Re: Cluster/Speedo Rings
Posted: May 10th, 2008, 12:05 am
Sounds great.. Looking forward to it.
+1bluechro wrote:Sounds great.. Looking forward to it.
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Re: Cluster/Speedo Rings
Posted: May 11th, 2008, 11:29 am
Re: Cluster/Speedo Rings
Posted: May 11th, 2008, 10:46 pm
Re: Cluster/Speedo Rings
Posted: May 11th, 2008, 11:07 pm
I'm stupid and balancing four or more projects, so this might be slow in the coming. But you can all wait a few weeks, right? 
Re: Cluster/Speedo Rings
Posted: May 12th, 2008, 12:04 pm
yeah man take your time and do it right... may I suggest finishing one project at a time? 
Re: Cluster/Speedo Rings
Posted: May 15th, 2008, 12:30 pm
Okay, so aluminum is a definate bust, but plexiglass is looking really sweet. I'll post pics tonight, I hope.
Re: Cluster/Speedo Rings
Posted: May 15th, 2008, 5:31 pm
that sounds cool... then paint it silverish?
Re: Cluster/Speedo Rings
Posted: May 15th, 2008, 5:35 pm
What happened to the aluminum?
Re: Cluster/Speedo Rings
Posted: May 15th, 2008, 5:50 pm
it's expensive and the part inherently has a lot of waste.
Re: Cluster/Speedo Rings
Posted: May 15th, 2008, 11:16 pm
No, it got all mulched and didn't have clean anything. I don't have the right bit, I suppose. It looks like... shife, truthfully. But the plexi has clean lines and is more solid... its also thicker, and easier to come by, and has way more potential... I would have pictures, but my camera access is currently denied....
Re: Cluster/Speedo Rings
Posted: May 16th, 2008, 5:39 am
drill a hole in plexi©, insert LED©, ricetastic©, mass produce, make much money, give marc royalties 
Re: Cluster/Speedo Rings
Posted: May 21st, 2008, 11:19 pm
Heres what I've come up with so far.
All of my prototypes
The messed up melted/welded/massacred aluminum one
The best and hopefully last one. Tach size.
My hopefully final one is off .175mm concerning the radii. I wasn't sure if I had a metric or imperial bit, so I read a 1/8th bit as 3mm instead of 3.175mm.
Apparently, if you want clear ones, a little bit of heat on the plexi makes them like glass. I tried a bit but you'll need even heat, because it warps easily. This could be used to our advantage when doing the final fitting.
One peice fittings would be no problem at this point.
Or something like that.
All of my prototypes
The messed up melted/welded/massacred aluminum one
The best and hopefully last one. Tach size.
My hopefully final one is off .175mm concerning the radii. I wasn't sure if I had a metric or imperial bit, so I read a 1/8th bit as 3mm instead of 3.175mm.
Apparently, if you want clear ones, a little bit of heat on the plexi makes them like glass. I tried a bit but you'll need even heat, because it warps easily. This could be used to our advantage when doing the final fitting.
One peice fittings would be no problem at this point.
Or something like that.
Re: Cluster/Speedo Rings
Posted: May 22nd, 2008, 1:08 am
Haha that aluminum one looks awfully... interesting.
But those plexi ones look amazing. Very nice job. Are you getting close to being able to ship, or still have a bit of work to do?
But those plexi ones look amazing. Very nice job. Are you getting close to being able to ship, or still have a bit of work to do?
Re: Cluster/Speedo Rings
Posted: May 22nd, 2008, 4:40 am
That's pretty neat! I'd be interested in nabbing a set from you 
No, not the plexi glass one, I am talking about the rough, milled, grinded, thrown-across-the-asphalt looking aluminum one
No, not the plexi glass one, I am talking about the rough, milled, grinded, thrown-across-the-asphalt looking aluminum one
Re: Cluster/Speedo Rings
Posted: May 22nd, 2008, 11:09 am
You could do glow in the dark material, and put in a tiny blacklight under the cluster hood.