Did Karman save the tooling for the 914, Like the Brits did? |
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Did Karman save the tooling for the 914, Like the Brits did? |
worn |
Mar 14 2021, 11:04 AM
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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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Mikey914 |
Mar 16 2021, 09:33 AM
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The rubber man Group: Members Posts: 12,684 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None |
While possible to use direct laser sintering to "print really cool stuff" it's not at the place that it's good for production (cost effective). For prototyping it's invaluable. We have printed parts and tools to check fits before production and in proof of concept. Great for making one offs.
If you look at the technology it is even more exciting as it develops. It is possible to manipulate electrons and as the level gets smaller and more efficient it will apply to materials. Imagine being able to "print" new materials at an atomic level. Anyone remember the Star Trek movie where they "replicated" clear aluminum for the whale tank? We may see this in our lifetime. |
buck toenges |
Mar 16 2021, 12:30 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 553 Joined: 25-November 03 From: Fort wayne In Member No.: 1,388 Region Association: None |
While possible to use direct laser sintering to "print really cool stuff" it's not at the place that it's good for production (cost effective). For prototyping it's invaluable. We have printed parts and tools to check fits before production and in proof of concept. Great for making one offs. If you look at the technology it is even more exciting as it develops. It is possible to manipulate electrons and as the level gets smaller and more efficient it will apply to materials. Imagine being able to "print" new materials at an atomic level. Anyone remember the Star Trek movie where they "replicated" clear aluminum for the whale tank? We may see this in our lifetime. Transparent Aluminum. Come on Man! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
ClayPerrine |
Mar 16 2021, 02:50 PM
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Life's been good to me so far..... Group: Admin Posts: 15,596 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille |
Transparent Aluminum already exists.... From Wikipedia... Aluminium oxynitride (marketed under the name ALON by Surmet Corporation[3]) is a transparent ceramic composed of aluminium, oxygen and nitrogen. ALON is optically transparent (≥ 80%) in the near-ultraviolet, visible and midwave-infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. It is four times as hard as fused silica glass, 85% as hard as sapphire, and nearly 115% as hard as magnesium aluminate spinel. Since it has a cubic spinel structure, it can be fabricated to transparent windows, plates, domes, rods, tubes and other forms using conventional ceramic powder processing techniques. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium_oxynitride |
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