Let's do something exciting... Start a HF project?

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Elias Livadaris
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Re: Let's do something exciting... Start a HF project?

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As this project is getting very exciting, I would like to contribute a buckle design I had made, back then for the rolerai's and the rolexes.

This buckle was never made as a real prototype. I have no design software anymore, so I would be happy someone to take this proto buckle and put the HF logo on.

Then, it would be my pleasure, a fellow buckle maker like [mention]straps68[/mention] to scale it and make it for the HF project. If possible, at a price appropriate. I do not want anything, but just a buckle for me. Of course, the buckle can be made to fit the appropriate strap width.

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Late to the party, but I am in for some of this!

Love the SeikoEGI idea, and the Zerograph.

A 44mm Mille Metri would be nice as well!
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Simonix wrote:Late to the party, but I am in for some of this!

Love the SeikoEGI idea, and the Zerograph.

A 44mm Mille Metri would be nice as well!
Maybe in future I will provide STL files for a mille metri case.

That will take me some time so that's why I don't want to raise expectations.
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Emilio wrote:
Albatross wrote: February 23rd, 2021, 7:16 pm Wow, what did I miss?


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We are discussing the possibility of getting custom parts ready to be used by just ordering from shapeways.com

In this case, a custom bezel attachment for a regular Seiko so it becomes an Egi-Seiko
Holly molly!!! I just went through some of this thread. This is awesome!!!


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aris.dayton wrote: February 24th, 2021, 5:42 am is the zerographe winning? :D

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I spent the better part of two nights on watching tutorials and came up with this. This whole 3D modeling thing is really quite fun!

Outlines are drawn off a picture of the original in Inkscape and then imported to Fusion360 where the extrusions were made...
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Phaedros wrote:
aris.dayton wrote: February 24th, 2021, 5:42 am is the zerographe winning? :D

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I spent the better part of two nights on watching tutorials and came up with this. This whole 3D modeling thing is really quite fun!

Outlines are drawn off a picture of the original in Inkscape and then imported to Fusion360 where the extrusions were made...
Yep, and you can avoid step number 1 and do everything in Fusion 360.

Good job!
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Phaedros wrote:
aris.dayton wrote: February 24th, 2021, 5:42 am is the zerographe winning? :D

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I spent the better part of two nights on watching tutorials and came up with this. This whole 3D modeling thing is really quite fun!

Outlines are drawn off a picture of the original in Inkscape and then imported to Fusion360 where the extrusions were made...
I forgot to mention that I already own a modern Tudor homage, so I could test the piece.
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Emilio wrote: February 27th, 2021, 10:35 am
Phaedros wrote:
aris.dayton wrote: February 24th, 2021, 5:42 am is the zerographe winning? :D

Image
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I spent the better part of two nights on watching tutorials and came up with this. This whole 3D modeling thing is really quite fun!

Outlines are drawn off a picture of the original in Inkscape and then imported to Fusion360 where the extrusions were made...
Yep, and you can avoid step number 1 and do everything in Fusion 360.

Good job!

I know my way around Inkscape pretty well and draw all my vector based stuff there, so I kept Fusion for the technical stuff. Fusionn is so powerful... I found the „repeat on a circle“ and the „cut one shape with the other“ options to be extremely useful.
I‘ll look into tracing bitmaps in Fusion as well... right now my brain hurts :crazy:

On the Tudor replica: if you had access to a lathe to turn down the original bezel to an outside diameter of 38mm and a height of 2,5mm you could use my file instantly. There’s no soldering involved, it is held by set screws. I haven’t included holes for those yet, because I am not entirely sure how many the original had.
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Phaedros wrote: February 27th, 2021, 12:54 pm
I know my way around Inkscape pretty well and draw all my vector based stuff there, so I kept Fusion for the technical stuff. Fusionn is so powerful... I found the „repeat on a circle“ and the „cut one shape with the other“ options to be extremely useful.
I‘ll look into tracing bitmaps in Fusion as well... right now my brain hurts :crazy:

On the Tudor replica: if you had access to a lathe to turn down the original bezel to an outside diameter of 38mm and a height of 2,5mm you could use my file instantly. There’s no soldering involved, it is held by set screws. I haven’t included holes for those yet, because I am not entirely sure how many the original had.
I think I know someone who can turn it for me. I will contact you in the near future :!:
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Emilio wrote: February 27th, 2021, 2:24 pm
Phaedros wrote: February 27th, 2021, 12:54 pm
I know my way around Inkscape pretty well and draw all my vector based stuff there, so I kept Fusion for the technical stuff. Fusionn is so powerful... I found the „repeat on a circle“ and the „cut one shape with the other“ options to be extremely useful.
I‘ll look into tracing bitmaps in Fusion as well... right now my brain hurts :crazy:

On the Tudor replica: if you had access to a lathe to turn down the original bezel to an outside diameter of 38mm and a height of 2,5mm you could use my file instantly. There’s no soldering involved, it is held by set screws. I haven’t included holes for those yet, because I am not entirely sure how many the original had.
I think I know someone who can turn it for me. I will contact you in the near future :!:
Great news! Double check the measurements in my file though please - I just remebered I made the inner diameter of the bezel to fit the SKX crystal - this might not work with your Tudor.
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