A Simple Little Coal Door

Years ago coal was delivered to many homes and businesses. A lot of times there was a metal door the coal delivery company would open and pour the coal through. Well, I was on facebook and someone asked in a model railroading group if anyone made a coal door as a detail part. I asked him what they looked like and what size they were, and not too much longer my Anycubic Photon was churning out the part.

Picture of the coal door requested

HO Scale coal door

It’s about 2 foot by 3 foot.

It wasn’t a complicated model. I designed it in sketchup, then scaled it, and sliced it in chitubox. A sped up screensave of the design process can be found on youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjAQHVqtDC8

The coal door can be downloaded from thingiverse

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4444671

Author: dcyale

Currently an attorney, I am also a retired police officer and the father of a teen age daughter. In between work and family I sneak in a little time to do 3D modeling. I live in Connecticut and am a member of the Valley HO Trak modular model railroad club.

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