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can't remember ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 3,199 Joined: 3-June 11 From: Madison, WI Member No.: 13,152 Region Association: Upper MidWest ![]() ![]() |
I have a Triumph TR6 and my son has an MGB. British Heritage makes all of the body panels (I had to replace about half the sheet metal on my car) and reportedly obtained the dies by tracking them down after the collapse of British Leyland. What happened to the corresponding 914 dies after production ceased?
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Anyone who has watched the Porsche 3 d printed piston video won’t doubt the capability of 3D printed metal. Size might be an issue for body panels...... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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that's what I do! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 20,065 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Port Hope, Ontario Member No.: 26 Region Association: Canada ![]() |
Anyone who has watched the Porsche 3 d printed piston video won’t doubt the capability of 3D printed metal. Size might be an issue for body panels...... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) If you do a little more research you'll find out Porsche wants $500K for a set of pistons. Not a typo. Just like the Ford and etc tech, the machines are multi-million dollar technology, no cottage industry can afford this and any business that can will be looking for way more lucrative markets. Like any new tech you're looking at 20 years before the cost of these machines become affordable for even medium sized businesses. Also 3D printing takes a comparitivly long time, a press can pop out a hundred fenders before you finish printing one. The tech is cool, incredible pace of improvement, right now great for many smaller things, but to me it's still in it's formative (expensive) stages for larger items. |
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