AO Lets figure out some new body designs!!!

[Xmagterror]

I am sure most of you know who i am by now. I am the guy that made the ripper bodies and i have proved myself on being able to do it without problems.

I took a couple of months off to build a twin turbo system for my neighbors Z06 corvette...got that done and not its time to get back to the custom automag body project.

I jut bought a renishaw digitizing package for the mill.......this means bodys and rails can be carved out of wood, digitized and then cut the design on a slug or rail. The cool part of this process is only one half of the body needs to be carved and the other side can be mirror imaged. being able to digitize a body is going to be nice because it will get me away from time consuming CAD software.

If anybody is good at carving wood then this could be a good project for you. come up with a great design and carve one side of the body out of wood and i will give you a free body plus you get to be famous on AO!!!LOL If anybody has any cool design ideas draw them up and post them on this thread. maybe we can find someone to carve them out of wood so we can make bodies.

I want all of you on AO to have a say in the next body design...You all now what you dont want when it comes to bodies....now is your time to voice out so i can hear what you do want.

[Papa_Smurf]

subscibing to thread now...

[Madmarx]

I'll be sure to wait for the second round of bodies this time and save myself a $100 or so.

[Warwitch]

subscibing to thread now...

yup

While I do like the organic stuff some members have been coming up with, Id like to see a little more "techy" design on the block. Maybe even a different tac body. Something with a modular base body that could accept X7 mods.

[MANN]

will this new body come finished/polished?

[Xmagterror]

new body designs will not be sold at the same price as the current ripper *SALE* prices. I had the ripper sale to pay off the tooling that i bought for the slug project. $275-300 range is whats to be expected because it takes 7 hours to 3D mill a body...normal rate on a machine like mine is 60 an hour. If you do the math these bodies are a good deal. On top of all the machine time there is design and testing time. Its take a huge amount of work to make a custom body design, program it and then optimize the programs.

[Xmagterror]

finishing is best left to your anodizer of choice. I may do a batch of gloss black bodies because most of the guns out there are black.

[Papa_Smurf]

This is one I have.

[jakeman7676]

I remember a lion head body from another thread like this. It had the barrel coming out of the lion's mouth and the mane flowing back towards the valve. I'm pretty sure that would be flippin sweet. What do you think?

[olinar]

ill try my hand at a design but im no artist and im not sure of the specs on the body. ill be drawing a few and im sure someone on here would be able to take the design and fit it to a slug.

I would subscribe but im not getting an notifications from AO yet.

[LegumeOfTerror]

[ClassicMagger]

I thought something like this was already being done by PTP with the PTP MicroMag Design Concepts thread?

And they said they would be staying under $200.

[TnDeathInc]

the more bodies the merrier. Besides PTP has had thier design in mind with some alterations from us, this is a chance to be totoally original.

[Madmarx]

Well hopefully someone will build cross-eyed's body.
It's the best/sickest one out there.

[Pzippy]

I remember a lion head body from another thread like this. It had the barrel coming out of the lion's mouth and the mane flowing back towards the valve. I'm pretty sure that would be flippin sweet. What do you think?

I must see this.