waikato willy
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Ive made a few VIN tags in the CNC machines at work out of billet, its a bit tedious and I only did it for ex race cars turned back into road cars now that they are rare and very cool And to good to bash around the track( have to create a file, set up a machine, spend hours tweaking the "look" of the plate, make a few stuff ups, produce tag, beers all round
Another option if you have some coin- 3d scan the plate(I have had limited success with a XBOX 360 Kinect) , use RhinoCad or something similar to "repair" the ID tag, find someone with a million dollar aluminium powder metal printer(https://amigaeng.com.au/3d-printing/metal-3d-printing/)
send them the STL file and get a quote, some polishing would be needed in a vibra polisher , might be to rough to get the appropriate finish
We use a commercial grade 3d scanner at work to reverse engineer lots of obsolete components but the scanner is worth around $65,000 so the cheaper XBOX Kinect camera might do the job
or you could take a photo of the tag or a better condition one, use Image to STL converter to give it depth and create a file that way?
Another option if you have some coin- 3d scan the plate(I have had limited success with a XBOX 360 Kinect) , use RhinoCad or something similar to "repair" the ID tag, find someone with a million dollar aluminium powder metal printer(https://amigaeng.com.au/3d-printing/metal-3d-printing/)
send them the STL file and get a quote, some polishing would be needed in a vibra polisher , might be to rough to get the appropriate finish
We use a commercial grade 3d scanner at work to reverse engineer lots of obsolete components but the scanner is worth around $65,000 so the cheaper XBOX Kinect camera might do the job
or you could take a photo of the tag or a better condition one, use Image to STL converter to give it depth and create a file that way?