Post your pics and links to inspirational fabrication work

[WSSix]

Nice job, Aaron. Those will look great on the engine.

[65_LS1_T56]

Originally Posted by syborg tt

WOW are those bad ass !!!

Originally Posted by Hotrod1

Beautiful. Love great machining work. I could use something like this for front brake vent inlets.

Originally Posted by WSSix

Nice job, Aaron. Those will look great on the engine.

Thanks guys!

[bdahlg68]

They would look cool with that cross hatch treatment I remember from some billet control arms.

[65_LS1_T56]

Originally Posted by bdahlg68

They would look cool with that cross hatch treatment I remember from some billet control arms.

These old things?

[jarhead]

Very cool stack treatment!

[65_LS1_T56]

Originally Posted by jarhead

Very cool stack treatment!

Thanks!


Here they are installed

[Vince@Meanstreets]

Originally Posted by 65_LS1_T56

Some more machining pictures for those interested. I posted a few in our 66 Vette build thread, but I thought this would be a better place.

I'm building these for a customer of B&B Classics. Billy has done a lot of upgrades to this guys '67 Chevelle 300. The car is beautiful, a very nice, clean car. It has a BBC 572 that Billy put a Hilborn fuel injection unit on it last year. The owner wanted to dress up the appearance over the sheetmetal formed stacks. I came up with this:
Lower stacks, one operation in the mill, one in the lathe


After turning, these are complete. Two flipped over to see the bottom side


Here is the top cover plates all machined, three setups in the mill including 3D machining the inlet radius


this one shows the tool marks left (totally intentional) in the inlet radius


The screens are cut on my laser. It's really a marking or engraving laser, but it will cut this 0.032" aluminum. There will be two screens in each horn with a layer of pre-filter material in between them.

Hope you guys enjoy the pics!

LOL, I was just going to ask you where you sourced your screen. Ive been looking for that in Stainless. 1/4" honeycomb?

You have a laser?

[65_LS1_T56]

Originally Posted by Vince@MSperfab

LOL, I was just going to ask you where you sourced your screen. Ive been looking for that in Stainless. 1/4" honeycomb?

You have a laser?

I think Billy said he got it thru Grainger. Yes, its 1/4" aluminum hex mesh.

Yeah we have a 50W laser that is mainly for marking, but it will cut thin stuff with enough passes. Took about 3.5 minutes to cut each screen out.

[jarhead]

Originally Posted by 65_LS1_T56

Thanks!


Here they are installed

Oh my god I have a tool makers woody

[65_LS1_T56]

Originally Posted by jarhead

Oh my god I have a tool makers woody

LOL, mine never goes away I keep something shiny on my desk in case it ever starts to