Done.

Don't let the pictures fool you it's only 4 inches wide and 3/8 inches tall.

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Anybody know how far apart the flying M pins are?

 

I like it, looks great! Good job

 

hmmm....interesting.

 

i like it any more progress with it?

 

I would love to buy one once it's finished and possibly has a logo filling in the middle.

 

The company I asked for a build quote from never got back to me I'm looking for someone else to make it, I don't have the time to, if anybody has access to a five axis machine I'll give you the CAD (as long as you build me 2 of them)

 

I want one. I second the idea of filing in the rotor to make it look more like a real one, with a hole in the center for the E-shaft and and the gear around said hole.

 

I 'll discuss that with the new company i found, keep in mind that this thing is only 4 inches wide adding to much detail just might not be noticeable.

 

you make an excellent point and I actually want 2, not one.

 

The company wants $950 for a prototype, looks like I have some cutting and filing to do.

 

yah you have to realize that 'one off' pieces are expensive. The initial setup for the tooling takes time. The only way to cut down on cost is to produce and sell a large manufacturing run. I work at a percision machine shop and rapid prototyping facility for the army,,,Most people have sticker shock when they go to do these types of things, and they dont realize that the company has to make back the half milliion dollars that most of the machines cost... $950 is nothing when you think about it, your paying for someone to sit down for a day or two input the cad data into the machine, set up the tooling, run a couple of prototypes just to see if it works and then make a final prototype for manufacturing and still make money to pay for the machine...

 

I've worked in a CNC machine shop, and I can tell you paying to get something like this made via CNC is ridiculously expensive. I'm having a company cut out custom emblems for my car, and I'm having them laser cut the parts. It's much faster and cheaper. I'm only paying around $200 for mine, and they're made out of aluminum.

 

I wasn't necessarily surprised by the cost Rotr8, but $950 for two days work and a
5"x1"x5" piece of ABS is certainly not "nothing when you think about it."

I'm going to make it myself out of ABS. It will take some time but I can guarantee I'll get what I want and it won't cost me over $50.

 

cool,,, it would be interesting for you to track how much time you spend on fabrication, when your finished let us know..

 

I agree it would, let's see if I can beat $950, I don't know when I'll start though yet.

 

and how much are you going to estimate you cost at per hour, most fabricators charge around $65-$90 an hour...

 

That is EXACTLY what I was trying to describe on page 1.

Nice job.

 

I don't and won't have the overhead, insurance costs, and worry where the next job is coming from. I'm not saying I think fabricators are overpaid guys. It's not just that I can do the work myself, I actually want to.