Save Time Later, Analysis Now Will

One of the reasons I like Fusion360 (besides that I've been using it for 8 years) is all the associated app features. Not only can I work out CAM operations to make stuff with CNC, but I can also do stress simulations on...

Rudy March 21, 2023

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Test Fitting The CV Axle Using Printed Plastic

 I'm exploring how the fat tires will actually mount to the CV axle. Turning down the splines on the axle seems like a waste to me. But to use them, I'd need some kind of spline hub that would attach to the fat tire...

Rudy March 20, 2023

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The First CAM Part Setup

 I've been updating many areas of the base as the planning of actual fabrication butts up against the virtual design. Our team machinist​ started milling the rear support plates. I also sent a CAM file to our machine...

Rudy March 20, 2023

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Nice, Tight Fit Up

 I also tried out the tube notcher I bought. It produces a nice, tight fit up without having to shape the profile with a grinder. This would've been so useful on Big Fi...

Rudy March 11, 2023

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Theory Into Practice: Making Tube Profiles

 I gave ​our team machinist some 1/4in flat bar yesterday! He's working on the clamp plates for the rear supports. I made one of the tubes for the supports in my basement as a proof-of-method.Using the profile...

Rudy March 11, 2023

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Figuring Out How to Cut Accurate Tube Profiles

 I completed the machine drawings for the 3 pieces that make up the rear support brackets!I've seen a lot of videos where the welder draws a circumference profile on paper and then wraps the paper around a tube and...

Rudy March 05, 2023

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Starting To Feel Real

 It's still just a pile of material, but it's starting to feel real. I picked up the raw materials for the base. I bought extra, so I can practice and in case I mess something ...

Rudy March 04, 2023

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Tying Up Loose Ends, I Think

 After almost 6 months of obsessing over this design, I think it's mostly ready for construction. There are a few phantom parts that had to be worked out. For example, I realized that I could extend plates from the...

Rudy March 01, 2023

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