Machine shop needed

[CO_Hunter]

Anyone know of a good machine shop that can do one off custom stuff such as CNC made spacer/adapter for engine tranny swaps? Would need a bit a basic mill work done as well.

 

[Springs505]

You might try Excalibur Manufacturing. I think that they often take smaller jobs/ 1 off parts. If the parts can be cut from flat material, you might try Precision Waterjet Cutting, as well.

If you have sketches, I can get parts into CAD for you, possibly saving some money and/or avoiding possible mistakes.

 

[CO_Hunter]

Thanks Andrew, I thought you might have a thought or two. Nothing more detailed than a sketch at this point as accurate measurements would need to be taken. All would be from flat stock, thick aluminum.

 

[Springs505]

I heard a rumor that you might have picked up something neat to put under the hood in you 80...care to elaborate?

Let me know when you have dimensions and I can draw it up for you.

 

[CO_Hunter]

Don't listen to rumors. Just going to the next level of research and want to get some cost estimates. This will be a big project if I go for it. Thanks a bunch for the offer to help but the challenge is I won't have exact dimensions until I get all the pieces and I won't have all the pieces until I know it is feasible. It's a bit of a circle at this point. I may take in a sketch and pictures and see if they can ball park a number for me.

It would be really helpful if the machine shop had automotive experience specifically engine and tranny.

 

[Stokes]

My Uncle owns Sunset Machine over by Platte and Circle. Never have used him for any machining but it wouldn't hurt giving him a ring.

 

[CO_Hunter]

Thanks Greg, I will keep him in mind but this will take some CNC or water jet.

Andrew, can you check out this link and let me know if you can load the files into something CNC/waterjet could use? thanks

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B6GhoYHhtMzWa05hcDhEdjkyMG8&usp=sharing

 

[Springs505]

You have the files you need to have this manufactured, sort of.

A machine shop would use either the .igs file or the .x_t file (parasolid file) to create code for a milling machine to make the part. I don't have the software to open these files installed at home right now, so I can't check them.

What you do not have is a drawing that fully defines the dimensions of the part and the tolerances that you will accept on the finished part. I will take a look at the files (.igs and/or .x_t) at work and if they look good, I should be able to work with you and generate a drawing for you with minimal effort. You could give a shop these files, perhaps discuss the tolerances, and they could make you a part. However, a drawing is the best way to make sure that the part has the qualities that you want.

This part will have to be machined. By that I mean that you would mill this part rather than waterjet/plasma/laser cutter.

 

[CO_Hunter]

okay, thanks for the help. There is another one out there I am hunting down.

I figured it would take both the cutting (large circular) and machining but I am no expert.

 

[EricG]

I assume you've seen this Leon: http://dieseladapters.com/TRANSMISSION_ADAPTERS.html

 

[CO_Hunter]

I assume you've seen this Leon: http://dieseladapters.com/TRANSMISSION_ADAPTERS.html

Yes, there are some issues people have had using him. I think at this point I am leaning to making my own, we'll see.

Hey, How did you know what I am up to?

 

[EricG]

I've been toying with this idea as well, though it hasn't gotten past reading, and occasional CL searches. When I saw "4BD" in the drawings I knew which one you were looking at.