--- title: 3D Printing A Railway Pump Car | daily.dev description: A miniature 3D-printed railway pump car, built by Sam Barker and Tom, recreates the classic seesaw-beam handcar mechanism in a compact form small enough to... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/3d-printing-a-railway-pump-car-ndtblzrby twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 3D Printing A Railway Pump Car | daily.dev og:description: A miniature 3D-printed railway pump car, built by Sam Barker and Tom, recreates the classic seesaw-beam handcar mechanism in a compact form small enough to... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/3d-printing-a-railway-pump-car-ndtblzrby og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/NDtBlZRbY.png og:image:alt: 3D Printing A Railway Pump Car og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 3D Printing A Railway Pump Car **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A miniature 3D-printed railway pump car, built by Sam Barker and Tom, recreates the classic seesaw-beam handcar mechanism in a compact form small enough to pack into checked luggage and reassemble in a hotel room for the Open Sauce event. Full build files are shared on Printables, though some bolt and shaft details were still incomplete at the time of writing. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Railway End Table Powered By Hand Crank](https://daily.dev/posts/railway-end-table-powered-by-hand-crank-lqx3fkdmw) · Hackaday · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Using the railway network as a flatbed scanner](https://daily.dev/posts/using-the-railway-network-as-a-flatbed-scanner-lc2yidf5w) · Lobsters · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [3D Printed Go Kart Designed To Fit In A Suitcase](https://daily.dev/posts/3d-printed-go-kart-designed-to-fit-in-a-suitcase-xlexwlbuj) · Hackaday · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/3d-printing-a-railway-pump-car-ndtblzrby) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"3D Printing A Railway Pump Car","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/3d-printing-a-railway-pump-car-ndtblzrby","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/3d-printing-a-railway-pump-car-ndtblzrby"},"datePublished":"2026-08-24T02:20:18.903Z","dateModified":"2026-08-24T02:20:34.620Z","description":"A miniature 3D-printed railway pump car, built by Sam Barker and Tom, recreates the classic seesaw-beam handcar mechanism in a compact form small enough to...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/f874330ac9446cf05ac98cbc9844f095?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/f874330ac9446cf05ac98cbc9844f095?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Hackaday","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Hackaday","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--JhDfhy70--/f_auto,q_auto/v1767541814/logos/hackaday","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/3d-printing-a-railway-pump-car-ndtblzrby","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hackaday","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"3D Printing A Railway Pump Car"}]} ```