utadventure Posted April 6, 2011 Share #1 Posted April 6, 2011 I'm continually amazed at how talented my kids are. Probably it's because I don't have these talents. My two girls each have blogs about the crafts, knitting and sewing projects they do. One does photography. My older son is at Weber State in the manufacturing engineering program. I think he likes it so much because he not only is learning the technical side, math etc, but because he gets to play with the machines. One of his projects this semester was to make a receiver cover.... this is what he designed and produced: http://i470.photobucket.com/albums/rr70/utadventure/IMG_1125.jpg After some final smoothing of the tool marks and some paint, it will be complete. I'm glad he doesn't have a truck....that way I get it for mine. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Owl Posted April 6, 2011 Share #2 Posted April 6, 2011 Nice work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcoop Posted April 6, 2011 Share #3 Posted April 6, 2011 That looks nice. You know if he didn't want to cary all the way to Taylorsville he could drop it off in South Weber. :whistling:I 'd give it a good home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eck Posted April 6, 2011 Share #4 Posted April 6, 2011 Have him contact East Coast CHhppers,,,the ol man might be looking for another machinest, or th eyounger one might could use his tallents on start up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bostonlawman2003 Posted April 6, 2011 Share #5 Posted April 6, 2011 That's great! How lucky to have such talented children. I hope and pray my two boys will grow up to be so gifted! Enjoy showing off your receiver cover, oh, and a pic of it once smoothed and painted would be appreciated! JB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Myers Posted April 6, 2011 Share #6 Posted April 6, 2011 Very nice Dave! Having the people around you with above average abilities makes you equally as blessed as they are! Say hi to the fam for me, wish I could come visit again soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSoul Posted April 11, 2011 Share #7 Posted April 11, 2011 Thanks for the positive responses! Yeah, I'm the kid that designed it. I'll definitely post some more pics when I'm done finishing it. As well has some of the ones of it being cut out too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Myers Posted April 13, 2011 Share #8 Posted April 13, 2011 Dave, I keep coming back and staring at the aluminum carving. If he had to program that by hand, like most of the stuff I do, there would likely be in excess of 5 thousand lines of code, and take weeks to write! That is just awesome, no two ways about it! Ah, the wonders of CAD-CAM. I'm learning to do it the easy way with cad program but I regress and get impatient trying to draw and just go write the program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddog170 Posted April 13, 2011 Share #9 Posted April 13, 2011 That is sweet. Nice work there. Shaun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie R Posted April 13, 2011 Share #10 Posted April 13, 2011 Since he has made a program he could make a bunch of them and sell them. Just a thought. Looks awesome by the way. Tell him to keep up the good work. Richie R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Eagle Posted April 13, 2011 Share #11 Posted April 13, 2011 Great job - on all accounts - raising your children and watching them enjoy their talents! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSoul Posted April 25, 2011 Share #12 Posted April 25, 2011 I figured there were a few that would be interested in knowing how this ended up looking. So here are a few shots of it now that it has been sand-blasted to get rid of the tooling marks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyinfool Posted April 25, 2011 Share #13 Posted April 25, 2011 Looks good. Are you going to paint it or keep it natural? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utadventure Posted April 25, 2011 Author Share #14 Posted April 25, 2011 Looks good. Are you going to paint it or keep it natural? That's the debate around the house right now. I'd appreciate everyone's opinion!! Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyinfool Posted April 25, 2011 Share #15 Posted April 25, 2011 My thought is that it should be painted. Your pic shows it from an angle so the edges are well defined. If you look at it from directly behind, like someone following you, it will start to look more like just a flat plate and most of the detail will not be noticeable. But then this is just my opinion for what it may be worth. ALL of my artistic ability can be put in a thimble with plenty of room left over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wes0778 Posted April 25, 2011 Share #16 Posted April 25, 2011 Dave, I keep coming back and staring at the aluminum carving. If he had to program that by hand, like most of the stuff I do, there would likely be in excess of 5 thousand lines of code, and take weeks to write! That is just awesome, no two ways about it! Ah, the wonders of CAD-CAM. I'm learning to do it the easy way with cad program but I regress and get impatient trying to draw and just go write the program. Heck, Bob, Why do things the easy way when the hard way works just as well... :rotf::rotf::rotf::rotf: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Myers Posted April 25, 2011 Share #17 Posted April 25, 2011 Heck, Bob, Why do things the easy way when the hard way works just as well... :rotf::rotf::rotf::rotf: Well, being the cantankerous old cuss I am it just is my natural tendency to do things the hard way the first half dozen times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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