Kinked_Chrome Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 I started working at a place where we take hour lunch breaks, a luxury I never had before, and I started getting bored. I also get to use all the machines basically whenever I want. I was looking to work on my metal forming and aluminum welding skills and I'm a little sick of the of the rubber intake elbow on my LT1 so I decided to build a pie cut style one. I started out with a little help from solidworks. Then I ended up with these. And formed and welded it into this Not quite sure what type of finish I want to put on it yet. It will likely just get powdercoated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOTHALOSISM Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Cleap up those welds and it would be really nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleeperZ Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 That's pretty cool how you can create those crazy shapes and put it together into a useful piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinked_Chrome Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 yeah, the welds on them really stink. The material I used was .063" 5052 Al. Made it really easy to form, but rather difficult to weld. I think that I will sand all the welds down and run a new nice bead around so I can keep the pie cut look. If I had to do it all over, I would use .090" and make it out of five sections instead of eight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOTHALOSISM Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 What would you charge for something like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris.Is.Awesome Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 I just cut slices of pie out of tube, no crazy sheet stock pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24OZ Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 That is awesome. So how did you get from design to paper to aluminium? Does the design software create a print and you cut out the shapes? Is the software freely available? I'd love to learn how to do this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xnke Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 heh, solidworks is a multi-thousand-dollar-a-seat program. I wish it was free...however Solidedge has old versions available with no fee...just never ever open your project in a new version if you don't want to buy the new 19,000$ version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUNNY Z Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 That is awesome. So how did you get from design to paper to aluminium? Does the design software create a print and you cut out the shapes? Is the software freely available? I'd love to learn how to do this. I'm sure it was done with a CNC plasma, waterjet, or laser. I vote waterjet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoNkEyT88 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 (edited) I used this calculator. http://www.motokarts..._calculator.xls Edited April 23, 2012 by RB26powered74zcar Images way to large. Please resize before posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinked_Chrome Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 What would you charge for something like that? No idea. This project took me about 4 lunches. So whatever that works out to. $100 or so. That is awesome. So how did you get from design to paper to aluminium? Does the design software create a print and you cut out the shapes? Is the software freely available? I'd love to learn how to do this. I drafted the entire thing in Solidworks, and then the software will make a flat pattern for me. Unfortunately the software is not freely available. However if your a college student or know a college student you can get a year subscription for ~$140. instead of $10k-$15k I'm sure it was done with a CNC plasma, waterjet, or laser. I vote waterjet. You sir are correct. It was cut on a maxiem waterjet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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