A blow by blow account of rebuilding my 1961 Velocette Venom and my struggles with the world of motorbikes in general.

samedi 3 décembre 2011

CAD vs Drawing Board (CAO vs la Planche) 2

Murphy's law is far reaching and can make you eat your words.  I recently posted a gripe about the downgrading of the engineer in certain companies in the CAD era.

Well, I made up a CAD model of the brake lever in that post and I uploaded it onto the excellent Grab Cad site.  I was very quickly answered by a bloke called Cameron Reid who has already done the engine, gearbox, carb etc. for a Thruxton.  Self- taught, he's done a ton of bloody good work and is happy to share it provided you have the good manners to credit him wherever you use it. 


I still love the original drawings for their style but it has to be said that this stuff looks great on CAD.  That's as near as I'm getting to actually eating my words.