Custom Center Caps for Porsche Wheel [from CAD, prototyping to finish] - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Toolpath Pic 1: Turning/boring the inside (ID) of the cap + threading a M52*1mm
Toolpath Pic 2: Turning/profiling the outside (OD). Made a quick fixture with a OD thread that fit the M52*1
Toolpath Pic 3: Milling/drilling using a 8mm flat endmill then fininshing the floor using a bullnose 8MMR1 cutter
Toolpath Pic 4: Milling/4axis, Multiaxis toolpath going around the clips.

Nine8Six · 01-27-2017, 07:00 AM

And that is how one is spending his Chinese New Year eve! Making some cool car parts and drinking Champagne (Chinese version of it, of course

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In fear to destroy this masterpiece's reputation, I'll wait for tomorrow's day light to take much better pictures. No idea how to set a DSLR camera for a dark evening dinner table shot and photoshop just can't fix a drama like that. Oh, I've anodized a blue one also. Both look absolutely majestic.... wait and see!

Total happiness. Look & feel is surprisingly everything I was aiming for; low profile, perfect fit, humble but looking very expansive