Should I back-light it too???!?!???!!!!..... some nice neon-blue perhaps.


--Eric

send me the file. I'll put dimple die hole in it for you.
then send it back to you.

yeah maybe it should be back lit with custom LED lights that sequence back and forth like Knight Rider KITT.

:lol: :unibrow:

Kenny just ordered 5 neon light chassis's.

No comment.


--Eric

Thats GAY

Says the guy with a Susie Q. Homemaker sewing machine.

Tyler

is this what your talking about Rodger.
you don't know how to get dimple dies around the contour?

Maybe a quick lesson in February, when i come down for RTTC.

But can you flatten it into a sheetmetal pattern to be laser cut.

2x :captain:

Do you put leveling feet on it?

That's funny Cuz 3 of the 5 were for you.

I'm working on a way to bolt the table leg to the base that would be adjustable and then just shim the bottom with rubber pads. Threaded adjusters would really ruin the clean look.

how about a threaded rod nut integrated into the bottom that will raise or lower the bottom of the foot

There is no place to hide it, Plus the foot will look likes it floating if raised to high.

The easiest way for you to do it is to add all the arc lengths from the edge.
Then calculate how many dimples you want in it. With the spacing then figured out, then design it in the flat.

There is a module for the CAD system I use, to take bent up sheetmetal and flatten it for pattern making but I don't have it. Its alot of $$$

Yeah that lower grade program we use has it, But it will not carry a feature designed after you flatten the part back into the part when you fold it. So I just put the holes in it when its flat and pretend until my vision is complete in metal. Eric and I are just getting slick with what can be done with the sheetmetal feature in Solidworks. We took want would be a few days labor out of that Chevelle chassis with that program.

yeah thats cool.
I have a sheetmetal module on my system but they charge extra for the forming/flatening module. It allows you to design in the flat and bend it, or design it then flatten it.

Keep playing with it you'll get better.

Tough crowd. LOL!!!

Much better!:D :thumbsup:

Check out or updated website. I'm currently load lots of new info on the site and hope to have it updated this week. We already have lots of new pics of lots of projects that have been low key.

I like what you did with the new web page layout. Way better than before but it seems you cant open up completed projects/current projects. Still in early stages?

I see Scott (lat g) did the layout design, great job so far .

"Yeah that lower grade program we use has it, But it will not carry a feature designed after you flatten the part back into the part when you fold it. So I just put the holes in it when its flat and pretend until my vision is complete in metal. Eric and I are just getting slick with what can be done with the sheetmetal feature in Solidworks. We took want would be a few days labor out of that Chevelle chassis with that program"

Great Stuff Roger, CAD tip, Use the unfold and fold feature in the sheet metal tool bar instaed of the flat pattern in the feature tree. This way you can unfold the part make your modifications, fold it back up and it will show up in the bent part. In Solidworks at least the flat pattern must remain at the bottom of the feature tree.

BTW did you ever do any thing with that ls7 manifold?
See ya, Jeff

Website looks good.....:thumbsup:

John

Hay Jeff. I use the fold and Unfold. But it is tough to put holes in part that is on a radius. So I just put them in after its flat to get what I want. Sure it lacks on a PDF drawing. But I'm not building drawings.

The project with you manifold is getting posted today. It is the Test car project. Bu I might build a stock one first. Just to show the easy stuff, Not as much fun for me but better for business.

New site looks good!

Oh - and the projects are all awesome too!

Holy Cow!!! whats that first table weigh????!!!!

that is sooo cool!!!

once again :thumbsup:

Are you going to dimple it before or after forming? Are you just trying to get the holes laser cut first so that all you have to do is dimple it after it is formed?

I'm just trying to get the holes in a radius. Which is difficult to do in general since there is no flat surface to draw on. I have a system to make it happen. It just does not look good in a rendering.

It works if all you want is the holes!

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r...tmetalPart.jpg

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r...tal-Sheet1.jpg

What John said. Nice site.:thumbsup:

hey Roger I Saw the frames but no truck or you at delmar

The sure look good tho

http://i805.photobucket.com/albums/y...1/DSC_0450.jpg

Oh, and the sweet lookin table:yes:

Thanks for the compliment on the frames. I was around the booth almost all weekend, But I do remember going to the restroom when Bob Ryder from Truckin magazine stopped by.

The weather sure was beautiful this past weekend.

Roger,

It was good meeting you and sweet looking frames!

Update time. Well we have been super busy here at the shop. Chassis stuff is really taking off. We have done a bunch of work to the chevelle frames to get raise the bar even further. The idea can from our good buddy Kenny Davis. Not on prurpose, of course. But we have a way to build a frame from an idea he had that we are able to design a frame that is much strong and will not hang down below the pitch weld. So our frame was all ready the tight fitting frame in the industry, but now it will not be visible below the rocker. That has been a big Concern from the customers we are working with. Here is picture of the chassis we developed to fit the customers wagon.

It sits really good on 18's and 20's. This is ride height on coilovers. 4.5' of ground clearance.
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...ril2011007.jpg
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...ril2011006.jpg

We took in this project from a customer. It should be a full tilt cruiser next year some time. More details in the next few weeks. It will be bad. This was a 64k low mileage stocker we drove home. I have not found any rust yet.
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...rch2011065.jpg

We have done a bunch of design work to set our tri-5 frames to give a bit more dish and be able to lower the more. So we here where we are at with the Cognito project. The customer wanted dish on the front wheels and a slammed stance. It is hard with the vette arms because they a so long. This car sits 4.25 from the ground with nothing below the rails.

It looks good. 18's and 20's
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...ril2011013.jpg
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...ril2011011.jpg

You will also see some of the secret progress we have had on Dave's camaro. It is coming along nicely. :D :D

Dude.... take some photos from your knees. I get tired of just seeing roofs.

Well Ironworks is going to take a basic stocker car and transform it into Basic Saturday night cruiser. It will have the 480 Hp Ls engine with 5 speed trans. Custom tires and wheels. Basic brakes. Just our entry level chassis to throw together. We are getting the body swapped now.

http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...rch2011049.jpg

I will create a thread as we get further along.

I'm just showing you the angle you never see.

He is shot with my Greg lense.

http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...ril2011002.jpg
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...ril2011001.jpg