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Why cant the gauges obstruct the windscreen view? Not a requirement for BIVA.
I have a big bonnet scoop fitted with a roof chop and that passed fine - it's line of sight in the manual which with your huge modern screen will be quite high, so a guage pod will not present an issue.
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Some excellent skills on display with this. Re a gauge pod my 66 plate Scirocco has a triple guage pod on the dash , centrally mounted, from the factory which due to the modern very raked screen takes an albeit small bit of the lower view up.  |
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Needs a bigger hammer mate.......
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Some excellent skills on display with this. Re a gauge pod my 66 plate Scirocco has a triple guage pod on the dash , centrally mounted, from the factory which due to the modern very raked screen takes an albeit small bit of the lower view up. Many thanks duggers. The gauge pod in your picture is exactly what I have in mind even down to the three instruments, recessed slightly into the crash pad and the illumination shielded from the screen. |
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Why cant the gauges obstruct the windscreen view? Not a requirement for BIVA. I have a big bonnet scoop fitted with a roof chop and that passed fine - it's line of sight in the manual which with your huge modern screen will be quite high, so a guage pod will not present an issue. No, you're probably right. I'm just being ultra careful to avoid any issues further down the line. The bonnet will almost certainly be visible from a normal seating position and if that's that's the case then there certainly won't be a problem. Thank you for your comment. |
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If you think you're going to have a LOT of button heads and you think it might become seriously annoying, there are some Wiha hex keys called MagicRing that might help. They have a little snap ring in the end of the ball which holds onto the bolt head, so you can basically stick the bolt on the end of the key, stick it in a hole at arms length and do it up all with one hand. Same for undoing them - the bolt stays on the end of the ball when it's undone so no fiddling about trying to pick it out the hole with your fingernails.
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If you think you're going to have a LOT of button heads and you think it might become seriously annoying, there are some Wiha hex keys called MagicRing that might help. They have a little snap ring in the end of the ball which holds onto the bolt head, so you can basically stick the bolt on the end of the key, stick it in a hole at arms length and do it up all with one hand. Same for undoing them - the bolt stays on the end of the ball when it's undone so no fiddling about trying to pick it out the hole with your fingernails. Great information, thank you. I've not come across them before but what a great design. Are these they? www.ebay.co.uk/itm/183403553220?hash=item2ab3b421c4:g:pSIAAOSwCJ9fMqrf |
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What a great resource Fusion 360 is. I'm using the free version (of course) which has all the drawing tools and features of the bought system but they have quite understandably removed the ability to download files in the various formats needed for 3D printing and CNC etc. and restricted the number of editable files to ten. It costs less than 500$ for full access for a year's subscription which I don't think is exorbitant if it will make money for you or save a lot of time. Anyway I've found it very useful for printing components out full size and transposing onto metal as is the case with the instrument console.  Although slightly larger than A4 it included the important bits on the paper. So, today has been a day of marking out, cutting and filing all of which, I'm pleased to say without any whoopsies. I'm just waiting on Caterham for the heated front screen rocker switch. The lamps and the rest of the switches were sourced from CBS who always provide and excellent service. The eagled eyed will have noticed that there is a brake test warning light as well as the switch which does the same job. So although the lamp isn't necessary I put it in for symmetry because the handbrake warning lamp is a different size from the others.   |
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Agre,e CAD packages are great these days, but all are subtly different so it's always a learning curve. I've been messing with the free form surfacing in Solidworks today, there's always something new to learn
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sorry bit late to say this john , but is there any chance of gearknob/dash interface problem ?
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sorry bit late to say this john , but is there any chance of gearknob/dash interface problem ? Ah, good point and thank you for that but for once I was ahead of the game and did check that I could select first and third without clashing with the console. This is the type of comment that I really welcome because being so close to the project it sometimes isn't easy to see the big picture and the obvious is overlooked.  |
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excellent ... i can sleep easy  |
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Agre,e CAD packages are great these days, but all are subtly different so it's always a learning curve. I've been messing with the free form surfacing in Solidworks today, there's always something new to learn I find CAD fascinating and I cannot understand why none of my grandchildren are interested in becoming a cad draughtman which is well paid and used in so many different disciplines. Always work I would have thought. RetroPower who also use Fusion 360 employ a new graduate full time on designing components which is varied and hugely satisfying I would have thought. I have never been involved with Solidworks but I know it is widely used in the mechanical engineering sector. When I had my business designing chemical engineering plant I used Autodesk Mechanical Desktop which was very good but quite different in operation from Fusion 360 which I have had to learn from scratch but there are a lot of tuition videos on YouTube which were a great help. |
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I love AutoCAD, I use it at work everyday (2017 version) and I also have it on both my PC's at home.
I drew all my wiring diagrams on it, did my workshop plans with it and use it for templates for things on the car.
At work we use it for all of our designs.
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The Caterham heated front screen switch arrived today and it was a relief that it was the same design as the ones I sourced from CBS and it fitted the cut out. From the pictures it looked the same but there was always a bit of doubt and the question as to whether I should have forged ahead with making the panel before I had all the bits.  |
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They look like the ones. Mine are plain silver but they’re getting on a bit now! |
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Jan 10, 2022 10:35:21 GMT
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I did Autocad with a load of guys that were made redundant from the shipyard back in the 90s, CAD has come such a long way since. Fusion is pretty cool, but it's like a gateway drug to the more expensive systems that they offer. I use solidworks at work as it is a good mix between proper engineering CAD with mechanical analysis, aero etc and you can also create some pretty complex sculptural form too.
Full 3D CAD geometry of a part is a far cry from engineering drawings with a load of profiles for some poor toolmaker to "blend between sections"
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Jan 10, 2022 10:52:57 GMT
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I did Autocad with a load of guys that were made redundant from the shipyard back in the 90s, CAD has come such a long way since. Fusion is pretty cool, but it's like a gateway drug to the more expensive systems that they offer. I use solidworks at work as it is a good mix between proper engineering CAD with mechanical analysis, aero etc and you can also create some pretty complex sculptural form too. Full 3D CAD geometry of a part is a far cry from engineering drawings with a load of profiles for some poor toolmaker to "blend between sections" I have no experience with Solidworks but I do know it is widely used and liked throughout the world of engineering and I believe it is good for surface modelling. I also have no idea how much it costs. For people like myself who need cad infrequently and cannot justify the cost of paying for it, it's a question of finding a free package. I have tried Freecad which I didn't get on with very well and the Autodesk Fusion 360 which I found relatively easy to pick up and it is a powerful tool, 3D and fully parametric with all the functions available on the free version except for the tools you need to 3D print and for manufacturing. |
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Jan 10, 2022 11:05:20 GMT
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I'm cheating with an "education" license as they let me teach people these days, so no incurred costs for me. I did notice that Autodesk have become much more stringent with their licensing of Fusion etc and removed some of the more useful features in the free versions. I'm trying to learn how to build over a 3d scan of a Porsche 356 at the moment, in between the real work.
Sorry for the thread diversion, keep up the great work John
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Jan 10, 2022 13:29:26 GMT
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Like me, it sounds as if you're hooked on cad which I find quite compulsive. Please don't apologise because there has been no thread drift at all. Cad drawing has always been right up there with this project and definitely up for discussion.
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Part of things
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Jan 10, 2022 17:33:30 GMT
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Don't forget the cheapest system... C-ardboard A-ided D-esign. |
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1986 BMW E30 refreshed to original spec
1973 BMW E12 520 converting to Motorsport 530
1982 XJS V12 converting to 5 speed manual
Many landscaping projects overriding above!
Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum!
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