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 I'm going to put it on ebay and see what it goes for. If anybody here wants it, make an offer. I can make them any size you want, out of any material you want. This one is out of 6061 aluminum and is approximately 47.5"x 35".
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Thats looks real cool, it would be real neat to have at a car show.
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That's my plan, for now. Put it up just like it is in the picture.
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Cool dude. How did you do it?
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I drew it on Bob-Cad then made it on a water jet.
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How thick is it? Maybe you can make a smaller sized one that all the members could put on their car somewhere consistent. Like the RV groups have a emblem on their units. Maybe we can put it below front or rear licence plate. It would also be cool to embed the red in the openings.
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a little too big for my taste...maybe something 6" -8" wide would work...
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Wow! Dam, that thing is huge! But also very cool! That would make a cool accessory for like an indoor car show/display type thing...
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I'm impressed. I would like one half that size for my garage wall. Great job.
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Be sure to post the auction because I'm sure eveyone will be interested in seeing what it will do.
It's very cool.
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It is .090" 6061 aluminum. ...maybe something 6" -8" wide would work... I did one that is approximately 15" wide and it looked cool, so I made a huge one. Wow! Dam, that thing is huge! But also very cool! That would make a cool accessory for like an indoor car show/display type thing... I'm pretty sure it's going to make all the Chevy guys notice my car next Saturday on Canal Street. If it's not in my hood, it'll be hanging on the garage wall. Speaking of Canal Street, you gonna be there? I'm impressed. I would like one half that size for my garage wall. Great job. If you're serious, PM me and we'll talk business.
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It is .090" 6061 aluminum. How much thicker do you think you can make it?
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 I also made this one. For some reason the cut outs didn't work when it was this small, so I took them out and made just the out line. I'm going to try later this week to get it to work. This is made out of 1/4" 6061 aluminum.
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Definately cool stuff! Yes, we plan on being at the NSB cruise next Satuday. We actully miss our car incredibly, crazy huh? We've never been away from our bird or LeMans for more than just a couple of days. LOL
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I'm impressed. I would like one half that size for my garage wall. Great job. X2 I would love one for the garage wall. It would give me a reason to take down the Camaro sign.
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That's spectacular! I'll buy a little one even without the cutouts.
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That is cool stuff. PM will be sent
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If you make a run of these keychain sized birds, please put me down for one.
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How much thicker do you think you can make it? I can make it out of virtually any material up to 6" think.
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If you make a run of these keychain sized birds, please put me down for one. If I do a run of 30 they'd be $10 each, plus shipping.
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If you make a run of these keychain sized birds, please put me down for one. If I do a run of 30 they'd be $10 each. Count me in.
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Count me in for one also.
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I will take 2 (one for me and one for Knight69).
I will try to send you beers!
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That would be cool. Yes I would take one.
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I would like one too! THat is Aircraft grade aluminum. Are you in the industry?
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Those are great, I would love to have one.
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Well, you know what that means creekbob. Put me down for one as well if you run a batch! See you next Saturday my friend. I look forward to it...
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Didn't get to the 30 I'd hoped for, but I haven't put it in the "for sale" section, yet. I did a little tweaking this afternoon and made a few. This is the original one that I made. I thought the wings needed a little work. This is how it looks with no further work done to it. Once I clean it up, the finish will be similar to the second picture.  After some redrawing, I came up with this. I like it better than the original. I also did a little polishing to this one.  To see how it would looked, I took a da to one.  Both styles are $10, plus shipping which I figure will run around $3, which includes the padded envelope. Shipping to Canada might be more, I need to look into it further. I will da or polish them, which ever you prefer.
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I like the polished version, and I will take one! Let me know how to get some cash to ya.. Paypal? Snail-Mail?
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Dave, paypal is best. But, I'm not sure of the Canadian shipping price. I'll let you know if it is going to be any different tomorrow.
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As of now I plan on attending NSB cruise this Saturday. If so and you have one of these ready, I'll take one. Looks really cool, nice work!
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Earlybird- I look forward to seeing you Saturday. I will have some done by then. Should be a relatively good showing this weekend. There was a write up about it in the local paper, so it might boost attendance.
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I would like one of the polished ones if you have any extras. Let me know where to send the money.
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Larry- My paypal addres is bobonsb@yahoo.com
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