Update on Exhaust plate with Jake skull.

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03-24-2009, 04:04 PM

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Update on Exhaust plate with Jake skull.

Some of you may remember me asking for pictures or a CAD file of a jake skull about a week ago. I ended up drawing the skull myself in Mastercam, a machining program. I used that geometry to cut this stainless plate. We are trying to figure out what to do with it. I was thinking of putting another solid poece of stainless behind the one shown in the pic, but with a spacer to seperate the two. Maybe 3/8" thick. I then thought of putting in some small blue LED's so the the skull glows blue, or any other color of choice..

I am open to suggestions

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03-24-2009, 04:20 PM

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First off looks great I want one

How about a thin piece of black plexi behind to make it stand out?

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03-24-2009, 04:22 PM

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That looks really sweet dude!

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03-24-2009, 04:34 PM

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Good job!

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03-24-2009, 04:42 PM

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I don't think a spacer would work too well. The space in between would fill up with road gunk.

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03-24-2009, 05:06 PM

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Nice,Can you share the program.Can Wire EDM plates.

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03-24-2009, 05:08 PM

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Nice,Can you share the program.Can Wire EDM plates.

If you need the file I can email it to you. I did use a wire EDM to cut them out.

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03-24-2009, 05:09 PM

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03-24-2009, 05:12 PM

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Body color plexi behind the plate to define the skull IMO.

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03-24-2009, 05:12 PM

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Thanks, That would be great,nice way to make a few friends a gift!

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03-24-2009, 05:13 PM

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Put some reflective red tape (cheap) onto another flat panel of the same size and stick the panels together. Headlights behind you will light the tape up. No wires or bulbs. Just a cheap suggestion.

http://www.beseenonabike.com/shopuk/...d_animated.gif

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03-24-2009, 06:07 PM

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Nicely done and I will take one

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Really nice work

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03-24-2009, 06:10 PM

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Do you have this in DWG or DXF format?

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03-24-2009, 08:36 PM

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Do you have this in DWG or DXF format?

i can try a dxf, but when I did it last week it lost some of the geometry for some reason.

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GREAT idea!

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03-24-2009, 09:26 PM

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Nice Job and I want one bad but don't have the talent to make one. if you ever decide to make them to sell please PM me. I almost forgot I think either stainless or black back ground would look great.