Machined Iron Man Arc Reactor:
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Re: Machined Iron Man Arc Reactor: New Post #113
That is so sweet! I love it.
That is so sweet! I love it.
Re: Machined Iron Man Arc Reactor: New Post #113
Fantastic work indeed!
Any word on a kit? A guys gotta ask right?
-Speeder
Fantastic work indeed!
Any word on a kit? A guys gotta ask right?
-Speeder
gyoung2993
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Re: Machined Iron Man Arc Reactor: New Post #113
Man that thing is wicked ,I love it ,my heart fell out my chest !!!!!! Can I borrow ,YOUR arc reactor ,I now need a replacement ??? lol
Man that thing is wicked ,I love it ,my heart fell out my chest !!!!!! Can I borrow ,YOUR arc reactor ,I now need a replacement ??? lol
Re: Machined Iron Man Arc Reactor: New Post #113
As in?? It's finished sitting in his office, done deal. Last I heard from him he has no desire to do a kit.
As in?? It's finished sitting in his office, done deal. Last I heard from him he has no desire to do a kit.
Re: Machined Iron Man Arc Reactor: New Post #113
Yup, this is what I heard from him as well.
Yup, this is what I heard from him as well.
Re: Machined Iron Man Arc Reactor: New Post #113
Wow...I never thought a glass box would be such a saga.
I think the last post I did on this was....and now I "just" have to finish the glass which was end of last summer.
I spent a month visiting local glass shops..and then another 2 calling all the way from montreal to texas trying to find a supplier that could do it.
Dont get me wrong...plenty of people said they could...but when I saw some samples it was a bit disheartening. (Huge glue bubbles, chipped joinery, and overall not quite the level of workmanship I was hoping for to finish this thing off)
I finally found a crystal craftsman early october...giving him the instructions "take the time you need to get it done right".
LOL...I got a call and picked the box up on tuesday...ie...more than 3 months later. I guess he took the "take the time you need" a bit literally.
I wish he would have taken my dimensional drawing that literally. It was made larger than I requested. When asked he said he used my drawing as a "guide"
When asked about the jig that I had given him to make sure that it fit right...he said he had to sand/file the jig to make the glass fit into it.
Soooo....the glass looks really really good...but it is big...and I had to re-machine the base slot in the aluminum in an effort to salvage things.
All you can do is laugh...
Please find enclosed a couple pics of the completed unit....
Wow...I never thought a glass box would be such a saga.
I think the last post I did on this was....and now I "just" have to finish the glass which was end of last summer.
I spent a month visiting local glass shops..and then another 2 calling all the way from montreal to texas trying to find a supplier that could do it.
Dont get me wrong...plenty of people said they could...but when I saw some samples it was a bit disheartening. (Huge glue bubbles, chipped joinery, and overall not quite the level of workmanship I was hoping for to finish this thing off)
I finally found a crystal craftsman early october...giving him the instructions "take the time you need to get it done right".
LOL...I got a call and picked the box up on tuesday...ie...more than 3 months later. I guess he took the "take the time you need" a bit literally.
I wish he would have taken my dimensional drawing that literally. It was made larger than I requested. When asked he said he used my drawing as a "guide"
When asked about the jig that I had given him to make sure that it fit right...he said he had to sand/file the jig to make the glass fit into it.
Soooo....the glass looks really really good...but it is big...and I had to re-machine the base slot in the aluminum in an effort to salvage things.
All you can do is laugh...
Please find enclosed a couple pics of the completed unit....
jschlosser
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Re: Machined Iron Man Arc Reactor: New Post #153
Nice! So cool!
Nice! So cool!
thumbsup:thumbsup
Re: Machined Iron Man Arc Reactor: New Pics in Post #55
As mentioned way back when, I said I would look into what it would take to get a RT kit off the ground.
If you read my last post you can see that I had some time while waiting for the glass to do this.
I submitted my drawings for quoting to a number of shops that i knew could handle any type of volume, and would produce parts that I would be happy to send out the door.
Unfortunately...
I was getting numbers in that were well over a 1K for some of the major components to be machined. These quotes were for a run of 30, were in aluminum, and did not include a number of the smaller "fiddly" pieces or plastic components.
I redrew the parts...trying to make them simpler...and resubmitted the drawings. I was still at the 1K mark...and as mentioned more parts would need to be quoted on to account for a complete RT.
The above is only speaking about the RT itself...not the base, glass, or electronics.
It got to a point where the drawings were deviating so far from the original build in an effort to bring the price down that shapes were wrong, or out of scale...which I think really defeats the whole point of it all.
Based on the number of emails that I have received I realize that many ironman fans would like a kit.
From my findings to date I am not confident that it can be done at the level that I would like without blowing the bank considerably...(If we are comparing apples to apples and not changing things to plastic or molded/cast parts)
I spent the last couple of days cleaning up my drawing...renaming "that shiny part" and "that other more shiny part" with names that made a bit more sense...
I will be adding a link to it shortly...just have to figure out where to put it.
Hopefully everyone interested finds the work helpful.
ONE GIGANTIC NOTE:
When I started this project it was waaaay back when ironman 1 came out..and there wasnt a ton of info as far as dimensions. My drawings, and RT have an overall outer diameter of 3.5". I was too far along to make the change to 3" when I found new information.
Any one who wants to use the drawings please keep that in mind.
Have a great weekend.
Jason
As mentioned way back when, I said I would look into what it would take to get a RT kit off the ground.
If you read my last post you can see that I had some time while waiting for the glass to do this.
I submitted my drawings for quoting to a number of shops that i knew could handle any type of volume, and would produce parts that I would be happy to send out the door.
Unfortunately...
I was getting numbers in that were well over a 1K for some of the major components to be machined. These quotes were for a run of 30, were in aluminum, and did not include a number of the smaller "fiddly" pieces or plastic components.
I redrew the parts...trying to make them simpler...and resubmitted the drawings. I was still at the 1K mark...and as mentioned more parts would need to be quoted on to account for a complete RT.
The above is only speaking about the RT itself...not the base, glass, or electronics.
It got to a point where the drawings were deviating so far from the original build in an effort to bring the price down that shapes were wrong, or out of scale...which I think really defeats the whole point of it all.
Based on the number of emails that I have received I realize that many ironman fans would like a kit.
From my findings to date I am not confident that it can be done at the level that I would like without blowing the bank considerably...(If we are comparing apples to apples and not changing things to plastic or molded/cast parts)
I spent the last couple of days cleaning up my drawing...renaming "that shiny part" and "that other more shiny part" with names that made a bit more sense...
I will be adding a link to it shortly...just have to figure out where to put it.
Hopefully everyone interested finds the work helpful.
ONE GIGANTIC NOTE:
When I started this project it was waaaay back when ironman 1 came out..and there wasnt a ton of info as far as dimensions. My drawings, and RT have an overall outer diameter of 3.5". I was too far along to make the change to 3" when I found new information.
Any one who wants to use the drawings please keep that in mind.
Have a great weekend.
Jason
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Re: Machined Iron Man Arc Reactor: New Post #153
Here is the link for the file.
There are a bunch of free cad viewers on the net that might be a means for some to open, manipulate, print the file.
It is a 2d file since most of the cutting/toolpaths were profiles with secondary machining (holes, threads, etc) coming in after the fact.
Jason
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20394671/TONY HAS A HEART.dwg
Here is the link for the file.
There are a bunch of free cad viewers on the net that might be a means for some to open, manipulate, print the file.
It is a 2d file since most of the cutting/toolpaths were profiles with secondary machining (holes, threads, etc) coming in after the fact.
Jason
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20394671/TONY HAS A HEART.dwg
cannibal869
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Re: Machined Iron Man Arc Reactor: New Post #153
Would love to see a kit made...
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Would love to see a kit made...
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