A Caterham Seven Blog
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Caterham SV Prop-Shaft Scan
Post Views: 30 The next in the list of things I’ve scanned is the prop-shaft from a Caterham Seven SV. It’s taken me a couple of years to get around to extracting this from the EV project car, but I need a model now to verify the CAD for the gearbox that’s being designed.
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Putting the EV in Seven – Two Year Mega Update Video
Post Views: 109 Well… I finally got to the point where I realized I wasn’t going to be able to upload all the videos I’d wanted to. For the whole of my Putting the EV in Seven project, I’ve been taking video and pictures in order to put together a series of progress videos for…
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Caterham 5/6 Speed Gearbox Mount Scan
Post Views: 49 As part of my Putting The EV in Seven project I needed to have a good model of the gearbox mount that Caterham used on their 5/6 speed installations. I had a partial scan of the mount with it in the car but that wasn’t going to be good enough for my…
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Putting the EV in Seven: Progress #3, 3D Scanning the Project Car
Post Views: 64 Time for another video. This time on one of the first jobs that needed doing once the project car had been stripped down… to 3D scan what remained. A scan is an essential part of an EV conversion these days. It allows you to accurately measure all the odd angles and protrusions…
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Caterham SV Nose Cone Scan
Post Views: 128 Well this one was a long time coming. I’d been wanting to scan my nose cone for ages. Mainly with the intention of modeling and printing a “bracket” for the number plate – which flaps around a bit on its velcro mount. But the first thing to do was get a scan. …
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