Cobra Make, Engine: Don't think I'll be getting a Cobra for a long time... Do have '94 RX-7 R2.
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Actually I started with Microsoft movie maker that comes free with windows. It seemed OK at first, but then I remember that it did a couple of things that I wanted to do really, really poorly. I don't remember exactly what it was at the time, but I wanted to find something better and figured there must be a good free program out there, so I started to look at the open source stuff and wasted a bunch of time. There might be something good out there for free, but I didn't find it.
I assume you have PCs, so it does make sense to try the free Microsoft program first. Also Sony and Adobe offered something like a one month free trial license for their programs. I tried the Sony program and liked it. I found a deal with a rebate at the time, and bought the Sony program for around $90 after the trial period was over.
Cobra Make, Engine: Classic Roadster 351W, T5, Red & White
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David.....Alcoa must be aware of your project
" BILLET ALUMINUM CHASSIS! "
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" We go through about 1 ton/week! "
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Alcoa Inc. shares rose almost 6% in late trades on Tuesday , thanks to price hikes and " increased demand. "
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Since I'm scratch building and bent all the hoops-hinges, hood, trunk, doors, birdcage by hand, I'd really like to see you do these hoops on your machine- especially the door hoops. Do these pieces create a fairly complex programming challenge or is the machine programming intuitive enough that you can describe shapes easily? Or, do you just do it like we do, a corner at a time and weld the pieces together.... (actually, I just did that on the trunk hoop)
I'll post a vid. We are actually bending the doors right now.
You certainly can bend all the single arcs separately and then weld them together into a 3D structure. The original car, however, was not done that way. Even though in Poland we bend the tubes by hand, we don't do it that way either. We have enough experience to know where to bend the tubes all in one piece. Of course, with machines like this hand-bending days are numbered across the planet. It just costs too much to train a worker who is skilled enough to do these sorts of things. Also, a CNC machine will ALWAYS make a nicer piece than even the most skilled worker.
I anxiously await this video. I'd love to see how close to the right size you can get on door frames. Are you going to do seat frames too?
If everything else is an indication...they will be perfect. I have been really happy with the engineering, design, and execution all the way from concept, CAD, CAM, through final part.
The other tubes we have made are extremely good.
Yes, we will be making seats as well, but not for at least 2 months (until we can deliver this car).
Here is a vid of a dry run we are doing right now for the doors. It is kinda cool to watch the machine run. I will post one with tube actually bending shortly.
We tried all morning to get the Microsoft version of the video editor to work and threw our hands up. We down loaded the trial version of the Sony Vegas and I am IMPRESSED! Good stuff. Worked right out of the box...errrrr computer.
Since I'm scratch building and bent all the hoops-hinges, hood, trunk, doors, birdcage by hand, I'd really like to see you do these hoops on your machine- especially the door hoops. Do these pieces create a fairly complex programming challenge or is the machine programming intuitive enough that you can describe shapes easily? Or, do you just do it like we do, a corner at a time and weld the pieces together.... (actually, I just did that on the trunk hoop)
Bob
Congrats on making your own car! That is a ton of work...(I know).
The programming is pretty easy. What is difficult is getting the proper CAD model so you have accurate measurements. We bend all tubes in one piece that we can.
Cobra Make, Engine: VSE alum. frame, FFR carbonfiber body (under construction)
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David
"Thanks for watching!"? "Thanks for watching!"? Are you crazy??? That's like saying "Thank you for letting me give you a $1,000!!!" We are breaking out the popcorn & drinks and muting the T.V.! Quentin Tarantino has nothing on you!
THANK YOU for sharing.
David
"Thanks for watching!"? "Thanks for watching!"? Are you crazy??? That's like saying "Thank you for letting me give you a $1,000!!!" We are breaking out the popcorn & drinks and muting the T.V.! Quentin Tarantino has nothing on you!
THANK YOU for sharing.
You are too kind. Just bumbling along here with the camera. I will post more vid today. We had a slight set-back...but we can't be held down for too long.
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