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Old 1st April 2020, 17:48   #1
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Just caught a bit on wheeler dealers about an AMG Mercedes.
they needed an exhaust but could not get one. Mike found a place that could 3D scan what they had and make one.
Impressive.

Is there a list of companies involved with wheeler dealers, I cant find a list

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Old 1st April 2020, 18:24   #2
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I think the companies they use in an episode are normally (quickly) listed in the credits at the end of the episode.

Probably need to pause live tv or record and pause!

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And the prices that they quote at the end of their "project" you would struggle to get even with a trade discount !
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And the prices that they quote at the end of their "project" you would struggle to get even with a trade discount !
Agreed, they get a full good quality respray for the price of a blow over. I once contacted one of the companies who did some leather work for them. I think Mike Brewer had said the work had cost £500 or something similar, when I rung the company they used and they quoted me a lot more for some similar work and basically they told me ''don't believe everything you see on TV'', when I questioned the price Mike Brewer had paid.

As entertaining as the program is that is exactly what it is entertainment and not a true representation of how it all works. It seems to have got even more unrealistic now it is filmed in the US.
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Great programme, but Edd China must pay himself 50p per hour to turn in the profit they make.
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Old 1st April 2020, 21:19   #6
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I was just impressed by the 3D scanning and when all else fails, one may want/need to use one of the companies featured. No doubt the "free" advertising does them no good

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And the prices that they quote at the end of their "project" you would struggle to get even with a trade discount !
Ah, but as Mike Brewer says in just about every episode "I’m a wheeler dealer".
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Just caught a bit on wheeler dealers about an AMG Mercedes.
they needed an exhaust but could not get one. Mike found a place that could 3D scan what they had and make one.
Impressive.

Is there a list of companies involved with wheeler dealers, I cant find a list

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No longer a regular viewer but I saw about 60% of that same programme. That's pretty expensive/exotic kit to interface with CNC bending machines; as the programme was shot in the US I'd guess they can justify the outlay for a much wider 'domestic' audience where SS metal bashing for the auto market is more in demand - and you still need to have the original system for the OEM pattern.
My guess is you would not find such a supplier in the UK - but that is a hunch, not fact.
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I can’t remember what it was, but I remember seeing a programme where they wanted a wheel, and they went to a company that 3D scanned them.
They said they’re were cataloguing all the wheels, so there were 3D files of them. The scanner had something like 16 lasers in it and cost around £250,000. They’d scan the wheel, 3D print a sample, then use the 3D printed sample to make a mould and then cast it. Or use the file to CNC cut it out of a block.
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