by AlecMoody
Fabricating the frame was straight forward. This is all 16 gauge 1″ square tube. I made notch templates from my 3d files. The wood is mahogany finished with waterlox. When the finish is fully cured I will knock it down to a less glossy surface. I also cast some low profile urethane rubber feet […]
Categories: Fabrication, Uncategorized
by AlecMoody
I do all of my work in a 570 square foot attached garage. The space needs to function as a photo studio, mechanics shop, a metal fab space, and occasionally I do composites work. In the last few years I reached a point where I had too many tools and parts to store and there […]
Categories: Fabrication
by AlecMoody
I spent my 4th of July finishing up a fire pit for my backyard. It’s 3/16 plate and 14 gauge 1″ tube. The firepit is 38″ square and almost exactly 150lb. I had planned to paint it but I really liked how it looked halfway through removing mill scale with muriatic acid. I sprayed it […]
Categories: Fabrication, Uncategorized
by AlecMoody
I am sharing low resolution copies of my 3d scans so that the aftermarket community can use them to develop new parts. I will continue to update this library as I make more scans. The files are in obj format with two different triangle counts. Download them for free on gumroad here: https://gumroad.com/alecmoody# Accuracy of […]
Categories: Art, Fabrication
by AlecMoody
I designed in this a few years ago and published it under a creative commons license so that people could print their own. Here is some information I wrote back in 2014: Download here: Design The goal of this intake system is draw ambient air into the engine while getting close to ideal intake tract […]
Categories: Fabrication
by AlecMoody
I designed these tracking camera mounts as an inexpensive solution for mounting Oculus tracking cameras. They’re available on shapeways without any markup–cost is just what shapeways charges to have them printed: https://www.shapeways.com/product/69ME6338C/oculus-rift-cv1-tracking-mount-economy You will need drywall anchors or wood screws to mount them. Print your own. Model direct download link: http://www.wrenchgame.com/econ_mount.zip
Categories: Fabrication • Tags: 3d printing, fabrication, vr
by AlecMoody
I got into virtual reality with a DK2 for a better racing simulator interface. VR provides spacial awareness and which translates into an intuitive understanding of distance and speed and it also encourages the player to practice looking where the car should go. The DK2 didn’t quite have the resolution necessary to resolve the track […]
Categories: Fabrication