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Originally Posted by teflonrocketry1
Thanks Blackshire! That YORF member would be me. I have 3D printer files for the PNC-70 that very closely match the shape of the one from Moldin' Oldies. I also have a 3D printed the PNC -71 nose cone and the Enerjet 1340/20 fin cans. The problem is that I am currently having some serious health issues and have not been able to make it downstairs into my workshop where my 3D printers reside. I am taking so much pain medicine that they won't let me drive or trust me to do the finances, so even if I could 3D print something, I wouldn't be able to drive them to the post office to mail them out, or get paid for them. I also have many rocket kits ready for paint and since I have respiratory issues (NOT Covid -19) I can't even fathom picking up a can of spray paint and using it now. I have good days and bad days; I am hopefull I will recover from this illness to the point were I might be able to produce some 3D prints again in the near future. For now enjoy an occasional RockSim file that I post, which is basically all that I can do for the hobby in this condition.
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You’re most welcome, Bruce. I have an idea that could be a “Win, Win” situation, both for you (I’m sure that we could all use some extra income [even if for a possible upcoming “rainier day”], a second stream of money, especially during this epoch) and also for us; here it is:
I fully understand your pain situation (having experienced it in 2014, 2016 – 2017, and—again—during the last few months). During all three periods, I would not have tried to evade or flee “the grim reaper” (or in my case, an anything-but-grim, four-hooved lady of my acquaintance, had she come for me [she *was* waiting for me, before and during my 2014 gallbladder removal surgery]), because the pain was unbearable, and I just wanted the pain to stop! Also:
When I’ve had to do things that require some length of time, I’ve arranged things so that I can make myself as comfortable as possible (and, importantly, *not* have to move, and/or get up and move, until I’m done with the chore or activity). In your case, you could go downstairs once (once a day, or even just once a week) and 3D print nose cones, transitions, and fin units in batches downstairs (to fill multiple orders from customers, and to build up a reasonable [but not huge] inventory), so that you could just do it at spread-out intervals. Now, regarding shipping the 3D printed parts, I have good news (which my late friend Gary Moore, founder and owner of Commercial Video Company in South Miami, Florida, taught me):
There is no need to go to a Post Office to mail your 3D printed parts. If you call the Toll-Free telephone number printed on the Priority Mail boxes, large envelopes, and sleeves (the U.S. Postal Service website
https://www.usps.com/ should also contain the information), they will deliver the packaging materials to your home, and they will come and pick up the packed boxes, envelopes, and sleeves at your home, making it unnecessary to leave home to send the parcels. It appears to be—for whatever reason—a “well-kept secret.” When I ordered parts, such as bulk quantities of screw eyes, Avery self-adhesive vinyl rings (for reinforcing the holes punched in my ASP scale kits’ streamers, etc. [see:
https://www.rocketreviews.com/nova-...-mike-goss.html ]), the representative at my screw eyes vendor—I forget their name—said (after I’d asked him if they would ship them to me via Priority Mail, because his quoted UPS [or FedEx] shipping rate was considerably higher):
“We’ll only ship them via UPS [or FedEx], because it isn’t worth our time and money for an employee to wait in line at the Post Office.” When I mentioned the U.S. Postal Service’s free packaging materials delivery—and their pickup of the packed parcels at homes and businesses, by calling the Toll-Free telephone number, he expressed great surprise, having never heard of these services. He called the number (it's 1-800-222-1811), and sure enough, they delivered the Priority Mail boxes he needed, and the next day they picked up the sealed parcels and delivered them to me. I called him back after the boxes of screw eyes arrived a few days later (they could/can also be tracked—online and via telephone—for a dollar or less), and he thanked me for informing him about these USPS services, which Gary utilized for many years; he ran Commercial Video Company out of his house, and the USPS regularly sent him the packaging materials and picked up his parcels for delivery to his customers.
I hope this information will be helpful.