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post Jun 2 2025, 11:05 PM
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That turned out nicely!
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post Jun 3 2025, 08:14 AM
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Beautiful work as always. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)
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I updated the stamping die so the indent would more closely match the one on the shock tower.

I assume Send-Cut-Send did the cutting. The die work was done at your shop? What sheet metal thickness and what size press? Very nice!!!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drooley.gif)
BTW, I have been using SCS at work, great service! Thank you for sharing!
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post Jun 3 2025, 08:33 AM
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QUOTE(Montreal914 @ Jun 3 2025, 07:14 AM) *

Beautiful work as always. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)
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I updated the stamping die so the indent would more closely match the one on the shock tower.

I assume Send-Cut-Send did the cutting. The die work was done at your shop? What sheet metal thickness and what size press? Very nice!!!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drooley.gif)
BTW, I have been using SCS at work, great service! Thank you for sharing!

@Montreal914 - I really don't need "instant" parts and SendCutSend is so good/fast/reasonably priced that I sold my plasma table! Watch the next episode and you'll learn that I also moved the bender/press to another shop but I still have access so yes, I did the pressing. It's a standard size H-press with a powered ram. Watch Episode 15 below and you'll see it in action stamping the initial panel with all the parts I cut on my plasma table.

The panel in the car is .048" and the die set is .188" thick with a .200" gap between the male/female components.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q3mnh0YrEg
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post Jun 3 2025, 05:13 PM
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Very clever with the stamping dies.

Did you make another, opposite, set of dies for the other side, or did you drill out the spot welds and re-weld the small male parts on the other side of the large male part?
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post Jun 3 2025, 05:19 PM
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QUOTE(BillC @ Jun 3 2025, 04:13 PM) *

Very clever with the stamping dies.

Did you make another, opposite, set of dies for the other side, or did you drill out the spot welds and re-weld the small male parts on the other side of the large male part?

@BillC - I drill the spot welds and flip things around to make the mirror image part.
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post Jun 3 2025, 06:21 PM
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post Jun 8 2025, 07:59 AM
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The latest status updates included a new crew of kitties! Enjoy...

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post Jun 8 2025, 10:45 AM
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Just wow. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)
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post Jun 8 2025, 10:56 AM
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And here's a preview of what's coming in next week's episode. The upper section of the reinforcement is final welded, metal finished and ready for primer.


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post Jun 8 2025, 06:14 PM
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Fantastic work on the car. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cheer.gif)

And Management loves the kitties. She keeps asking if we can foster some, but I know she'd never be able to give them up later.
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post Jun 21 2025, 07:10 AM
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My engine compartment is looking less and less like a 914's every day. And don't miss the kitty content at the end!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oCYJ--XoNo
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post Jun 21 2025, 07:11 AM
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post Jun 21 2025, 07:57 AM
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Can't wait for the engine to be back in place. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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post Jun 21 2025, 10:15 AM
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Did my first automotive engineering internship at Chrysler Mt. Elliot Tool and Die. They built the stamping dies and ran tryout presses for all kinds of body panels. The largest mill was an Ingersoll 5 axis CNC gantry mill with a bed that was about 12’ long. It’s for sale. It would look great in the Red Barn. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

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Don’t sell yourself short, those formations aren’t just “style points”. Those formations drastically increase the strength and rigidity vs a flat piece of sheet metal. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)
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post Jun 22 2025, 07:27 AM
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@Superhawk996 Yep, I get the strength improvement of adding section to a panel and stronger is always better. Well, almost always, I suppose. In the LS car, I just did flat panels but used 16 ga. In the end, for my use cases, I'm sure everything is over-built.
And yes, I want that giant press! Just think of all the time and money I could waste with my do-overs on THAT thing! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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And yes, I want that giant press! Just think of all the time and money I could waste with my do-overs on THAT thing! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

That picture is of the mill that would machine the dies.

The presses are way bigger. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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Tool Whore update:
With the plasma table gone, it was time to implement my plan for upping my fabrication game. I started by adding a Bambu Labs 3D printer to the mix. It arrived yesterday and took maybe 1.5 hours to get set up. As soon as it let me know it was ready, I sent the first job to it.
All I can say is: If you don't have one, you need one!
Virtually every review talks about how Bambu Labs' products just plain work and really are "ready to go" right out of the box. I can report that it's true! I sent my first job to it and it did a flawless job of printing it.

Next to arrive is a Creality Raptor Pro 3d scanner. Between these two new tools, some super cool things will be showing up soon!


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Congratulations Chris; that is very very cool. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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Can you 3D print an entire stock 914?
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Can you 3D print an entire stock 914?


Including rust?
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