Featured Laser Cut Vintage Motorcycles

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  1. Tmate

    Tmate Well-Known Member

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    About a year ago I posted a number of pictures of CNC plasma cut vintage British motorcycles. They were 19" long and cut from 1/8" mild steel.

    Out of curiosity, I sent my designs off to a laser cutting service to see how small they could be made using that process rather than plasma arc. I thought some of the forum members might be interested in seeing the results. Shown are nine out of the 20 or so I had laser cut out of stainless steel.

    The first photo shows an original 19" long plasma cut Vincent Black Shadow along with its laser cut counterpart. The other photos show a standard deck of playing cards for size comparison.

    Note that I only had one each of these made, as I have no interest in trying to sell them.

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  2. Eldon

    Eldon Elite Member

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    They look great ;)
    So much detail and in proportion.

    Out of interest, and if you don't mind sharing, how much did they charge you for cutting?
     
  3. Tmate

    Tmate Well-Known Member

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    It varied slightly for each different model. Pricing was quantity based for each piece. As I mostly had only one of each model made they averaged about $28 each. I had two done of a couple of bikes, and the price dropped 20%.

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  4. Eldon

    Eldon Elite Member

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    Were they from drawings scanned in or .dxf files or something off Solidworks etc?

    I do like those, nice idea ;)
     
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  5. Tmate

    Tmate Well-Known Member

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    I drew them all from scratch by tracing over photographs of actual bikes.
     
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  6. Eldon

    Eldon Elite Member

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    Nice :blush::party::sun:
     
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  7. Ge-Minigun

    Ge-Minigun Active Member

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    That's doing it the hard way!!! You did a fantastic job though...
     
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  8. Markus

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    As I wrote the last time. Those models look really great!;)
     
  9. Rooster

    Rooster Grumpy Member
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    I think you could have a small business opportunity there. They look awesome and I suspect very saleable.
     
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  10. Tmate

    Tmate Well-Known Member

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    I appreciate the kind words, however, at age 83 my business days are over. I just enjoy making them and showing them off.
     
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