240 Silhouette Keychains.
 

For those of you who dont know, I'm a machinist in training at Pennsylvania College of Technology. I am in the Electronic Discharge Machining(EDM) class this sememster and need a project. So I wanted to see what everyone thought about getting some Keychains made up in the silhouette of the S13 (and possibly S14, if someone can get me a prefect side on shot of one).

I am hoping to make them out of some nice stainless steel with the school's name or logo engraved on the back. These would be available in the shape (so far) of either the S13 Hatch or the Coupe with either 180 or Silvia noses (ie. 240 hatch, 240 coupe, silvia, or sileighty). In order to make them for sale on here it has to be a fundraiser for the school's Mini-Baja club. Is there enough intrest on here for me to produce these for people here?

If you want I MAY be able to engrave the S-Chassis.Com logo into the other side, though it means making another electrode. I am currently looking at about $5 for one of these and if there is interest I will start a thread showing the actual protoyping of the parts.

If you are interested in this plese post up or PM me. I will begin work on them as soon as I have a few orders, say 25...as I need to turn some sort of a profit inorder to actually raise funds for the school. Thanks for your Help!:thumb:


Sale thread is up!

https://www.s-chassis.com/forums/sale-miscellaneous-automotive-63/240sx-sillhouette-keychain-sale-45426/

Idk if there are actually 25 active members on here :p

i'd be interested is having one.

I am interested in one.

Try other places such as 240atlanta, zilvia, n*co and others . . .although, you might want to see about becoming a vendor before they ban you for spamming, LMAO!

I'd take one, but . . .I dunno about an S-Chassis, LOL!

-Dave

coolness

Was thinking that people who have accounts on other sites might lead others here. This is the only 240 Forum I'm on right now...

I have my EDM class tomorrow so I'll get to start programming it and making the prototype for both the keychains, and the engraving/sinker EDM logos.

id take one

don't count on it. other than those who have already posted we get occasional visitors from other forums but they leave shortly after.

yea... also... i mean its forum code.

you dont really go to someone else house advertising. Just doesnt look good. people will come if they want.


make a prototype and let us see it.

yeah, i will take a couple....

I take two.

S13 and S14! yeah!

or S13 on one side and S14 on the other side? that'd be dope

Right now all I have is the stuff for the S13s. I will be programming today and hopefully have a prototype by next friday.

Sell me your wheels

Shut up!!

YOU SHUT THE F*CK UP!

tehe

count me in on the keychain deal. id be siked on a S14 if you eventually make one

if someone can get me a side on shot of the s14s I'll try my best. I have the side silhouettes of the s13 silvia and hatch which allows me to make the 4 non-vert s13 bodies. So making the s14 will be a challenge. I will be doing more work on Monday and hope to have the silvia program ready to cut on Wednesday.

Oh and Dave, if you want Mach wheels you should have bought a Mach and not that warmed over GT.

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and is this side shot ok or will the watermark mess it up?
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i dont have too many side shots of a stock s14 but maybe you can use these two

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thanks guys. Those should work.

ya i'd be interested in the s14 one

Ok guys, time for an update. To save time and complexity I think I am going to offer these keychains in 3 styles. 180SX, Silvia S13, and one style S14 (Haven't decided which yet). That being said, I expect to begin the prototyping of the 180SX style on Wed, as well as finishing the programming for the Silvias. So without further waisting of words, Here is a screen capture from the program/modeling I did today. The car itself is 2.5" long and the tab on the back is sized to accept a 3/16 hole. I hope this pleases you guys. BTW I made it with the "Sleepy Eyes" so if you look carefully at the pic you can see the lights are up a little.

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SN-95 New Edge ^_^

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Seriously though, I'm loving it, I can't wait to see the finished product . . .I can't really give too much input on this but I'm sure one of the S13 guys could offer some valuable input on this subject!

-Dave

looks good but i can do without the rear spoiler and sleepy eyes.

When I start making them, I can take a "vote" based on orders and remove those parts if thats what everyone wants. Its all cool. The hard part was making the outline the first time as it comes out jagged and I have to go back and pretty much re-draw it by hand. Now that I have it, it's easy to remove things.:smilie_thumbsup:

Ok so the weather may prevent me from getting to class on wed so this all may be shifted back about a week. I will be producing a prototype of each style and will post the pics in the FIRST post in this thread. After that I will create a new group-buy thread for orders. If anyone has any opinions on the addition/subtraction of parts (wings, sleepy eyes, ect) or which S14 version to make please speak up now. The sooner I have a consensus, the sooner I can get the final programming nailed down and the parts into production.

No school on wed, so I'm going to prototype the fastback tomorrow....Maybe a slivia too..

good stuff man thanks for doing this

+10000
Can't wait to see it finished and get one:bigok:

S13 Prototypes are done! I'll have pics up in about 2 hours...Have to drive the Mustang home in the snow first......

The cars themselves are 2.5" long not counting the tab. The hole for the key ring has not been cut yet and I havent tried to polish them or color them yet. I cut these out today and they are made of Stainless steel so they "shouldnt" rust. Please give feedback, I may change how the ring tab is cut but no plans yet.

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good stuff bro!

your going to be rich!!! haha

damn that looks sick all it needs is an engraving and polishing to be perfect

looking very good bro! work in some details and anodize the SH*T out of them and they'll sell FAST!

-Dave

man it must be nice as hell to have access to that type of machine... my idea run wild

Here is the Update guys. I both of the S13's done, and will be starting a production run later this week. I polished them up on a buffing wheel so that they are shiny but not a mirror finish. As of right now I don't think I am going to stamp the Penn College logo into them though that may change after I fill out the paperwork for the school. I also have the S14 designed, I just have to program and cut it. I will make a group buy thread as soon as I have filled out the paperwork for the school. Here is the deal.....

*Price is going to be $5 plus shipping.
*I am currently planning on making 12 of each design. Thats 12 Fastbacks, 12 S13 Silvias, and 12 S14 Kouki keychains.
*The material is 410 Stainless Steel.
*If enough people (6) want a change to one of the designs I will do it before I begin production but I plan on cutting the S13s starting Monday.

Please speak up now if you have any concerns/issues because it is far easier to fix things now than after production has begun.

Here are some pics of the finished S13's after polishing, even though its hard to get an idea of the sheen with the pictures.

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Is there a way to lightly outline/carve the:

Windows,
Doors,
Wheels/tires
etc

at least on one side.

yeah that would be cool if you could get some detail in there. is it possible?