I might give this a shot on this '73 that I'm hacking on. I've got a console that I wanted to get creative with so I grabbed some .032 aluminum and cut a few pieces to play with for gages or maybe an engine monitoring system? Dash? The idea is to do this on the home bench press and to K.I.S.S. I've realized that 5/8" circles aren't my choice. I'll probably use 1.5" or 1.25. The final blank will be polished before the circles are set, to maintain uniformity. I might play with a black die to tinge it before a clear coat as an after thought. In two of the pics I think you can see that I staggered the spacing. It makes a neat visual effect where the two meet. BTW, this was free hand on one plane. Currently at the "Farting around in the garage, again" stage. Or maybe my cam will come early and I'll say "Screw this nonsense; I'm putting my engine together."
Sweet!
Brings back some 70's Trans Am memories.
You took the words out of my mouth. Metal shop in HS in the early 70's.
Looks good! What did you use for a tool?
That simply ROCK
I've a couple of old aftermarkets ones that could use some "freshing up"
I used the same thing recenlty on my dash, center console and radiator shroud. It gives it a different look. I will get used to the interior but I may change to polish aluminum.
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You should at least wax these while they are shinny, otherwise you'll wind up polishing again.
Hard to see but I did that to my adapter plate
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I think it's an interesting look. Very aircraft....
If it were me, I would order a sheet or two of professionally done aluminum. On those plates all the circles are evenly spaced.
Damn Kent ... you're dizzy enough without staring at all those circles going down the road.
I have always loved that look but would want it is a matt black or some matt color to stop the glare issue.
Zach
here is all the patterns you will ever want;
http://www.fpmmetals.com/color%20pg..htm
you missed this page, your work is great .
http://www.fpmmetals.com/architectural_pricing.htm
Boy does this bring back terrible memories. When I was younger, my father set up a shop in the garage to re-make the tri 5 tbird dash and panel trim. Each engine turn stamp was done in a jig by hand with a hardened die. Talking about manual labor.
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