kjr914

(Commentary was more tongue in cheek, but my comic delivery is lacking...) Admittedly spoiled down here in CA by the perpetual summer. However, I do miss snow (and real forest).

Was going to ask about the "rock" part of your screen name... Climber? Never climbed in Utah (ice or rock). Plenty of rock here, but decent ice is hard to find in SoCal, so I have to survive on 1x/yr trip to Ouray, CO.

Cheers,
Keith

600RR

Utahrock: Thanks for the explanation. Didn't realize the 3D was so costly for larger parts. The alum is very cool. Nice work. Can you machine nuts and stoppers, too?

chris walrod

We used to have a SLA machine, now have an SLS model that is still rather pricey to run. Cool piece!!

FisterD

I have major machine envy. Very nice!

utahrock

Yes, click on my screen name and go to my homepage and you'll see. Ouray is very nice with the ice park and all. Ice climbers are cool - no pun intended.

utahrock

We could make nuts and stoppers, but there's an awful lot of them around and they've almost become generic. They've been around so long it's hard to come up with much that's new. So we try and do things that we can make with more unique features. And things that sell for a little more money so we can make our machining center payments - and let me tell you, when those suckers need to be repaired they make Ferraris seem reasonable.

trophy

Sounds like a pretty good plan, name your poison!!!

Macca

Hi Utahrock. Great work. Likewise if you were to consider offsetting your investment todate for this one set you could probably find a few dozen takers on this board if the price was resonable. I for one could use a set if you did decide to make more...

Chers
M

jimbo3

http://www.tirecradle.com/

Stealth 993

Why not just DRIVE THE CAR?

BTW, that looks cool.

Resident Sicko

I use two sheets of 1/2 " pink insulation foam from Home Depot cut to fit. Carpet in my last home.

Canyon56

fwiw, I have a set of those. They work great and are easy to use (just drive up onto them.) But I didn't pay that much for them. Yikes.

That's the least expensive route and works just like the ones mentioned above. I know a car collector who stores cars and that's what they do (use insulation pads and/or have cut from that material that they use in super markets for the cashiers and baggers to stand on.) In the end this is the most cost effective (and effective period) way to do it, imho.

blake

Because living in the mountains of Utah comes with 9-month winters and 500+ inches of snow annually... And don't get me wrong a C4S is great - but not practical when the snow comes down in feet and the plows wait until the storm is over to plow! I am envious of all those with DD Porsches!

Utahrock - great post. Thanks for sharing.

-B