Building me a Ruttman

[mrpat]

I was wondering if this ever got finished. Glad to see you're at it again. Love your stuff, man.

 

[chipper]

Wow , not much else to say ! This started a little before my time so it's a first time for me , just went thru the whole deal , really amazing stuff !

 

[Shawnster]

I just went through this whole thread and WOW! What an amazing build! I hope to see some updates soon or a finished build.


Shawn

 

[stevehuckss396]

Ill make a piece here or there and post pix as I go.

 

[buckeye]

Wondered about this.

 

[Mark G]

My wife and I were just talking about this last week. looking great!

 

[stevehuckss396]

Sometimes when something is scaled down some of the detail will be lost to make the piece doable. The original block has 8 fins. This one will only have 7. I had to sacrifice a fin to allow room for a cutter with enough reach to get to the depth required to cut out the fins. Should know if it worked in a few days.


Little bit more.

 

[stevehuckss396]

Tested some code on a test block. Not bad. I added some lines to see if I can smooth out the shelf under the fins. We shall see.

 

[OND]

That is totally amazing to me. :thumbsup: Great work ! Thanks for posting this thread.

 

[Docdc]

Wow. Pretty amazing. At this stage it reminds me of Hans Solo encased in Carbonite. :laugh: Stellar work so far.

Doc

 

[stevehuckss396]

Thanks for the thumbs up. I hope to do the opposite side tomorrow.

 

[stevehuckss396]

Side 2 code for the mill is tested. I had a little crash so the finishing passes were not complete but the problem has been corrected and I'm on to side 3. I guess that's why we test. When the code is complete I am going to try to make 3 cases. There will be about 15 hours each to cut so I think the extra debug time is worth it.

 

[CarPlayLB]

Steve, your skills are amazing! Thanks for all the pics and sharing this! I am very jealous of your talents!

 

[stevehuckss396]

Thanks buddy. After this code is perfected I plan to make three cases. One for the bike and one for the table. The third one might end up on a 1/3 scale kart. If I ever finish the 1/5 Chevy with the blown V8.

 

[stevehuckss396]

Well I have all 9 programs complete, debugged, optimized, and ready to go. There are some unavoidable things I will have to live with but I think the finished product will be nice with a little hand work to smooth out the spots where the programs overlap. All the little "bad" things you see have been addressed and with a good setup I should be able to minimize the rest of the tool marks. The next one should be a big improvment over what you see here.

 

[the beekeeper]

Absolutely amazing!!....................This project blows my mind!............................Tom.

 

[CarPlayLB]

making me thirsty and hungry at the same time! That is awesome. I have subscribed!

 

[capguncowboy]

The can of soda really puts it in perspective. This is such an awesome build. Can't wait to see it finished!

 

[deejaaa]

The can of soda really puts it in perspective. This is such an awesome build. Can't wait to see it finished!

exactly what i was thinking! wondered what the scale measured up to.

 

[stevehuckss396]

It is 1/3rd Scale.

That block you see was just a test block to test the machining operations. . I should start on the real one Monday.