Since the shop has been slow the past week or so, we're getting many more of the tasks that weren't as critical finished up. One of those was making showpieces to give to potential clients to show off what we can do. Today I was tasked with re-creating a unique vehicle made by a German car company. I can't share too many details on it, but it's basically a very stubby truck design, somewhat similar to a G-wagon. Reminds me a lot of a tractor, and you will definitely see why when I finish the project up. I spent about two hours working on the design and getting close to finishing it up. However, the biggest issue I'm working with now is the curves and angles on the car. I may take a short Fusion360 course on design to have this project done properly, making machining the project much easier down the line.
The mini car showcase is one of three parts that will be sent out to prospects, one is a mini model rocket, another the car, and the last a scooby do that will be done on the 5-axis.
Each part is designed to pique the interest of the type of client it gets sent to; for instance, the model rocket kit will get sent to engineers and those with more technical backgrounds.
I also recreated one of the dovetail fixtures my boss created (where I got my inspiration for Duif Workholding), and 3D modeled it in Fusion360 with a few minor changes. He is considering manufacturing and selling them to the general public as the soft-jaws of the dovetail workholding world, cheap to make and works really well, may not have all the fancy features of a 5th-axis brand. Still, it gets the job done, and you don't have to worry so much about cutting into it.