How many hours did this take?

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37 x 12 inches. 1/4" thick 6061. I started with a 3D IGS file. I just added up my hours and :crazy:

Just wondering what kind of time you guys would expect to spend on a project like this.

[glovebox20]

If I had a 42x18 CNC mill with a good CAD/CAM system, a tooling plate with a 2" grid pattern of holes to use to bolt the part down, I would hope I could make in 10 hours or less, Start to Finish with tolerance of .007" or so. At any rate, I still wouldn't enjoy it. If I could get down to 6-8 hours, I'd be happy.

But maybe It's harder that it looks.

[cheetahcnc]

It sure looks nice, airplane dash?

Jim

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Airplane-style dash going in this car.

[cheetahcnc]

Oh yeah, awesome ride!

Jim

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Right now it's stripped down to the frame. It's going to be a LOT nicer in a few days here.

[cheetahcnc]

Bombs on the door, you'll never make it through TSA like that

Jim

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For the record, it's not my car. The owner has quite the collection of interesting cars.

[jvangelder]

That looks like 6-8 hours, id probably quote 6 if the drawing was 100% importable into cad without touchup.

That's also assuming all features can be milled from one side and the machine is large enough you dont have to shift the part.

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There are counter sinks on the front side. It's done and delivered. The guy loved it and he paid for almost all of my time. I know some time was blown because I had to clean up a 3D IGS file to do 2D toolpaths. Maybe I will try to use Version 23 of BobCad next time. Maybe.

Anyway, here are the floor braces.

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Dash installed! In the first pic you can see the airplane ignition kill switch that I bored out to fit the car's ignition switch. I slotted the plunger, cut the key down and inserted it into plunger.





Note the way over-engineered mirror bracket at the top center of the dash.


The mirror housing.

[ben_jackson]

It's going to be tough to swing that mag compass so close to all that metal. ;-)