That speed sensor blockoff is the sex. Can you make another? :D

I don't see why not.

Hahaha! Glorious. Gotta love the o-ring seals.

Can you make some with just the MT kitten head logo on them?

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Dis logo? Prees?

I need .ai or .dxf. Or jpg but vector files come out better on bare aluminum.

I also need money LOTS OF MONEYYYYYYY

I had that in a vector file when I made the kitty tape. Let me see if I can find it.

Tagging @y8s because we are using his artwork.

All I have is .svg.

Oh yeah, I forgot about the thing I made - secret santa christmas present, shown here installed in its final home. Made from 100% recycled RX-7 wheels.

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...fec5dde77a.jpg

Casting from a 3d print?

Exactly. Lost PLA investment casting. Working on getting better to where I feel safe doing functional parts, but I think that came out pretty nice for a really early attempt.

Have you tried moldlay? Or a filament made for the purpose?

Honestly haven't seen a reason to. The PLA burns out nice, doesn't stink, and is cheap. Done about half a dozen lost PLA investments and have yet to see any flaws that I would chalk up to the filament not burning out even on stuff with pretty thin sections - mostly just air bubbles, or learning what I need to do better on gating/runners. What I'm seeing, Moldlay might melt out at a lower temperature, but if you get PLA hot enough it just vaporizes and or burns.

My cheapass burnout kiln is an old electric oven that I crank the temperature way the hell up on. Might go faster if I disable the safety switches on the "clean" function, but after one experiment where the plaster had rather too much moisture at the time I poured the aluminum, I'm really conservative about making everything for along time beforehand.

That's exactly what I wanted to hear. Ill save my money and just use pla. Thanks!

So far my burnout schedule after investing (in home depot plaster of paris and playground sand - 1 part each and one part water by weight) has been about 8 hours at 2-300, 4ish hours at 4-500ish another 4 at "hot" (I'm using "broil" on temp and "bake" on burner selection) which is hotter than the 550 degree setting on the dial judging by the fact that the burner element goes on if I go from 550 to "broil". I'll try to throw a K-type in there next time to see how hot it is. I like to pour with the investment hot too, on the hunch that it won't crack or something.

Well, ok, to be perfectly honest, the timing actually is "start it in the morning and shut it off when I get home from work, start again in the morning the next day, text my dad to crank up the temp on my lunch break, and pour when I get home from work". The one time I wasn't conservative on time, I got a lot of steam and a lot of aluminum bubbling and spitting - it scared me enough that I don't want that happening again.

Here is a 2x72 belt grinder I've been working on for knife making. Still got a ways to go. Have to figure out the exact motor placement and get all of the pullies mounted for real, then wire it up.

I have no good explanation for why I'm working on top of a trash can. https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...8718e0bf72.jpg
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...d8709832ed.jpg

Huh. That's kinda cool, actually. Knife-making.



Does someone who doesn't suck at SolidWorks as much as I do want to create a 3d model of Turbo Kitten?

Plenty of compressor cover CAD files available online. The feline head however...

Could someone do a photoscan haha

Some non-Miata things I've been working on lately. :)

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...2fe09345bf.jpg

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...40660f9a70.jpg

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...ff6340fac9.jpg

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...5256b33c28.jpg

Hmmm. We need to pause a cat long enough to do a full 3d laser scan of its head.

I got you

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...5e42578126.jpg