I Got Bored Today So I made a new Back Plate...

[The Kraken]

And well done, DP . . .

It's good to see someone take advantage of his intelligence, initiative and resources.

the K

 

[Akimbo]

Just email me your address and I will send the dxf file to you.

Another option is to Zip the .DXF file, which you can attach to a message. BTW, nice work.

 

[DrunkenParrot]

Another option is to Zip the .DXF file, which you can attach to a message. BTW, nice work.

I hope this works....

 

[Culcuhain]

a good friend of mine that works in a machine shop is going to hate me now... I will be calling in "the favor."

Thanks!

 

[DrunkenParrot]

*Well I had some time to design the STA on ESPRIT today.......I went with the elongated bottom mounting slot just since I didn't do it on my plate. Just so there would not be problems mating together.

*I also had time to run it really quick on the Flow Water Jet also. I had to hurry so no pics while the water jet was cutting. :thinking: Sorry but here is the cut out after some file work and radius work. Now hopefully i can get it bent tomorrow or the next.

*If anyone wants the DXF file to this here it is........

 

[The Kraken]

That's how I made mine.

By the way, DP, there is, somewhere out there in diving land, a super-light back plate that I made from 3/16" 316 SS. Geez, it looks pretty much like swiss cheese. I cut out just about every piece of metal that was not structurally requisite.

I made it for Dave Schulte. He was in med school and sold it to another diver.

My wife, Yellow Angel Fish, and I were on a dive out of Panama City Beach. As we were headed to the dive site I saw this back plate. I asked the guy where he got it, and he told me.

I said, "If you'll look at the bottom left corner of the inside of the plate you will see a symbolic "TK". I made that plate.

It was kinda cool.

the K

 

[DrunkenParrot]

That's how I made mine.

By the way, DP, there is, somewhere out there in diving land, a super-light back plate that I made from 3/16" 316 SS. Geez, it looks pretty much like swiss cheese. I cut out just about every piece of metal that was not structurally requisite.

I made it for Dave Schulte. He was in med school and sold it to another diver.

My wife, Yellow Angel Fish, and I were on a dive out of Panama City Beach. As we were headed to the dive site I saw this back plate. I asked the guy where he got it, and he told me.

I said, "If you'll look at the bottom left corner of the inside of the plate you will see a symbolic "TK". I made that plate.

It was kinda cool.

the K

That is a neat story K. I wish I could see the face of the guy that had the plate!!

 

[The Kraken]

It was soooo funny!!! The dive boat was pitching like there was no tomorrow. I saw the plate and crawled on my hands and knees across the deck of the boat to verify that which I thought I saw.

A nice day.

What I did was design a logo that I put on all my plates. I'd transfer the logo to some masking tape, cut it out and then glass bead the plate. Gave the plate a nice matte finish but the "TK" logo was still shiny.

I miss making plates. I made them to individual specs. Wasn't too hard to change the dxf file once I had generated it. Oh well, time marches on . . .

the K

 

[DrunkenParrot]

It was soooo funny!!! The dive boat was pitching like there was no tomorrow. I saw the plate and crawled on my hands and knees across the deck of the boat to verify that which I thought I saw.

A nice day.

What I did was design a logo that I put on all my plates. I'd transfer the logo to some masking tape, cut it out and then glass bead the plate. Gave the plate a nice matte finish but the "TK" logo was still shiny.

I miss making plates. I made them to individual specs. Wasn't too hard to change the dxf file once I had generated it. Oh well, time marches on . . .

the K

You need to start making them again, I would love to see your work! I never thought that making backplates would be this addicting.

 

[WVMike]

Thanks for the cool thread and for sharing your work. Nice job.