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A family member in a powered wheel chair needed a new foot rest and it was going to be like $500 from the company.
It was just a piece of 6 X 9 X 1/4 aluminum, I could of made a functional one myself but had been wanting to try send cut send and got a free fusion 360 account, learned just enough cad with the help of youtube to get it done and had it made. Cost like $60. Can not tell it from the original, plan on using them on some other projects
A guy on another forum told me about them. My part was simple enough to use their online tool for the design. It was the least expensive option I found. I would use them again.
A guy on another forum told me about them. My part was simple enough to use their online tool for the design. It was the least expensive option I found. I would use them again.
and the turn around is amazingly fast, less than a week I had my part.
The last time I tried to get something CNC machined at a local shop after 6 months I told them forget it.
Knowing CAD is a great tool. I am not a CAD expert, I took an excellerated CAD course 30 years ago. A company I worked for had one CAD operator and felt they needed a back up so they came out into the shop and ask if anyone was interested in learning CAD. I volunteered and found a two part course, seven weeks, three nights a week. I learned a lot but the company never used me and a couple of months later I got a better job. I hadn't used CAD for probably ten years until I started my own company and had to work with customer using CAD to complete jobs. Even then I did CAD maybe five hours every other week, mostly uploading the drawings they sent me and a very small amount of design work. I did start using CAD for pretty much everything I build now. I design a complete yard shed using CAD, drew the shed on the computer at home, cut the lumber at home using the cut lengths and angles. I piled the lumber on my trailer and drove it to our camping property 100 miles away. At the time I didn't have electricity on the property so everything had to be had assembled with none power tools (also before battery tools)
A few years back I needed to get a CNC router table to make aluminum panels for my biggest customer and CAD came in handy again. I now making rubber parts for vintage vehicles and designing the parts using CAD. It is a handy tool to learn.
CAD programs can be very pricey, AutoCAD, the big daddy of CAD can cost $5K+ person at a business but there are a lot cheaper CAD programs. I've been using IntelliCAD for years, I pay around $500 one time fee.
One of my sons is a machinist. For his combat robotic stuff he often uses send cut send. Finds it cheaper than doing it himself. Even though he has access to the machines off hours. Says he can't be bothered wasting his free time doing the work.
I need a spacer for my carb and you guys got me looking at SCS as all they need to do is copy the gasket.
I am going to cross post to my build thread but what material can I use that they sell that will limit heat transfer. I had a phenolic spacer on my Chevy 350 but I am not clear if all phenolic is the same. Aluminum might be ok but will still transfer heat so I am not sure is there is some compliant type product that will work or compressed wood. I will order multiple parts and stack the parts to get to the thickness I need. I need a solid inch.
Also, the intake sits directly on the exhaust manifold so I am not clear how much heat gets transferred up to the intake and what the expected max temps would be. Any inputs welcome.
Years ago at Carlisle there was a vendor selling carb spacers of some composite that did not transfer heat. He had spacers for all kinds of engines including flatheads and Yblocks. However since Yblocks have a crossover in the intake manifold he didn't recommend them for Yblocks with the crossover since the spacer could melt. I didn't buy one .
I would avoid any paper phenolic. Stick with linen, fabric, or canvas types. They will be stronger and less likely to crack or break.
I don’t think it will matter what type of resin or epoxy is used. Most (if not all)will have a higher temperature and chemical resistance than you will need for your application.
If you have several gasket, you can do like I did and alternate phenolic and gasket.
Search eBay. You can usually buy 1/8” or 1/4” material pretty reasonably.
I need a spacer for my carb and you guys got me looking at SCS as all they need to do is copy the gasket.
I am going to cross post to my build thread but what material can I use that they sell that will limit heat transfer. I had a phenolic spacer on my Chevy 350 but I am not clear if all phenolic is the same. Aluminum might be ok but will still transfer heat so I am not sure is there is some compliant type product that will work or compressed wood. I will order multiple parts and stack the parts to get to the thickness I need. I need a solid inch.
Also, the intake sits directly on the exhaust manifold so I am not clear how much heat gets transferred up to the intake and what the expected max temps would be. Any inputs welcome.
