Couple of bits...

larby · 17-03-2011, 10:17 PM

Glad to be back into engineering again at last, working for a small local company with an incredible array of CNC mills and lathes. It's not a touch on what we can produce, but I thought I'd post a couple of shiny bits I've made in the last couple of days for people to see

Neither involved CNC, I just quite liked em! I'll have to post some pics of a CNC pro trim spacer and some transom drains I did, they're lovely!

First up, a trim/lifter pump holder for Frank, the pics really don't do it justice! We had the motor snap off one last year so incorporated a top brace into the design. Keeps it all neat and tidy, made from 5mm ally so doesn't weigh much either...

James

larby · 17-03-2011, 10:23 PM

Customer wanted a set of bunks for the back of his trailer that wouldn't rust or rot, so I made him some... From 316 stainless

They turned out really nicely and he seems very happy with them. The bunks are quite stiff so they don't rattle around etc, but they're movement is restricted in the design so they can't flop over and end up with the boat sitting on the edge. The captive nuts etc show how picky I am about the detail!! Now I just need someone to decide they need an entire stainless trailer!!

James

baj666 · 18-03-2011, 07:45 PM

very nice mate

...on the subject of tooling ime after a quick change tool post with 3-5 holders suitable, do you know any going by any chance

larby · 18-03-2011, 09:14 PM

Not off hand mate, sorry...

Paul E · 18-03-2011, 09:17 PM

Looking good

I'll come pay you a visit next week, got a nice simple foolproof design for the trim gauges that I wanna run by you. I've given my brother a template to get the dash panel made up, but I need to find a way to mount my 5" tacho as it won't fit in the main panel! I'm sure we can come up with something cool

larby · 18-03-2011, 09:28 PM

Awesome. Simple sounds good to me, just the way I like it! I'm just designing a slightly more complex system for frank too.
Pop in whenever you like and we'll sort something out for the gauge too...

Cheers

Tony Davis · 18-03-2011, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by larby

Customer wanted a set of bunks for the back of his trailer that wouldn't rust or rot, so I made him some... From 316 stainless

They turned out really nicely and he seems very happy with them. The bunks are quite stiff so they don't rattle around etc, but they're movement is restricted in the design so they can't flop over and end up with the boat sitting on the edge. The captive nuts etc show how picky I am about the detail!! Now I just need someone to decide they need an entire stainless trailer!!

James

Nice bit of work, but I wouldn't want metal for bunks, tree is a lot more forgiving when the shit carpet wears out!

larby · 19-03-2011, 08:24 AM

I see your point, but I didn't want to have a bit of degradable tree atop my lovely metal bunk.
The carpet is incredibly heavy duty with a 5mm rubber backing, it's almost 15mm thick all in and weighs a ton! I've used it for this and similar things before and it's yet to wear out, hopefully glen will replace it if it looks tired in a few years and it won't be an issue

He could always screw a chunk of tree to the top if he wants

baj666 · 19-03-2011, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by larby

Not off hand mate, sorry...

ok cheers anyway