Lownslow

I had to design my own rig and make it easier to operate. its been consistent far even taking a hammer blows for a power press

Designed and made a Hinge Press

Goofing with 3d printed hinges

After driving a Hyundai Veloster its actually a neat concept thats practical

thats sick i dig the changed front end

Working on the 62 buick changing the whole front bumper aesthetics with modern lights and a different pattern front grille, pretty much the whole car is getting redone it started with the engine bay then it spiraled. yes its gonna be on 34" tall wheels.

its been useful, its nice to have evenly cut styrene, it doesnt cut flush tho i think the blade flexes a little

styrene chopper

The headlights were dremel sculpted and lenses vacuformed over the stock lenses. The air rides are 3d prints i designed the tank the rest i got off a another file. The wheels are one offs and theyre not scaled to size but more to fit the lowered proportions. Paint is all tamiya lacquers italian red and metallic grey

Got the chassis and wheels painted

Working on a Stang Van, one off wheels and decided against scratch building a window so im adding a air ride setup for it.

Work Head 40s

nice build, mine turned out just as nice but man what a fight to get it to sit right

pretty sure space and comfort

been itching for widebody builds so i rushed two to the finish just to get to this project.

My least favorite build but it has some firsts like a lasercut grille base and trim pieces. some custom one off 3d printed pieces all the paint is Tamiya the silver trim is sharpie. I pretty much built it to sell.

pretty much bone stock except the wheels/tires and steering wheel which i designed and printed for myself. The colors are nail polish and tamiya.

attempted photoetch parts with the laser

Got the interior and wheels painted and assembled. Decided to cut a new grill with the thicker aluminum material

Wheel gauge for sorting out wheels

Made myself a business card, then while doing that i had the craziest idea. i have terrible hand writing so i never filled the sheets at model car shows aside from my name, my punctuation is still bad but this is way more legible than trying to write it down. Alos made a sweet grille for my 66 olds but couldnt find the mesh to back it.

Decided to make a business decision for 2025 and got a fiber laser as a 3 kings gift to myself. I plan on making business cards and coasters as a business and on the free time make some model car parts. I ordered my stationary materials and while im waiting on that i decided to test various model making materials. So far the ruling from testing is; it doesnt cut styrene but will score it pretty well, it will not touch anything clear, and most definitely avoid Foams and Tape. The downside is smoke and smells and it was really bad when i tested cutting tape luckily my SO was very understanding about testing. Kerf is a thing with these machines and they average about .1mm across the board so about the tip of a hobby knife, keep that in mind with sizes most of what im making is decorative so im not fazed by it. The upside it cuts metal, i highly recommend 20W or higher fiber laser the more powerful it is the faster you can cut metal, avoid thin gauge stainless and steel as it warps with the heat, I havent tried copper or brass. First material i successfully cut into a part was duct foil with the downside of burning tape smell and it was too flimsy so i double then triple layered till i had a useable parts but the smell was really bad. Second material i tried was an aluminum can, downside its shaped and the bed on my laser is aluminum, so i bought a cake pan and used magnets to hold the aluminum down. Downside it was dull and i believe it has a coating so it was a slight smell i temporarily fixed this by taping the duct foil to it and thats how i was able to produce the speaker deck trim piece and the dealer tag. Thats pretty much where i am at, i ordered thin gauge aluminum and copper and hopefully after completing some jobs to pay off the machine ill get back to making parts. the cost of the machine was 1600$ i got it locally used with one hour of run time. The prices for these machines range from 900$ to 6000$ plus the cost of software and like 3d printers its a lot of work and wasted materials to get results.

MR Maker S4 30w

a fiber laser cutter, engraves metal but can also make some thinner photoetch parts

they were its called the Barrister and i believe all 12 still exist