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Metal fog light grills?, how hard would this be to do? |
Aaron Cox |
Aug 17 2003, 09:35 PM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
title says it all!
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1974porsche914 |
Aug 20 2003, 12:40 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 41 Joined: 19-August 03 From: Foothill Ranch, CA Member No.: 1,051 |
You mean a CNC machine like this... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
(IMG:http://www.members.cox.net/1974porsche914/Haas.JPG) I've got this Haas CNC mill in my garage. ... and you know, I've always thought it was pretty lame that they were plastic too. Aluminum ones would be really cool. As you can see on my bench in the photo, I took the one off my car to see how difficult a project it would be. I've always thought of it as a simple part. Well, now that I've taken a closer look... it's not. The part is completely 3D (even the mounting holes are perpendicular to the bumpers curved surface). Also, all of the slots are curved (not flat / 2D). They face straight ahead (horizontal) as the main shape follows the front curve of the bumper (driver to passenger side) and side curve of the bumper (as is sweeps back toward the underside of the car). Basically it is toric shaped (like a donut or football) that is defined by 2 radii. It would require some well thought out (time consuming) dedicated tooling to fixure at several different angles. ...Unless it was completely 3D machined (which also adds much more machine time / cost). In other words, they would probably be in the ballpark of a couple hundred $ each in small volume. Not to mention lots of development time. Probably out of the question. Let me know if you've got any other CNC ideas. I've been wanting to make some CNC'd parts for my 2.0 liter for a while. It's a little easier when I can make a few extra parts & sell 'em to cover the development time, programming, and tooling. - Greg Click HERE to see a photo of my '74 2.0 Liter |
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