Guam Day 147/148 - A new project




7/19/2022 - Very typical of me, I get this itch and need to work on a creative project. Sabbatical has been awesome for a break from work, a chance to regain that passion and excitement for what I want to work on, I've hit that wall though of needing to create something. Its in my blood.

With some research I found Autodesk offers a cad package for free to hobbyists, something I have always wanted to have in my back pocket for side projects. A couple hour download and I am up and going with a decent set of drawing tools. 

Dad has a 1960 Pontiac Bonneville at home, his family car from growing up. Mom would agree with my statement that the car is a "working project", and has bene that way for many years. This was one of many chances I had to turn wrenches with my Dad, and thinking back my grandfather too. My design and engineering education started in this garage at a very young age. Im tangenting here, the Bonneville has a number of badges needing some rework or rebuilding. Thus the project, these fragile scripts are very easily broken and this gives me a chance to bring new technology to an a classic vehicle. 

We will see how they turn out, my hope would be to have a model that is nice enough to 3d print and plate some parts. At a minimum maybe there are some shirts to be made from the nice script outline. Who knows. My favorite part of this though is that my dad is measuring the physical parts 7500 miles away and I am translating them into cad via images and measurements. Just crazy the world we live in, intimate in a very cool way. Miss you Dad, and can't wait to see you here in a few weeks. 


 

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  1. Dave S.July 25, 2022 at 5:45 PM

    Wow. Let me know how the 3D print works. This is fantastic!

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