Re: The Duchess Project: 1940 Super 8 Convertible Sedan
Posted by Joe Santana On 2013/5/21 22:49:06
RADIO ESCUTCHEON: I took it to this place:http://www.adxportland.com/services/3d-printing-2/
They are innovative and they are thinking about it. The piece is a bit complicated if reproduced exactly. Photos show it is not flat at all. It was cast originally and plated. To machine a duplicate requires a fair amount of work. It has to be drawn to spec. I has to be made out of a thicker piece of metal. The beveled windows for the dial especially with those two pointers and the station identifier window, beveled in... requires hand work too.
I'm going to start searching for a replacement. Short of that, maybe a flat backing plate could hold it together. It would stick out a tiny bit more, but a backing plate wouldn't require any fancy machining. Just square and round holes.
Use it until I can locate a new one.
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They are innovative and they are thinking about it. The piece is a bit complicated if reproduced exactly. Photos show it is not flat at all. It was cast originally and plated. To machine a duplicate requires a fair amount of work. It has to be drawn to spec. I has to be made out of a thicker piece of metal. The beveled windows for the dial especially with those two pointers and the station identifier window, beveled in... requires hand work too.
I'm going to start searching for a replacement. Short of that, maybe a flat backing plate could hold it together. It would stick out a tiny bit more, but a backing plate wouldn't require any fancy machining. Just square and round holes.
Use it until I can locate a new one.
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