Look what just came out of our shop.....

[gearsoup]

It's a 21" front rim for my partner's 2007 Harley Softail Custom

 

[Jimbo]

Wow - that looks sweet! Think you can do a 10" for my scoot?

Seriously, though - you must have one hell of a cutter on hand...

 

[Rightseat]

Tsk, tsk, stop having fun making money!

 

[Redline]

Seth - PM me an Est. cost on that. I've got a co-worker who may be interested.

 

[Evan]

oh sure, mr. i-wont-ever-make-a-wheel, all i wanted was a 15" one!

i like that piece though, especially the eyes.

 

[internalcombust]

I this something you could do more of? I have many friends with custom bikes who may be interested in something like this.

 

[gearsoup]

if the price was right. He has about 30 hours into it, but it was a first time program, lots of little things to get through. For the record, we didn't make the actual rim. He bought a wheel blank from an outfit in California. Then he did all the detail. It is far from being completed. It needs to get polished and then sent out for chrome plating.

 

[Blue GT]

Not really my thing but just plain sick none the less!

 

[Ty Ty]

I would roll it just the way it is. I'm not much for blingy chrome.

 

[katnip]

damn, that's sexay

 

[bubba suby]

that is one of the coolest wheels i've seen in a long time good job keep up the good work

 

[Evan]

I would roll it just the way it is. I'm not much for blingy chrome.

i'm in the same boat, but i would powdercoat it clear first. that thing would oxidize in about 7 minutes outdoors. :

 

[stiXXX]

That's The Future of rim making,right there.

Nice job!

 

[Meyagi]

cnc machines are amazing....i miss being able to use the ones at school when i went for machining.....

what design program are you guys using?

 

[Redline]

Solidworks, IIRC. Correct me if I'm wrong bro...

 

[gearsoup]

solidworks (old version) for design of 3d stuff

MasterCam X for programming.

 

[ruggedman]

solidworks (old version) for design of 3d stuff

Sweet! I do all my design work in SW. Does SW output to mastercam or do you have to do something funky in between? At Solidworks world in new orleans i saw all kinds of really neat CAM programs that interfaced with SW.

 

[gearsoup]

yeah, camworks is a kickass addon for SW, but it jacks the price to close to 10k...

Mastercam imports pretty much any file from all the popular CAD packages.