Recent content by rad_rob

Oh yeah, I forgot to post a picture with the light to prove I at least kind of know what I'm doing.

So I realized after it was too late that I didn't take enough photos of the machining process since I was making videos of the process instead. However, I did take much better photos today now that the main body is done. I'll start the frame insert this week/weekend and hopefully have this...

Time for an update. It's been a minute, and as you can probably imagine, this wasn't exactly high up on my priority list. I finally found some time this past week to dig into the programming, and this weekend finally machined the main bracket. I was posting updates to my socials, but I compiled...

Well, the new light arrived, so it was time to make a 3D model of it. I decided to not waste the time scanning it, as its a pretty simple design. I just busted out the old trusty hand measuring equipment and made a usable model. Then I had to make a few provisions for the light in my...

I actually had an earlier design with a "trap door" behind the license plate, but the size of the material needed was drastically larger, and the drove the cost of the material up exponentially. In my day to day, I spend a lot of time with our engineers working to get their designs to be...

And to be clear, I am 100% not an engineer. I’m just really good at making 3d shapes on a computer. 😂

The pricing isn’t anything insane, but I wouldn’t call it cheap. That being said, in order to even get the CAD data, you have to go through a process of asking for a specific part or section, with a detailed explanation of exactly what you plan to do with the files, and what you need them for in...

Yeah, you're not kidding! I have been involved in some Ford and Chevy SEMA projects throughout the years, and having access to those files makes life so much easier. That ship has sailed for me as I only really do personal SEMA builds every few years now, and they do not play with handing out...

I actually have a photo of my wife 11 years ago in my shop with me deburring parts because it was crunch time. :LOL: I married a real one!

Yeah, I think aligning it is the hardest part haha. I'm getting more efficient every time I do it though, and I realized I spent a lot of time making things absolutely perfect when I didn't need to. My day to day involves machining parts that have insane tolerances, and I always forget to turn...

We're banging on all cylinders now!

I have the ability AND the capability to do it. However, I don't know how soon you need it, as I was planning on scanning my A pillars, I just haven't had the time to do it quite yet. Have you messed with a scan mesh before?

Yeah, you're probably way more versed than I am in this area. haha. I have a good buddy who has a Faro arm and can achieve insanely detailed scans, and he gave me a ton of information to help me sort this all out. Its a really unique challenge, so its always cool whenever I have an excuse to do...

Here is what the scan looks like after I trimmed it up and simplified the mesh a ton so my computer doesn't have a brain aneurysm. If you zoom way in, this is that the surfaces look like: That was after removing millions of triangles from the original scan. You can see I didn't scan...

I would send over the scan, but to be honest its not the cleanest of scans. Im still pretty new to the 3D scanning workflow, so every time I scan something I get better and better. This one I scanned with way too many points, so the mesh file is insanely dense and bogs down my desktop even...