shipped 4/7/2010. first run of 914-8 emblems closed.

Jim, How long are you offering the special price. Wife cut me off for awhile. Just spent 2K on Abby (Alien baby )

She cut YOU off because you drove thousands of miles through hurricanes and blizzards to pick up HER car? Where's the justice?

until my wife realizes I should be charging more.

The end of march... then I'll be finishing the run of them and starting a run of something else. i missed seeing you at route 66; i was disappointed that the weather caused your rush in another direction.

Are your parts going to have high and low areas like the factory units?


Bob

Yes, they are.

More pictures, please! I'm very close to shelling out the money for this, just need that extra little bump to put me over the edge...

So far so good! Looking forward to seeing the finished product.

Here is another wooden one that I cut out, testing the multi layers gcode. The black one is the loaner for reference.


My new metal end-mill bits should be here soon to where I can cut some out of aluminum.

Thank you, Mark! I'm looking forward to seeing the finished product as well. I'm getting closer.

I'm in! when will they be ready? when do you need paymant? Does the price include shipping?

That looks great!!! I will be needing one that says 914 - GT in the future

I'm hoping to have them ready to ship on April 4th.

The price includes shipping in the lower 48 states.

payment can be made anytime between now and shipping day.

I have enough aluminum to do a run of 10.

Thank you! I might play with the design of yours in wood while I wait for my carbide bits/end mills to show up.

Just sent my Paypal, Thanks!

You have me convinced. Money sent via Paypal.

- Karl

Thank you Mike and Karl. =o)

Paypal sent.

Bob

What is the attachment plan? Will there be pins like on the earlier emblems or adhesive tape?

Great question!

Right now they are just flat pieces of metal that would need adhesive tape. (now included)

I can look into using pins if someone wants them.

Just use emblem tape, like EVERY modern car. Forget the pins. They're too much work.

3M emblem tape

Mark, thanks for the tip.

adhesive tape it is, then. =o)

If you can make them with pins, I'd be interested in paying a little extra.

Do you already have holes in the back of your car? If so, how far apart are they?

I'm looking into options for pins for you; it looks like I could make shallow holes and then silver solder them or epoxy them into the holes.

914-Automatic ?

Let me see if my x-axis will travel that far. =o) I might have to do it in a couple of stages, but... yeah. I'll give it a shot.

the CNC mill runs off of a different computer than what I do my designing on, and I just got some strips of aluminum that would probably be long enough.

I've been playing with the 914-GT script in wood while waiting for the end mill bits for the aluminum.

Here's a pic:

It pushes the limits of my little mill; I'm thinking anything longer will have to be done in a couple of stages.

and trimmed...

Jim-

these are looking great! Great Job!

Send me an email with a price for the 914-6 and the 2.7. I'll paypal the same day!

Very nice!

The previous owner either closed up the holes, or the car never had them. Just place the pins in a manner similar to the original "914" emblem.

- Karl

It looks awesome !!!!! Maybe I should get one just to motivate me to finish my GT replica ..... !!!

This is great !!! Now I dont' have to make one myself .....

So what will the price be for the 914-GT tag? They are looking so beautiful .......... I can't wait ........

I like the 914-GT, I am in for one. Move the T closer to the G though
Mark

As for making the tape nice, we can laser cut it so that it will fit niceley on the back. I like to tay 1.0mm underflush of the emblem all the way around.

Okay, will do. How much closer would you like it? I should probably remove the dash between the G and the T as well?

laser cutting sounds nice. I wish I had those capabilities. =o) maybe someday.

$65 for the GT ones, they are taking a bit more work.

and thank you! I'm really looking forward to cutting out of aluminum this week.

I'm setting up the mill to cut this one out right now. =o)

I get to start cutting aluminum first thing tomorrow!

The mill is heading out to my dad's shop so I didn't have to build a shrowd to catch the chips flying off of it. It'll be good to have the noise out of the apartment, too.

I'm ahead of schedule for getting these done, and should have some aluminum chips soon enough.

I'm pretty excited about getting to make these; thank you everyone so far for your support and questions and suggestions.

The green lines are the tool path; and the blue ones are the lines that they are following. As you can see here, I still need to pocket out the insides of the 9 and the 6.

I am ok with the distance between the G and the T ......... though absolutely no dash between the letters.

Here is what I want in the font you are using ....

914-GT

Will this be bare aluminum, powder coated or anodised?

Okay! I can do that. =o) I can work on that next, while the 914-6 is running through the wood version to check the tool paths.

Bare aluminum.

Here is the 914-6 out of wood.

The cheeto's thumb print is going to buff right out. I also need to add the tail back onto the '4'. and that's why I do them out of wood first.

the second picture is for the 914-GT modifications.

gothspeed, Mark, what do you two think? Should I make a wood one for your twos' approvals?

Great job Jim!

Send mine just raw aluminum as I am rethinking what I want as a finish. I may just polish the snot out of them!
- or plate them
- or powdercoat them
- or anodize them....

Maybe they won't even go on the car!

Thanks, Brett! I'm aiming to please. =o)

Here's the first one in rough form. Playing with aluminum is a bit different than wood, that's for sure.

This one won't be going anywhere, it was for the sole purpose of practicing with the aluminum so the ones that leave will be perfect. =o)

More pictures will come as more of them are made.

Very nice Jim

You ought to try putting the 3M emblem tape on the aluminum stock before you mill it or do you think it would tear it up?

Kevin;

It would tear it up, and it would change the distance between one end of the emblem and the other end by too many .001's of an inch to mill evenly. (I gave that idea some thought as well, and vetoed it myself)

However, applying the 3m tape afterwords and taking a razor blade to it will work wonders.

I need to go back and edit about it not coming with the tape, I realized I can pick it up at cost from NAPA so it would be cheaper for me to do it and more beneficial to you guys that are buying/have bought.

It's cool when you can use your toys to make things for other peoples' toys.

Awesome! And I'm really glad to hear you'll provide them with the adhesive already installed.

I like it !!!

Yeah, badass. I'll take a GT version.

Getting closer to perfection...

If someone wants to claim this one as is; I can drop it in the mail tomorrow with a piece of sticky tape. (like what McMark linked to, or something very similar)

I can get some hi-res pics, too. my mom has a 12mp camera, and I have webserver space to upload to.