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December 13th, 2011, 05:15 AM
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Re: Hood Ornament
sounds great, put me down for one for the hapster since I kept the hood stock. kwel 
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December 13th, 2011, 05:16 AM
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Last edited by TeamEvil/TC; February 25th, 2012 at 02:46 PM.
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December 13th, 2011, 08:28 AM
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#78
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Trouble Maker and Bad Influence
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Re: Hood Ornament
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Originally Posted by jaransonT3
Pattern making starts tonight!
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Don't forget the draft angle. 
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December 13th, 2011, 07:19 PM
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#79
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Type 3 Nut
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Location: Dearborn, MI
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Re: Hood Ornament
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Originally Posted by Unkl Ian
Don't forget the draft angle. |
Roger that.
Didn't get as far today as I had hoped. I did manage to come up with the cut sheet for the basic elements of the hood ornament. The top, short pattern will be cut from 3/16" material. The bottom, longer pattern will be cut from 1/8" material.
It will all be cut from balsa to start.....on the new laser cutters that I got trained on tonight at the new TechShop here in town!!!
Then I will put it all together, sand and fill it, soak it with SuperGlue to harden it and see where I am at. If all goes well, I can send it to Unkl Ian for a quote on getting it cast.
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December 13th, 2011, 08:05 PM
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#80
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Trouble Maker and Bad Influence
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Re: Hood Ornament
Looks complicated.
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December 14th, 2011, 04:50 PM
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#81
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Type 3 Nut
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Location: Dearborn, MI
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Re: Hood Ornament
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Originally Posted by whozawhat
Is the final product still a two piece adjustable unit?
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That is still the plan, yes.
I took some time at lunch today to run over to TechShop and laser cut the bits for the hood ornament and a few other fun things.
Have to say the laser cutter is amazing. Total cut time for everything was less than 5 minutes. Only spent an hour total monkeying around set it up and trying to remember stuff from the class the night before. All parts cut from 1/16", 3/32", and 1/8" balsa. Totally cool...
Oh yea....pictures might help. 
The VOLKSROD script is only 1/2" tall by 2" wide...
Just dry assembled. Need to glue it all together and add the draft and stuff...
and a couple of shots of the fun stuff...
That is a 4" wide sheet of 1/8" balsa...
I will be assembling these and painting them up for the auction at Autorama this year.
The machine can also do laser etching of jpeg images on a variety of surfaces. Got some ideas for that capability too...
The wheel are spinning. 
Can't wait for them to bring the waterjet online.
Last edited by jaransonT3; December 15th, 2011 at 07:32 PM.
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December 14th, 2011, 07:52 PM
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Type 3 Nut
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Re: Hood Ornament
Got the pattern all assembled tonight....
Set up for mounting low on the front of a Beetle hood...
Set up for mounting on the Beetle decklid...
Set up for mounting on the hood of a Type 3 or high on the rear of a Beetle hood...
and a few examples of the possibilities...
the possibilities are endless....
Lots of sanding and filling still to do before getting around to the casting part. I am really happy with the results so far...
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December 14th, 2011, 08:08 PM
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#83
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Re: Hood Ornament
How about flat backsides and mount them on the front quarterpanels? 
Jeff
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December 14th, 2011, 08:20 PM
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Re: Hood Ornament
That is cooler than I had thought it would be. This is pure awesome
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I found it in a shop in Raton New Mexico. I bought it for a quarter. Cracked me up it was called a Gay Camper. It must be old as hell. They would pull that shit off the shelf now days. Because some Homo would get offended.
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December 14th, 2011, 08:30 PM
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Trouble Maker and Bad Influence
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Re: Hood Ornament
Sweet.
I would suggest, the parting line down the middle,
left to right. So the draft would taper to either side.
I'm guessing 3 degrees is plenty.
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December 14th, 2011, 10:09 PM
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Re: Hood Ornament
Damn!.. you guys come up with some of the coolest ideas!!!
Love it!
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December 15th, 2011, 12:25 AM
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Administradora El Polacko
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Re: Hood Ornament
Geez John, I figured this was gonna have to hold it's place on the back burner for quite some time... but nope... as usual, you're jumping right in and working your magic. It looks fantastic!
Pretty darn amazing as a matter of fact. 
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December 15th, 2011, 06:11 AM
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Mr. Asshole Moderator
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Re: Hood Ornament
Love it, top notch work as always. Maybe there is something to all that Mt Dew you drink.
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December 15th, 2011, 08:58 AM
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#89
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Re: Hood Ornament
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Last edited by TeamEvil/TC; February 25th, 2012 at 02:47 PM.
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December 15th, 2011, 09:45 AM
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Re: Hood Ornament
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Originally Posted by grumpy
Love it, top notch work as always. Maybe there is something to all that Mt Dew you drink.
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albeit diet....
Jeff
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December 15th, 2011, 09:48 AM
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Type 3 Nut
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Re: Hood Ornament
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Originally Posted by JiI
How about flat backsides and mount them on the front quarterpanels?
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Buy two and mill or grind them down.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Unkl Ian
Sweet.
I would suggest, the parting line down the middle,
left to right. So the draft would taper to either side.
I'm guessing 3 degrees is plenty.
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Yup. That is what I was planning. The parting line for the base will be parallel to the ground so it will have a top and bottom.
Glad you are all liking it so far. Hopefully the casting costs won't be so high as to make them unreasonably priced. Will keep posting progress.
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December 15th, 2011, 12:29 PM
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Re: Hood Ornament
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Originally Posted by JiI
How about flat backsides and mount them on the front quarterpanels?
Jeff |
very carefully bandsaw in half? 
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December 15th, 2011, 02:15 PM
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Re: Hood Ornament
One of those would look beaucoup cool on the cab of my Single Cab.  How soon are they going to be availa... I mean, are they done yet? (I would have mentioned that I thinks that they're BRILLIANT, but I don't want it to go to your head. )
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December 15th, 2011, 03:12 PM
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#94
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Location: Mokena, IL Yep, that's me falling down a sand dune in Michigan...
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Re: Hood Ornament
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Originally Posted by triker_Chewie
very carefully bandsaw in half? |
VERY carefully!
Jeff
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December 17th, 2011, 06:48 PM
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#95
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Type 3 Nut
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Location: Dearborn, MI
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Re: Hood Ornament
Lots of sanding and filling done. Lots more to go...
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December 17th, 2011, 09:28 PM
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#96
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Re: Hood Ornament
Now you're just toying with us. How sooon?
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December 18th, 2011, 04:51 PM
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#97
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Re: Hood Ornament
Oh hell yeah!
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December 19th, 2011, 05:03 PM
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#98
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Re: Hood Ornament
That is neat in so many ways 
Ron
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December 19th, 2011, 06:36 PM
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Site Supporter
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Re: Hood Ornament
I need one!!!!
Great work, keep it going....
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December 19th, 2011, 07:38 PM
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#100
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Re: Hood Ornament
I need to be added to this list of needing one!
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