I made some of these for coworkers
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I made some of these for coworkers
This is what happens when I get bored:
Of course, I had to cast some for my own car as well, but in my case, my metallic-red paint deserved a wine-red shift ****. The guy whose car the green **** went into has a dark green 2000 Civic. I'm also thinking about making a lightbulb-shaped version, although using the first style in the pistol-grip mode feels better than any other shift **** I've ever tried. Hey, some people like to work with wood; I work with plastics.
Of course, I had to cast some for my own car as well, but in my case, my metallic-red paint deserved a wine-red shift ****. The guy whose car the green **** went into has a dark green 2000 Civic. I'm also thinking about making a lightbulb-shaped version, although using the first style in the pistol-grip mode feels better than any other shift **** I've ever tried. Hey, some people like to work with wood; I work with plastics.
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Originally Posted by white2K2EX
That's pretty cool. Do you have any pics of the red one you made for yourself?
It would be cool if you could mount an led in it and make it glow.
would be a tin of peach timberwolf by the cupholder there?
Make one for my Magnesium vic, please? How much do you want for something like this?
how did you make the shift ****....what chemical did you use and how did you make the threads in the ****?
were you the person that was making shift ***** for the people on a corvette forum? if so, nice work.
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Originally Posted by kornsined
dude that's awesome you made your own. Looks like you can make some money off that.....even though that's definitely not my taste. But great work
wow you got a talent! I would never be able make something like that. Why don't you make 'em and sell 'em on e-bay. Easy money. Thread Starter
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Rep Power: 0 Thanks for the kind words, everyone. The casting part is easy, but designing such a shape required using a solid modeling CAD program to "loft" the shape. Anyone could do this, but it takes some experience, that's all. BTW, I'm looking for a "Cold Weather Tester" who can provide feedback as to whether there are any issues during bitter-cold temps. I already have plenty of warm weather testers here in CA. Believe me, I'd like to send out a whole bunch of freebies, but the materials added together are a bit expensive, so I can send out only one or two for now. Please IM me if you're willing to be a CWT and live where the temps get down below zero degrees F occasionally.
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I'm in Canada and its freezing here if you wanna send me one.
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Originally Posted by Arcan3
ummm i want to learn how to do that!!!!! can u explain a the proccess a bit?
Seriously, the equipment can be expensive if you have to buy it all. I made my own vacuum chambers and fixturing. That woulda cost me at least $800 or more. You would also need to create a design in 3D and then export an IGES file so that CNC milling machine can fabricate the master. (hundreds of dollars for just one master). A vacuum pump that is powerful enough to degas the mixture sufficiently would run in the hundreds of dollars, used and over one - two gs, new.
As you can see, it can be an expensive hobby if you can't fabricate most of the stuff yourself and have connections for used equipment. I just happen to work for a company that has all the equipment, so my first plastic parts were made there. I slowly accumulated and/or fabricated many of the tools/fixtures at the machine shop at work. Now I can do most of it at home.
But to answer your question directly, the steps are:
1. design part
2. have master part made
3. have master part polished
4. create rubber mold fixtures
5. create rubber mold
6. pour parts
7. create fixturing to hold part
8. machine bottom and drill/tap hole
9. polish as needed
If you have any plastics supply vendors nearby, you can buy materials (clear polyester, liquid rubber, and pigments) that are easier to use. They are also less hazardous than the ones I use (Niosh-approved respirators and evacuation equipment may not be needed).
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Rep Power: 0 it would be dif to compete with ya since in on a whole dif continent hehhe and i drive an AT vic... wut type of CAD prog do ya use? i can prolly have access to a milling machine since they have one at my college (industrial eng. faculty has one i think)... im really interested if u dont mind sharing... ill drop ya a IM with ways to keep talking off forum ....
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Rep Power: 0 I sent youa reply, but did not mention the CAD program. There are many good 3D programs out there, including high-end (Catia, Unigraphics (UGS), Pro-E), midrange (Solidworks, Solid Edge, Inventor, IronCAD), and low-end (Thinkdesign, Turbo Cad, Alibre, Ashlar-Vellum, IX SPeeD).
Although I have access to Solidworks and IronCAD, I prefer IronCAD over Solidworks, primarily because its features are superior for conceptualizing models. Solidworks is like having a 300-part Swiss army knife in that sometimes it takes you more time to find the right tool than it does to use the tool. IronCAD is like having a switchblade with only 5 types of the most commonly-used blades in it, each with its own button. Solidworks can do more things, but IronCAD's Triball feature makes designing from scratch soooo much easier.
Although I have access to Solidworks and IronCAD, I prefer IronCAD over Solidworks, primarily because its features are superior for conceptualizing models. Solidworks is like having a 300-part Swiss army knife in that sometimes it takes you more time to find the right tool than it does to use the tool. IronCAD is like having a switchblade with only 5 types of the most commonly-used blades in it, each with its own button. Solidworks can do more things, but IronCAD's Triball feature makes designing from scratch soooo much easier.
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Originally Posted by Shifter
IM me your address if you have a manual tranny. Canada is certainly cold enough. I've been to Montreal a couple of times.
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Originally Posted by Shifter
I sent youa reply, but did not mention the CAD program. There are many good 3D programs out there, including high-end (Catia, Unigraphics (UGS), Pro-E), midrange (Solidworks, Solid Edge, Inventor, IronCAD), and low-end (Thinkdesign, Turbo Cad, Alibre, Ashlar-Vellum, IX SPeeD).
Although I have access to Solidworks and IronCAD, I prefer IronCAD over Solidworks, primarily because its features are superior for conceptualizing models. Solidworks is like having a 300-part Swiss army knife in that sometimes it takes you more time to find the right tool than it does to use the tool. IronCAD is like having a switchblade with only 5 types of the most commonly-used blades in it, each with its own button. Solidworks can do more things, but IronCAD's Triball feature makes designing from scratch soooo much easier.
Although I have access to Solidworks and IronCAD, I prefer IronCAD over Solidworks, primarily because its features are superior for conceptualizing models. Solidworks is like having a 300-part Swiss army knife in that sometimes it takes you more time to find the right tool than it does to use the tool. IronCAD is like having a switchblade with only 5 types of the most commonly-used blades in it, each with its own button. Solidworks can do more things, but IronCAD's Triball feature makes designing from scratch soooo much easier.
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i wonder if those progs are on kazaa 
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Rep Power: 305 i'm not sure if you answered this question in the other thread, can you make pretty much any color? or is there chemical limitations?
