Burling Aluminum trim pieces, and a few pic's |
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Burling Aluminum trim pieces, and a few pic's |
76-914 |
Mar 24 2011, 08:25 PM
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Repeat Offender & Resident Subaru Antagonist Group: Members Posts: 13,507 Joined: 23-January 09 From: Temecula, CA Member No.: 9,964 Region Association: Southern California |
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. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sawzall-smiley.gif) Or maybe my cam will come early and I'll say "Screw this nonsense; I'm putting my engine together." (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif)
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McMark |
Mar 25 2011, 03:53 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
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. |
76-914 |
Mar 25 2011, 04:44 PM
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Repeat Offender & Resident Subaru Antagonist Group: Members Posts: 13,507 Joined: 23-January 09 From: Temecula, CA Member No.: 9,964 Region Association: Southern California |
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. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) It's absolutely imperative that the spacing be exact. I noticed that early on. I'll probably use something like a set of dominoe's or leggo's to use a guaging blocks. If I end up with something that I feel is presentable and doable I'll do a quick threead or video on it. BTW Mark, I didn't know how to source this material, either. Who sells it? |
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