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Originally Posted by scoyle
Chris,
Setting aside how jealous I am that you have access to the professional tools  would you have any thoughts or pointers on how someone could go about doing this without work access to tools etc.
By that I mean CAD packages and milling tools etc. that would allow someone to design and make one-off type bulkheads and carbon fibre parts? I have got stuff from fibrelite before but did not realise that they would do one-off parts for people - will check their site for formats that they take for designs. |
To do it without professional tools will be a lot harder. I'd suggest at first keep it simple, reuse bulkheads because they are they hardest bits to make. A new chassis alone can re-distribute weight quite effectively, and there are companies as mentioned that can do it from a sketch you provide.
If you must get into re-designing bulkheads, then find an engineering or machining company that is willing to do it and talk to them about what they'll need from you.
CAD packages; there are a few around that are free, cheap, or have free trial periods, I can't tell you much about them as I've only used Catia for the last 8 years, though I used SolidEdge before which I thought was pretty good at the time.