Formula One car model from shoeboxes

16 thoughts on “Formula One car model from shoeboxes”

1. Daniel T says:

   February 26th, 2010 at 3:43 pm

   Do we think this was done with CAD somehow? I’ve seen thing like this before done with MDF using CNC machines. Not sure what the technique is called.

   Very cool however. I was surprised by its size when I watched the video!

1. trialex says:

   February 26th, 2010 at 4:47 pm

   Well, it definitely uses some CAD… I’m guessing they used a 3D CAD model, sliced it up (the results are called “sliceforms” – check it out on flickr), then cut using a laser cutter.

1. Daniel T says:

   February 26th, 2010 at 5:35 pm

   “sliceforms”, thank you googling that immediately gave me my answer. I shall now spend the rest of the evening browsing inspiration.

2. Daniel T says:

   February 26th, 2010 at 5:39 pm

   This was actually covered by Make:

   http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/01/slicemodeler_fantasy_to_physical.html

2. charliex says:

   February 26th, 2010 at 4:42 pm

   Is the US F1 in that much trouble ?

3. RocketGuy says:

   March 1st, 2010 at 10:41 am

   Check on youtube for the MIT student project, hilarity ensues.

   I’ve been meaning to investigate sliceforms, thanks for the reminder Make!

4. Humaun Kabir says:

   October 20th, 2011 at 2:00 am

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5. Shayne says:

   October 24th, 2012 at 11:01 pm

   Fantastic, what a way to use up a shoebox, and what a build….

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