mr_pr
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| posted on 6/2/11 at 09:57 AM |
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Originally posted by fastnova
I think the whole grill would be a tricky one as they are usually made from lots of bits of wire welded together. Not so easy to do on small batch at
a good price. Unless someone knows of another way to make them.
As for the “7” logo, I’m happy to knock up a detailed CAD drawing if someone can provide some basic dimensions (height x width) from there I can work
out a price depending on batch size.
Jonathan
Ok, LOTUS 7 GRILLE BADGE CATERHAM 7 SUPER 7 GRILL EMBLEM on eBay (end time 15-Jan-11 20:13:55 GMT) is the ebay advert I
saw a while back, saved but never got round to doing anything.
It describes the dimensions to be 8 inches / 20cm wide and 7.25 inches / 18cm high.
quote:
Originally posted by loggyboy
quote:
Originally posted by mr_pr
Can you do a range of colours?
Sounds good though, not in Hants anymore (need to update) but can post!!
Ed
I currently only have black and orange. But they powders are cheap as chips from electrostaticmagic. You buy the powder, and il coat it for free if I
can keep the left over powder!
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/carlfothergill/new/powders.html
Check my photo archive for my build stands I did a while back.
[Edited on 5/2/11 by loggyboy]
Awesome. As soon as I have the badge I will be in touch. Orange is the colour I am looking at so we can work out some beer tokens at the time?
Ed
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lewis
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| posted on 6/2/11 at 11:44 AM |
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orange for me too
about the whole grill it could be made from one complete piece of sheet,does not matter if the bars are flat that would look kind of cool & easy
to do on a waterjet...maybe
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fastnova
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| posted on 6/2/11 at 01:00 PM |
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It would be possible to make a hole grill out of a single piece of stainless, couldn’t use ally though as I don’t think it would be ridged enough.
Would be a few problems with it though, huge amount of de-burring/rounding edges, and would cost quite a bit, taking a large piece of sheet and
turning it into nut much = huge material cost + lots of time on the water cutter...
That’s why they are usually made from wire.
That aside it would look pretty good having the “7” logo as part of the grill rather than just stuck to it.
Jonathan
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lewis
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| posted on 6/2/11 at 01:13 PM |
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When you say expensive per unit what we talking? If say 50 were made I'm sure they would all be sold here/eBay & would be worth someones
while.
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Miketheconn
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| posted on 6/2/11 at 01:42 PM |
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I much prefer Rusty Nuts and dlatch's grills
Here
Bow if someone could knock up something like dlatch's that would be brill
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fastnova
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| posted on 6/2/11 at 02:09 PM |
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If your making it out of a single sheet then the sky is the limit, something like that would be more than possible, all you need to do is draw it in
CAD save it as a .DXF file and give that to the laser/water cutters. They can import the dxf straight into the machine and off it goes. Sort of...
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fastnova
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| posted on 6/2/11 at 02:19 PM |
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Hard to say off the top of my head as never had any done personally, but as you say, they would be quite different and certainly nothing else like it
out there that I know of.
Ok, can someone provide some good dims for the whole grill, and the location of the little lugs that hold it in place?
If someone can fill in the gaps on this sketch than I should be able to get it the right shape and size.
 
Grill
The dims that are in the middle of the grill are a measurement from half way between the centre line to the outer edge, that should give me an idea of
the curve and get the shape right.
Also, what kind of numbers are we talking about for a group buy?
Jonathan
[Edited on 6/2/11 by fastnova]
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lewis
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| posted on 6/2/11 at 03:21 PM |
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Can't help with measurements but put me down for one,maybe be worth starting a list.
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mr_pr
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| posted on 6/2/11 at 09:03 PM |
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Ok, well I don't want a full grill, I just want the 7 Logo as in my OP. So, if people can put their preference when they show their interest
then it will make it easier for everyone to work out who wants what!
I am going to try to cad up just the logo and look at the cost of getting them made.
Ed
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