Welcome to the fabrication forum. This is a forum designed to help the all members to design, source, and make anything for your Audi. We will be working on compiling as much information as possible to give users the ability to properly complete any task. Fabrication is without a doubt the most fun thing to do with your car (aside from driving). I feel there is no better reward than seeing an idea of your come to life, or looking at something you designed on your car.
Fabrication is much more then welding or machining. It all starts as an idea. We will do everything possible to properly show users how to start from an idea, doing the necessary calculations, go to a 2D drawing, then sourcing your materials, and utilizing the right people and equipment to see your idea come to life. In addition to Clint and myself, we will be introducing George to the AZ community. George is a Mechanical Engineer with 2 degrees from John Hopkins University. Since joining the team here he has become a proficient welder, machinist, tuner and fabricator. We felt it was important to train him on all these processes so he can do his job better. He is an avid car enthusiast and is a huge bimmer guy. He will be helping with the engineering portion of your projects whenever you need him as well as myself. If there is one thing that has been proven in the field of fabrication, it is anything is possible.
So please have fun with this forum guys, its going to be a great place to show off your abilities and projects as well as get some insight on how to do some tough tasks. We will work on several papers that will be targeted to novices, and teaching them the complex intricacies of fabrication. Things from material science to measurement techniques, and different processes available to complete a project. Many fabrication projects will require tools that the common DIY’er will not have. We will try to work with you to put your design into a universal format that will allow you to properly outsource your design to a fabrication shop or machinist to get a completed unit. Also this will be a great venue to just come up with the wildest ideas and get into some heated engineering debates. Remember there is no such thing as a bad idea, you are just finding ways not to do it! As capable and experienced as we are here at RAI, rarely does the original plan resemble the finished product. Redesigning is the essence of fabrication.
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Originally Posted by Alkivar
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