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Title: Hi from David in Cheshunt UK
Post by: davro on October 03, 2015, 08:55:39 PM

Hi all
My name is David Stevens aka davro, I am a long time software engineer with a craving for something more analog :med: I also make moulds and all sorts of carbon fibre products and sheet in the composite corner of the workshop.

I have just bought myself a sieg lathe and milling machine that i'm currently converting into a CNC mill with linuxcnc, but am quite enjoying learning about machining and milling :scratch:

Here is my first project a few different sized dress up aluminium washers.

Here are some pictures of my pride and joy a Dax Rush roundtube chassis with a hayabusa engine, and the reason for buying a new lathe this car has been built, rebuilt, rebuilt, redesigned, now starting to get re engineered.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/6wK-jfuE4GvX-M6G2vHPX0KC18iut9VoygeCtiFZ1leHhtR54rvSlgRpzngAwNZdItYdSXPWcw93Kae9w5eMMThiDLhG3yYelXDCXZRVOXrKdlFX3hn_S_RE4EEggxmFJctr_uJhozortpGit2Bgxfry8AZMzeeE0Owp09VmEOVk6Im5LsyHlfnWzUB3P1ZTVTFGV1uGlHVoSho5tAxwYgr7p6fVBptQe_IwyzEYS8GexYhtRlWW1GVVAIT9AL2JpLXP1S9KYaPmnwNfdZkgSxG3KMraEnwVKGBSsf6_hJMTQM-GN9DTV-XL5-T4eFAl8BLbQx9MWdbBh6gf9t7cBCVhsIkoaWQ1CfC6OdPnZJlt6HnM3TFgLKh5SIrcTP26fp1GJhi7Iu6Jb-8Jo6R_ynbc9KlGHkbEJLumwIIS_jwq6ysuFDRn1xZbXciGAQaecfXW7eCRPDzcVVN34tNmjxMgyjMHO5QeNbEsKX9g40B_c4wno9YXV9MkpZ9gjL7nFUan8fBFeemftALCitWf_Wj__p6RtLrPrwvVokFJOb4=w1154-h648-no)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/La02SzKc2XpU35uYGqJVkt7mHlDe29Cb_ngNGTx4xDALZsaW37DDZ_WV96OmIoYlWiZegX2qazfEpxca6lMlubvCpHHabvinUz13qTJp3fnhlmuvBapfArX3-7Q94KaWCeIjRAdUKDoZIWr_0nvZ1teCcOq4jkD5Fnr9JNAJBLvcNK8oxL91kM-EqZK5d1J4cNUWZszpnc4lLnpUhxujn8d6dhEQVjrvqtMk0s2n9IWXzJe-BG86Lzij70FGvobkyAMVjUdoXP5Y2kshFZTcibq8TQIs3RLiyWRwIehTGarNHsIaarirGSkWOTOvAWK-ar127G_UM0fcAdrxqeT46viA2wmiBPUi8GHtZRWEvloxtJdFcRwZVAMNW_PK2YuYwVXCa7d2e2WsEuC1GoF783Sxced-BC6delUeeClUSsca8u3Ky_ocxn7sKTwa_qMH03zbbIDntgB-51KFlBq4BeGs2QyjV3IXB0HCayt0uw73GoDWkdYWO3dMWJtLK6193ReFkCXl7QZ-XILVtr3wio557qcDpK7ng7KBqdr7LIU=w2202-h1238-no)

And a big fan of doubleboost :thumbup:

Title: Re: Hi from David in Cheshunt UK
Post by: Brass_Machine on October 04, 2015, 12:32:04 AM

Hiya Davro  :wave:

Welcome to the collective :borg:

Big fan of doubleboost myself.

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I also make moulds and all sorts of carbon fibre products and sheet in the composite corner of the workshop.

Please tell us (me!!) more about this. I have been tinkering with CF for a while. Made some parts here and there but have been having an issue with making molds.

Pictures of the Dax Rush didn't come through.

Eric

Title: Re: Hi from David in Cheshunt UK
Post by: Pete. on October 04, 2015, 05:35:39 AM

Hi Dave, welcome to Madmodder!

I've done a bit of Hayabusa modifying myself. I bet you wouldn't mind one of these for your Dax!

Title: Re: Hi from David in Cheshunt UK
Post by: davro on October 04, 2015, 08:28:35 AM

Hi Brass_Machine I have quite a few mould making videos on my youtube channel, where I have made moulds for the front cycle wings, bonnet scoop, side wings, dashboard, and bonnet scoop I use the easycomposites uni-mould system for all my moulds. I have put a composite project log on talkcomposites that is quite extensive http://www.talkcomposites.com/10707/Body-Package-for-Dax-Rush-with-Side-Intrusion-Bars

All the carbon/composite sheet that I make is done on an old ikea glass table that sits on top of a wooden box with a cheap argos fan heater in the box this allows my to get the glass surface up to about 80/90c and considering the low budget solution I get very good results with the glass table.

Not sure why the image are not coming though ? maybe as I hot linked them from google's cache ;) I have resized 3 images to 800 px and attached them ...

Hi Pete that's a fine looking turbo busa engine you have there :) I have been looking into supercharging mine with the TTS Performance setup with a Gen2 engine as my old Gen1 15 year old engine might not take to kindly to the boost, alway fancied having a race engine I can mess with and a well maintained standard engine for street driving and with my new found machining skills this could be a reality :)

Title: Re: Hi from David in Cheshunt UK
Post by: krv3000 on October 04, 2015, 09:16:43 AM

Hi and welcum

Title: Re: Hi from David in Cheshunt UK
Post by: Arbalist on October 04, 2015, 10:23:24 AM

Welcome to the forum!