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Old 07-29-2008, 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by mr bruce View Post
The most impressive part on that car is the rear wheelhouse, I'd love to see that being machined.
Too bad we didn't film that. The only way we could make that part is with a full 4 axis machine. That means all 4 axis of the machine are moving at once--X, Y, Z, and A. A is the rotary axis so the part is spinning while the machine is moving up, down, left and right, in and out. We had to move in all 4 axis to spin the part around the tool to get into the tight spots. We then had to "unwind" the part to get the tool back out.

I will look for some more pics of it being made for you.

David
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