Looking for a fabricator to build this..

Assasin-uk

Assasin-uk

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Having had the plans done for my race simulator im looking for a metal worker to build it as my engineer is looking like hes gonna pull out of the project..

Anyone want to undertake it? preferably in the lancashire area for obvious reasons.. :D
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Thread with more info here
h**p://forum.rscnet.org/showthread.php?t=241844
 
The amount of dimensions missing from that - it'd be impossible to build tbh.

*damn...my years as an engineering student are coming back to haunt me...*

You'd be better of breaking it down into it's seperate components and doing a proper set of workign drawings - any good engineer *and many terrible ones* should be able to build it for you then.

Simon/~Flibster
 
Flibster said:
The amount of dimensions missing from that - it'd be impossible to build tbh.

*damn...my years as an engineering student are coming back to haunt me...*

You'd be better of breaking it down into it's seperate components and doing a proper set of workign drawings - any good engineer *and many terrible ones* should be able to build it for you then.

Simon/~Flibster
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+ a better CAD program! ;)
 
mmmmmm cad drawn 3d love it. better like that than boring blueprints
 
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The 3D drawing could have been presented in a better way tbh but without a decent program it could be a bit of a pig tbh.
 
considering it was done by a very nice chap from the race sim forum who speaks very little english i think its pretty good... he never claimed to be a cad cam user in any way :)
 
Assasin-uk said:
considering it was done by a very nice chap from the race sim forum who speaks very little english i think its pretty good... he never claimed to be a cad cam user in any way :)
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FP for someone who isnt proficient in CAD. I think a fabricator would want more though. ;)

Gimme the full Dims and i might be able to knock up something a little more readable in a couple of hours. ;)
 
jegz said:
+ a better CAD program! ;)
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Don't even need that - can do it all by hand.

I did a single cylinder 5cc compressed air powered motor at uni all hand drawn.

Worked too - 1750rpm when plugged into the high pressure air hose. :D

It's a piece of cake once you know the basics.

http://www.technologystudent.com/designpro/ortho1.htm - start here and get practicing. ;)

Also try getting hold of a copy of BS 8888 *British Standard 8888 - Technical Product Documentation* it will tell you all you need to know and a hell of a lot more.

Simon/~Flibster
 
Flibster said:
Don't even need that - can do it all by hand.

I did a single cylinder 5cc compressed air powered motor at uni all hand drawn.

Worked too - 1750rpm when plugged into the high pressure air hose. :D

It's a piece of cake once you know the basics.

http://www.technologystudent.com/designpro/ortho1.htm - start here and get practicing. ;)

Also try getting hold of a copy of BS 8888 *British Standard 8888 - Technical Product Documentation* it will tell you all you need to know and a hell of a lot more.

Simon/~Flibster
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Hand drawing is fun and looks good but for this sort of thing 3D is the way foreward as with any design really s sections can be taken. I used to spen hours on hand drawings at college but now im good at CAD its pointless.
 
jegz said:
FP for someone who isnt proficient in CAD. I think a fabricator would want more though. ;)

Gimme the full Dims and i might be able to knock up something a little more readable in a couple of hours. ;)
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FP?

This threads gone a little off topic lol..

More pics here.. h**p://photobucket.com/albums/v250/assasin-uk/Race%20Frame%20Project/?sc=1

Best response i have had all night, shame it isnt getting it built.

Does any of you CAD wizards out there want to do the images again? im a real noob to this cad thing, but would like the plans to looking somthing like when i goto a fabricator.. :p
 
Sections were done by had by me as well. They're not hard - as long as you understand what you'd see if you were to section the item along this line or that line or at that angle it's a piece of urine.

I reckon that it's still faster do a lot of general layout drawings by hand than they can be done on cad - Cad is overly complex for something like that - it's not needed.

Hell - the best Formula designer *Adrian Newey* still uses a piece of paper and a drawing board for his designs.

3D isn't needed - fabricators will just want the individual parts - they don't care how they go together - they don't want to have to try and figure dimensions out - just give them a simple ortho projection and they can do they job quickly, easily and correctly.

Simon/~Flibster
 
FP = fair play. Email in trust i need summat to do to keep my CAD skills in order. just email all the dims and the original drawings in a readable format (jpegs'll do) and i'll see what i can do, pending free time etc. ;)
 
Flibster said:
3D isn't needed - fabricators will just want the individual parts - they don't care how they go together - they don't want to have to try and figure dimensions out - just give them a simple ortho projection and they can do they job quickly, easily and correctly.

Simon/~Flibster
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Quoted for uber truthness!!! Fabricators are trianed to readortho projections and do what they say, they dont need fancy ass 3d cad uber spin me around show how it fits into the relativityness of life pictures! Talka bout over complifying things:) If you can email simple ortho projections to various fabricators they may be able to give you a rough idea whats possible.
 
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