
What is Frog Industries?

I first encountered additive manufacturing of car parts when I was 19. I bought my first car, a T230 Celica Gen 7. One of the parcel shelf clips had broken, and when looking online for a spare part, all I found were people listing a 3D printed clip. I remembered my dad had bought a 3d printer years ago, and so I found the file, and printed it myself, and after realising I had printed the wrong side, I successfully fixed this issue on my own.
Whilst this is still my only car and I love it, the issue comes with its age; it's from 2004, and like many other old vehicles, it suffers from some issues with components which cannot be replaced. This is where the inspiration for Frog Industries began. Frog Industries aims to address the same problems faced by many people, particularly those with rare cars, by designing both OEM-quality and uprated aftermarket parts using additive manufacturing. These parts are/will be tested to ensure they are up to the conditions thrown at a daily-driven car. I hope that these parts will pave the way for larger manufacturers to start using additive manufacturing as part of the repair process, which is often lacking due to the time spent with parts either having to be shipped, or more often than not, the manufacturer has completely run out of said parts, leaving both the customer and the technician waiting around unnecessarily.
Frog Industries is a company started by me, Ed.
Here you'll find all sorts of projects I've been working on, in an effort to learn more about automotive design and additive manufacturing.
Also, a bit of website design.
Proof of Concept
Automakers are already implementing 3d printing in some areas, most notably, Pantheon Design, with their new 3d printed motorcycle. This in itself is a huge leap for the industry, in what Frog Industries considers to be the right direction.

Celica T230

