My custom gauge WIP (shaun_king)

[SwiftyOne]

@grum gti...That's already been discussed, earlier on in the thread...He might,(just might though) think about it ...How much would you pay for something like this?

[shaun_king]

SwiftyOne's just about got it right Grum gti... at the moment it is a labour of love that I'm just doing for the sheer enjoyment. Will consider it in the
future tho. reckon I can make it in two pieces and I've found a source of motors from china. Soooooo, maybe! Until then I'm just retrospectively
reflecting on this prototype build to improve it, and chilling in front of TV - preparing the surfaces for the paintwork - while waiting for top gear
to come on:

[grum gti]

I understand its a labour of love, as mine is the same just put a mega order in with cristiano.. nearly £200 in fact... ouch hope the misses dosnt find out im not hardcore sim racer either , Well i say that my rig has took me 2years to get where it is now on a tight budget and i use it daily on iracing / lfs and such! maybe we should all get a race on sometime?
 

on another note, what would i be willing to pay ? im not 100% sure on this one as personally id just buy the casings and faceplate then use the internals i already have (alfa romeo156 gauges are very easy to dismantle and easy to setup/use) buti suppose we should all worry about price once hes happy with the prototype.

its looking alot smoother on the eye now youve started preparing it for paint! and topgear was a good un this week, shame its the last in the series.

[ItsDaPlumber]

Great job!!!! I was wondering what the dimensions are for the cutouts for the GI-Max and The SPI-D. Im inlaying them as well and i cant find a number for the SPID. I like how you left a little space around them.

[shaun_king]

SPI-D: 46.1mm x 33.3mm
GI MAX: 63mm x 30mm

This was the dimension for my cutouts, I made them that big because the drill bit that is used to mill out the parts is round so the corners would be have a radius on them. Giving space around the edges ensured the parts would not clash with the radius.

[shaun_king]

Just thought i'd add some more development pics to this thread. Has been a while but the old dials are still in progress:

I acquired carbon fibre vinyl and applied a patch to see how it would turn out if i wrapped it. Took some pictures in daylight to get a slightly more realistic perspective of the dial case. Currently looking for some matt dark grey paint to replace the matt black but over all I’m not too disappointed with the mix of textures which was my initial concern. decided not to vinyl the base because I felt it would have been too much. The switches were added to these pictures and although the red covers look effective in terms of catching the eye I’m not sure that the red colour works perfectly with the subtle mix of colours greys and black textures. However, the metal seems to blend in quite well. Maybe I need to try the chromed switch covers, if I can find them.

[Denis Castilloux]

Hi Shaun! Might take a look at this process?  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrographics_%28printing%29

Thanks, great work