It’s not often we see our MultiCam service technician. Our four axis CNC router has served us faithfully for more than six years so far. The three axis MultiCam machine we owned previous to that was equally reliable for almost eight years before we upgraded to the four axis machine. Our MultiCam CNC plasma is just as reliable. We work our CNC router hard, sometimes running it twenty-four hours a day - for days at a time. From time to time we do call the local MultiCam tech centre to request a technician to come out and do a little service and tuning up of the machine - preventative maintenance for the most part to ensure there is no extended down time. And on the rare occasion we call, the service guy arrives in a timely manner, cheerful and eager to do his work as efficiently as possible. The last few visits we’ve had Karim come to the shop. As I check in to the router room from time to time to make sure he has everything he needs, it is obvious he knows his stuff. When he leaves, we know the machine is ready for another long spell of untroubled service. Hats off to the MultiCam team!
Wheelie
High powered hotrods and dragsters often employ wheelie bars out back to prevent the front wheels from rising too high during burnouts. Adding them to our wheelie popping roadster was authentic in every respect and that we did. But in our case they serve another valuable function. The car is indeed balanced on its back wheels and to ensure it stays elevated in a secure fashion we created anchor points tucked underneath on the mounting plate. Even so there is a lot of potential weight and leverage out front, especially if guests decide to lean or perch on the front of the car. By adding two fastening points to the wheelie bars, just inside the small wheels we can readily counterweight this challenge by bolting this sturdy triangulated structure to the ground. This will make the car safe, no matter what happens ‘down the road’.
It's a white knuckle ride!
The frame and structure for the little hot rod is now complete which means we can get down to the business of fabricating the pencil rod armature for the body. I did a little preliminary work this afternoon, outlining the basic shape of the body. With the basic mockup in place it was time to take a test drive to see how it felt. It felt PERFECT! And FAST!
