short shifter autocad designs? Options

[soltrain]

Hmm.. As a student, I have free access to a CNC milling machine hooked up to autocad. One of my friends is trying to make a short shifter from a block of aluminum..

Is it legal/ethical? to take a short shifter design... sayy.. the TRD design, and make an autocad file out of it - then mill your own? Is it easy/possible to make the 3d model of the shortshifter just by looking/measuring it?

[1bwilson]

As long as you dont make a profit off of it I think its fine.

[Digndoug]

I think it would be legal if your just taking mesurements and then making your own. Because your not claim it to be a twm or trd and its not going to 100% the same. But im sure il be in jail when im 40..

[x_itchy_b_x]

why not, just alter the one u make slightly? make me one

[creis]

eh, it would be hard to make an exact copy anyway, just make one for your self and dont sell them.

PS: your lucky I wish my 3d classes had a milling machine, even a 3d printer would be sweet, but my hs did not have the money

[bojangles_8686]

Those 3D printers are awesome. I would say go for it on the shifter as long as you know how to use autocadd right. The hardest thing would definitley be the threads.

[ghostdog]

any chance you could get access to a 3d scanner? also I wouldn't rip off twm's design as they have reps who occasionally come on these boards

Those 3D printers are awesome.  I would say go for it on the shifter as long as you know how to use autocadd right.  The hardest thing would definitley be the threads.
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[bojangles_8686]

Well in that case, dont to it