Has anyone bought 9v track from okbrickworks?

[Brickblock1]

As the title sugests i am would like to know if anyone has bougt track from okbrickworks and what the quality and experience was like?

[JopieK]

Is 4Dbricks isn't it? I have a switch from them and works fine.

[Brickblock1]

4 hours ago, JopieK said:

Is 4Dbricks isn't it? I have a switch from them and works fine.

They also make metal track would that not make the metal be higher than offical track? if they used the 4dbrix files.

[supertruper1988]

I have a bunch of the metal track from OKBrickworks. I really like it and if you need (rather really really want) 9V then its essentially the only way to get it (metal rails) I know that the files for the 4DBrix are different from the metal rails but both are high quality prints. 

[Matt Dawson]

13 hours ago, Brickblock1 said:

As the title sugests i am would like to know if anyone has bougt track from okbrickworks and what the quality and experience was like?

I've got both R24 and R56 and aside from some effort involved in finishing it (I picked unfinished to save money when I ordered my first batch) it works very well. Won't work as a 'feed' track (unless you solder wires to the track) but it's well made and designed and works well.

[Brickblock1]

10 hours ago, supertruper1988 said:

I have a bunch of the metal track from OKBrickworks. I really like it and if you need (rather really really want) 9V then its essentially the only way to get it (metal rails) I know that the files for the 4DBrix are different from the metal rails but both are high quality prints. 

 

10 hours ago, Matt Dawson said:

I've got both R24 and R56 and aside from some effort involved in finishing it (I picked unfinished to save money when I ordered my first batch) it works very well. Won't work as a 'feed' track (unless you solder wires to the track) but it's well made and designed and works well.

Thanks to both of you.

 

[Dav1d]

When I look at the 4DBRix website, I can only see plastic track https://www.4dbrix.com/products/train/

I thought only FxBrix were making 9V track https://www.fxbricks.com/

 

 

[JopieK]

There was a review by @zephyr1934 on the fxbricks so check that out and maybe ask him on his findings in that topic?

See: 

 

 

[Brickblock1]

2 hours ago, Dav1d said:

When I look at the 4DBRix website, I can only see plastic track https://www.4dbrix.com/products/train/

I thought only FxBrix were making 9V track https://www.fxbricks.com/

 

 

they are at https://www.okbrickworks.com/product-category/brick-and-track/3d-printed-train-track/

[davidzq]

Let's clear up some of the confusion here...

4DBrix was a company by Tom Lowa that was making 3D printed PF switches and curves.
OKBrickWorks is a company by Andy Mollman, which does high quality decals and 3D printed 9v curves.
Tom ended 4DBrix, and gave everything to OKBrickWorks, so now they are the suppliers for 4D's track designs. Unfortunately they don't seem to be doing the Monorail track...

FXBricks has been developing an entire line of injection molded 9v track, and is just now starting to release their products, starting with S8 and S32 straights, R72 and R88 curves. More to come.

There's also BrickTracks by Scott Hoffmeyer who does high quality injection molded curves and R104 switches, and TrixBrix who does 3D printing of just about anything you can think of, and some injection molding.
 

[Brickblock1]

20 minutes ago, davidzq said:

Let's clear up some of the confusion here...

4DBrix was a company by Tom Lowa that was making 3D printed PF switches and curves.
OKBrickWorks is a company by Andy Mollman, which does high quality decals and 3D printed 9v curves.
Tom ended 4DBrix, and gave everything to OKBrickWorks, so now they are the suppliers for 4D's track designs. Unfortunately they don't seem to be doing the Monorail track...

FXBricks has been developing an entire line of injection molded 9v track, and is just now starting to release their products, starting with S8 and S32 straights, R72 and R88 curves. More to come.

There's also BrickTracks by Scott Hoffmeyer who does high quality injection molded curves and R104 switches, and TrixBrix who does 3D printing of just about anything you can think of, and some injection molding.
 

When did Tom end 4dbrix, I thought okbrickworks was making 4dbrix track for the marketplace and their own website?

[davidzq]

8 hours ago, Brickblock1 said:

When did Tom end 4dbrix, I thought okbrickworks was making 4dbrix track for the marketplace and their own website?

The partnership with OKBrickWorks occured a few months after this announcement.

[Brickblock1]

Oh, i must missunderstud i knew of the fact they printed 4dbrix track on https://www.4dbrix.com/market/stores/shop.php?store=00009.

[Build Buddies]

On 5/19/2021 at 7:09 PM, davidzq said:

Tom ended 4DBrix, and gave everything to OKBrickWorks, so now they are the suppliers for 4D's track designs. Unfortunately they don't seem to be doing the Monorail track...

Hello AFOLs!

Let me try to clean up a little bit the confusion around 4DBrix because some facts are mixed up here...:

Tom, the owner of 4DBrix, is a great guy. He is a super enthusiastic maker, I never met someone like him before. He can design things like crazy. But in the end his day also only has 24h like ours... . Since producing all the parts for his shop took almost 100% of his time there was almost no time left for new great inventions from him. Due to the fact he is an engineer he wanted to change this situation to focus more on the things where he can make use of his skills perfectly -> inventing new awesome things.

After a break Tom opened beginning of this year his new 4DBrix Marketplace. This is Toms answer to the recent guideline changes of BrickLink, because 3D Printed / non Lego Parts are no longer allowed to be offered on BrickLink. That is also the reason why the Belgian 4DBrix BrickLink shop for EU customers had to close.

Right now the Marketplace has just started with some official 4DBrix Stores around the globe (EU, Australia and US). The idea is to open this platform in the future for other makers / products as well, like a BrickLink alternative for 3rd party Lego accessories.

Andy from OKBrickWorks produces 9V tracks since years. Since some months he also joined the "4DBrix Family" and he started to offer 4DBrix products in the US as an official manufacturer on the 4DBrix Marketplace and on his own website. Just to be clear: Tom never "gave everything to OKBrickWorks".

Tom is still doing a lot of things for 4DBrix in the background, he just distributed the manufacturing work around the globe to have more time to focus on the engineering part ;)

 

I hope that helps a little bit to clarify the confusion.

 

Kind regards

Build Buddies (official 4DBrix Store EU)

 

Edited May 21, 2021 by Build Buddies

[Brickblock1]

@Build Buddies

Thank you for clearing things up

[zephyr1934]

 

16 hours ago, Build Buddies said:

After a break Tom opened beginning of this year his new 4DBrix Marketplace. This is Toms answer to the recent guideline changes of BrickLink, because 3D Printed / non Lego Parts are no longer allowed to be offered on BrickLink. That is also the reason why the Belgian 4DBrix BrickLink shop for EU customers had to clos

Look at that, there is still the 4DBrix monorail track, the studded battery box cover, etc. Excellent! Not all stores carry all of the designs.

[M_slug357]

On 5/17/2021 at 11:21 PM, Brickblock1 said:

As the title suggests i am would like to know if anyone has bought track from okbrickworks and what the quality and experience was like?

I'd say the quality is pretty good! In my personal experience, they aren't hardy enough for use on MILS modules at shows or exhibitions-- the end connectors are fairly fragile and thus prone to breaking. I specifically was using R56 curves, and from what I've seen so far this may be problem only with lower radii curves (56,72, maybe 88?). The straight segments are mostly awesome, but the clutch may vary due to the nature of 3D printing.

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At the very least, I'll save the metal from my broken R56s for some... nefarious purposes...