While I had time to kill at work........

[Bigred68]

I made these for my 68.
when I got my 68 the deck lid was just placed on. found out later these trunk bolt brackets, nuts, what ever there called where missing. Don't know if anyone is remaking these, I find them on ebay and found a few around town but what the hell I had time to kill so I came up with these.

What was missing.


Put in a block of 6061-T6 aluminum


15 minuets later.


Cut the back stock off. I still need to take a few thousands off the sides, radius and pocket the back side, drill and tap for some keenserts, but so far so good. Everything was programed off of pictures and my hinge, I didn't have the original bracket around when I made them.

 

[HEMI-ITIS]

Oh,like we all have a chunk of titanium layin' around There are many little trinkets That would be sweet in Ti!!!

 

[Bigred68]

Oh,like we all have a chunk of titanium layin' around There are many little trinkets That would be sweet in Ti!!!

I would like to make my door hinges out of titanium, and in our shop we do have chunks laying around. but everything has to be done when the owner of the shop is away. I would have made the entire hinge out of aluminum but I just didn't have the time.

 

[Budnicks]

6061-Billet

nice work too

 

[kiwigtx]

Awesome....having the access to machinery like that is great.

 

[72Fourspeed]

And the talent to use it. I'm jealous.

 

[Car Nut]

Good job!

 

[68sprtsat383]

Cool

 

[Bigred68]

Thanks, my ultimate goul is to get a cnc mill to start my own business. There's lots of prototype work out here but I would like to also make the parts that might not be available to us and maybe improve on what is out there.
I want to make my own aluminium hood and trunk hinges.

 

[68sprtsat383]

Man i hope you get your own business good luck getting it started

 

[ws23jrt]

Thanks, my ultimate goul is to get a cnc mill to start my own business. There's lots of prototype work out here but I would like to also make the parts that might not be available to us and maybe improve on what is out there.
I want to make my own aluminium hood and trunk hinges.

I have a back ground with friends that feel like you do.
A cnc mill is a great tool but from my experience with a friend of mine that had one. ---He passed a few years ago-- Cutting to the chase (so to speak) is where it's at.
He (my friend Bob) had many things he finished on his cnc mill that were first cut close by water jet.--He made tools for the aero repair industry---

Water jet cutting for metal parts leaves an edge that is unaffected by heat --(not hardened by the heat of plasma (for example) and can be finished easily on a cnc machine.--(BTW water jet cutting by a good cutter can leave nice edges that need only finishing to size.)

I would recommend that a newbe to this world be ready for close competition.

If all you have is a cnc mill I would say you need to make a new friend that is like you and only has a water jet machine/business.
Together you might help each other.

The world of 3d printing is coming fast and with that the market for old school style of fabricating parts will fall.

Get what you can from it now or wish you had. Cheers!

 

[ws23jrt]

I have a back ground with friends that feel like you do.
A cnc mill is a great tool but from my experience with a friend of mine that had one. ---He passed a few years ago-- Cutting to the chase (so to speak) is where it's at.
He (my friend Bob) had many things he finished on his cnc mill that were first cut close by water jet.--He made tools for the aero repair industry---

Water jet cutting for metal parts leaves an edge that is unaffected by heat --(not hardened by the heat of plasma (for example)-- and can be finished easily on a cnc machine.--(BTW water jet cutting by a good cutter can leave nice edges that need only finishing to size.)

I would recommend that a newbe to this world be ready for close competition.
If all you have is a cnc mill I would say you need to make a new friend that is like you and only has a water jet machine/business.
Together you might help each other.

The world of 3d printing is coming fast and with that the market for old school style of fabricating parts will fall.

This is an edit that came that came from a post response.---oops

 

[Bigred68]

I have a back ground with friends that feel like you do.
A cnc mill is a great tool but from my experience with a friend of mine that had one. ---He passed a few years ago-- Cutting to the chase (so to speak) is where it's at.
He (my friend Bob) had many things he finished on his cnc mill that were first cut close by water jet.--He made tools for the aero repair industry---

Water jet cutting for metal parts leaves an edge that is unaffected by heat --(not hardened by the heat of plasma (for example) and can be finished easily on a cnc machine.--(BTW water jet cutting by a good cutter can leave nice edges that need only finishing to size.)

I would recommend that a newbe to this world be ready for close competition.

If all you have is a cnc mill I would say you need to make a new friend that is like you and only has a water jet machine/business.
Together you might help each other.

The world of 3d printing is coming fast and with that the market for old school style of fabricating parts will fall.

Get what you can from it now or wish you had. Cheers!

Well the cnc mill is just a start, I already have a lathe, from there it will grow. I plan to get into the medical and aerospace side of manufacturing. Prototype work is fun but production will keep the money coming.

I'm in a shop that started with 1 mill. Now there are 3 5-axis mills, 4 3-axis mills, 6 cnc lathes one with live tooling, 3 wire EDMs, one of the biggest mills in the state and one of the largest water jets.
Most of the parts get started by water jet or wire EDM, but it's not always faster or easier to start that way.

I know they just started 3D printing metals, but there Will still be a need for cnc. There's still a need for manuel machining too.

 

[ws23jrt]

Well the cnc mill is just a start, I already have a lathe, from there it will grow. I plan to get into the medical and aerospace side of manufacturing. Prototype work is fun but production will keep the money coming.

I'm in a shop that started with 1 mill. Now there are 3 5-axis mills, 4 3-axis mills, 6 cnc lathes one with live tooling, 3 wire EDMs, one of the biggest mills in the state and one of the largest water jets.
Most of the parts get started by water jet or wire EDM, but it's not always faster or easier to start that way.

I know they just started 3D printing metals, but there Will still be a need for cnc. There's still a need for manuel machining too.

I admire your interest in moving forward as you express.
I am a hands on sort that makes my own stuff at home. I have a Tree Mill and a Emco 13x40 lathe.
For me making stuff is fun.
I used to work for a fab shop (in the 80's) and really enjoyed the access to their equipment.
However the owners of the equipment/machines/business were stuck behind desks and their days were filled with the side of a business that I wanted no part of.
At one point I actually got a business license (to work at home) because I invented something for the aero cockpit display of military aircraft. The shop I worked for could not move forward with what I was making for them without what I did and were going out of business anyway.---Long story-
My point here is that making stuff is a world away from running a business that makes stuff.

Just sharing with an experience I had that seems much like yours.

 

[72Fourspeed]

I have a couple files. I someday want a 4 inch grinder.

 

[Bigred68]

Ok new version. Had to make a couple of adjustments and finish the other side. Added a .03 radius on the bottom of each boss, .025 chamfer around each boss, Pocketed the back side with .03 radius from the floor to the wall and another .025 chamfer around the top.

cut to thickness, pocketed and spot drilled.



Drilled and tapped for keensert.


Keenserts installed.


next to the trunk hinge.


and it fits. still has room to move around. Now I can put on my deck lid.