the synthetic rope from sun, bugs, road spray ... The rest of the winch body is pretty much already metal or hard plastic. It would either snap in place or maybe be held with magnets. The cover would be removed when the winch is actually used. This would mostly be for standard, open, front end mounts. It smaller and more aerodynamic than the large fabric "pillow case" covers. It could be made in different accent colors or with lettering/emblems. I am a bit surprised winch suppliers don't have a product similar to this.
Would you mind sharing your file?I have for the Wolfbox camera. Though we haven't had any rain to test it out, and after that I need to tweak it a little bit as I can see the corner in the camera. I'll say this, it's very basic at this point, but if it works I'll be sticking with it. Attach to camera with double sided tape, Haven't taken any pics of it installed.
