Katana isn’t a war sword, it is now considered part of their cultural heritage
I can assure you that Japan and Japanese companies take the ruling very seriously.
So much so, when Land Rover decided to make the last version of the militarised Defender (wolf I think) Denso forbade them from using...
Allan at Western Vapour blasting is a good mate and I’ve never met anyone as anal about finish as him.
He bought the equipment as he was fed up with the standard of work he was getting back for his bike rebuilds.
Tell him Dom sent you
Remember, you can still make small stuff on big/powerful kit
You can’t make big stuff on small / low powered kit.
Always get the biggest / most power for the jobs you like to do:D:fish:
We’ve just got an X1C to see what the fuss is about.
I personally have not used it yet but the quality of prints is exceptional and the speed is good too.
It’s quickly become my colleagues go-to for pla prints
I have one, a Keis one designed for motorcyclists so it has expansion ports to allow connection of heated trousers and gloves etc
Has a battery pack or you can wire it in to 12v bike supply (I have it for winter use of the Caterham)
I do not use it much but it works incredibly well when I have
PCL pencil gauge have been found to be very accurate over a long period of time.
It’s still my go to
I have a digital one too but it takes so long.
Turn on wait for beep to say it’s ready
Hold on valve and wait for it to measure pressure
Then it switches off
Rinse and repeat if you are adjusting...
I have one of their aluminium race jacks for the Caterham and some of their stands
They also do some very neat moulded rubber tops for the stands too
So you don’t take paint off with metal on metal
As I’ve said before, I’m very lucky to be able to explore the capabilities of 3D printing with some awesome kit.
And being able to bring that capability to commercial partners without the need to purchase the equipment.
So yes, the capability is available on a commercial basis
So these were some client samples I had printed as part of the demonstration of capabilities during the tender process.
A clutch alignment tool.
This is not what I would consider best quality either, this was a quick and dirty print and post process just as a demonstration.
And these were some...
It uses resins yes, but its not just "A resin Printer" most of those are SLA
probably more accurate to say this is the printer that BASF / Henkel/ Loctite and most other Chemical companies use to develop their resins for Light Processing systems.
Ill get some pictures when I get it installed...