Custom Machined Parts For Your 370Z

DIGItonium · 05-24-2010, 07:18 AM

Maybe you can team up with "ModShack" to help mass produce some parts (i.e., custom intake).

PapoZalsa · 06-14-2010, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by DIGItonium

Maybe you can team up with "ModShack" to help mass produce some parts (i.e., custom intake).

I got my custom ones!

kenchan · 06-14-2010, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by PapoZalsa

I got my custom ones!

not fair!

AgStacker · 06-14-2010, 06:39 PM

I like the 240 profile, I think it would look good on the 370, kinda pays homage to where it all started.

scruffydog · 06-14-2010, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by AgStacker

I like the 240 profile, I think it would look good on the 370, kinda pays homage to where it all started.

same here, actually right now that's the logo I have for my license plate. I bought a black piece of plastic and then painted that 240z side profile on.

AgStacker · 06-14-2010, 07:07 PM

I finished the program for the front emblem. It's 18 megabytes of windows notepad text and 3 hours of machining time per badge . I'm not sure if I took the right approach. I want to make the badge look as good as possible, but I also want to keep it from being outrageously expensive. The prototype badges will most likely be made with the program as is, but for production the cycle time must be cut dramatically. This doesn't necessarily mean they wont look as nice, I just need to make the program more efficient.

LunaZ · 06-15-2010, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by AgStacker

I finished the program for the front emblem. It's 18 megabytes of windows notepad text and 3 hours of machining time per badge . I'm not sure if I took the right approach. I want to make the badge look as good as possible, but I also want to keep it from being outrageously expensive. The prototype badges will most likely be made with the program as is, but for production the cycle time must be cut dramatically. This doesn't necessarily mean they wont look as nice, I just need to make the program more efficient.

Kind of explains why so much of the crap out there is injection molded plastic, no?

scruffydog · 06-15-2010, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by LunaZ

Kind of explains why so much of the crap out there is injection molded plastic, no?

yes, because they want to make it cheap (And by cheap, it's both price and quality) as they mass produce the product. Technically if there's enough people out there willing to buy (which I can guarantee there isn't that make this process worthwhile), this whole machine job could apply to the mold instead of the part, which will tremendously reduce the cost of tool and time.

Unless you're forging or casting something, you're most likely dealing with something injection mold-able, which in this case will be plastic of some sort, then a second operation of chroming to make it look metal when it clearly isn't.

05-24-2010, 07:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
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06-14-2010, 06:39 PM	#4 (permalink)
AgStacker Base Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: SF bay area Posts: 95 Drives: Car Rep Power: 17	I like the 240 profile, I think it would look good on the 370, kinda pays homage to where it all started.

06-14-2010, 07:07 PM	#6 (permalink)
AgStacker Base Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: SF bay area Posts: 95 Drives: Car Rep Power: 17	I finished the program for the front emblem. It's 18 megabytes of windows notepad text and 3 hours of machining time per badge . I'm not sure if I took the right approach. I want to make the badge look as good as possible, but I also want to keep it from being outrageously expensive. The prototype badges will most likely be made with the program as is, but for production the cycle time must be cut dramatically. This doesn't necessarily mean they wont look as nice, I just need to make the program more efficient.