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PETROL TANK

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PETROL TANK.   Harley 883 Iron In a team of 9 we chose to work on the  Harley 883 Iron  fuel tank. To get started we took multiple photos of the tank, in multiple angles, in Photogrammetry ; a software which takes multiple photos of objects and sticking them together to create a 3D model of the object. After this stage the finished Recap is then exported in STL file format and uploaded into Fusion 360 slicer to prepare the fuel tank template patterns to be cut. These patterns are classified in X and Y axis to make it easy to slot them into place (making the template model) Using a l aser cutting machine we cut out the model template patterns (3mm thick plywood) and all its components at a scale of 1:1 after previewing the model and making sure all the sizes/shape and scale are correct before proceeding to cut. You don’t want to make a mistake before cutting because it takes a long time for the laser cutter to cut a