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Originally Posted by jgatl
Bill
Curious, are you creating any cardboard or 3D printed versions of the brackets to test fit, or will you just machine them on the job after you get them manufactured? The AutoCAD drawings are very detailed and I'm curious how you determined the dimensions for each bracket (especially since you are having fun doing it).
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Good guess! Photos of the cardboard mock-ups of the brackets mounted to the car will be coming this weekend. They are being made by gluing full-scale plots of the AutoCAD part prints onto cardboard, then cutting them out with an X-acto knife.
I reverse-engineer competitor's parts as part of my day job. I think in 3D and can visualize where things will fit together in my head. It is a gift, but it also means I am a lousy speller! My process is thorough and well proven, and heavily depends on detailed measurements in three dimensions. I have also had lots of "practice" in the past doing model railroad "Kitbashing" projects for Railroad Model Craftsman magazine, taking pieces of other models and combining them to make an exact replica of a different prototype. Now I have graduated to 1:1 scale.
Bill the Engineer