Welcome. Have you ever looked at the increasing variety of laser cut and 3D printed parts being used in other people’s projects and thought:
"I could do so much with that if I only had the technical skills"?
I can help you join your missing links. As a professional mechanical engineer and a keen hobbyist I specialise in creating sound quality parts to a minimal budget using resourcefulness and ingenuity.
No project is too big, too small, or too weird. I understand that folks will want to do as much as they can themselves and only pay for the things which they can't do. I appreciate that they may not know exactly what they want or how they want it done at first and we may have to discover a way between us.
All jobs from a one-off component to a whole project are welcome; models and railway layouts to automotive work and anything in between.
If nothing else, it’s fun to discuss your plans and investigate the possibilities.
Send in your thoughts and ideas here: [email protected] .
Services I can help you with: Page number: CAD design 1 Laser cutting/etching 2 3D scanning 3
3D printing 4 Resin/metal casting: 4 Bodywork/composite-moulds and patterns 5
Automotive repair, restoration and modification. 6 My CV: 7-8
CAD design Visualisation/renders and promotional material
Packaging/clearance/ergonomic checks.
Plans/working drawings
CNC commands, toolpaths, and G code.
Conversion between CAD file formats
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Laser cutting/etching Baseboards
Shapes
Mechanisms
“Egg create” full size laser cut construction
Materials: £91
Cutting: £590
Delivery: £20
Total parts cost £701
Labour cost- see “3D scanning”
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3D scanning 3D scan data Analysis and Repair Solidification/preparation for CAD
Cost of 1/3 scale motorcycle scan: £108
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3D printing
Scenery
Objects
Vehicles
Jigs and fixtures
Metal casting: Parts can now be 3D printed in wax for investment casting
Patterns and cores, for sand casting
Jewellery and badges
Resin casting
Patterns, silicon moulds and resin cast parts
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Bodywork
Sculpture, mould making and bodywork in fibreglass or carbon, structural or aes- thetic.
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Automotive repair, restoration and modification Thanks to a career in automotive and motorsports industries and a lifetime of home tinkering, I can generally fix most mechanical ailments or know someone who can.
Expect around £20ph to take it apart, put it together, get it going or make it smarter.
Vehicles can be picked up and delivered to the client’s address if required.
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Scott Oakley My CV: E m a i l : [email protected] Mob: 07765 167669 Since the beginning of my career I have demonstrated my commitment, determination, initiative, and courage to create opportunities, learn quickly, and get results. Now after time spent learning with some of the country’s most demanding companies I seek to further apply and develop what I have learnt to become an innovative and capable engineer.
EXPERIENCE/EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Aston Martin Lagonda, Gaydon. December 2014-Present
CAD Engineer. Creating parts and drawings for castings and extrusions as parts of the body structures group. This has been a great opportunity to participate in the creation of a world class product from a clean sheet of paper, balancing performance, aesthetic, and quality requirements against cost and manufacturing considerations. Included six month secondment to special vehicle operations (Q branch). Working on fuel system, interior trim, closures, seating, and latches for the flagship supercar "Valkyrie" as well as an upgrade package for the trackday car "Vulcan".
Marussia F1 Team, BanburyMarch 2014-November 2014
Composites Designer. Realising my ambition to work in F1 in conventional laminate composites. Modelling in Seimens NX7.5 to create bodywork components along with tooling, jigs, drawings, and laminate specifications. Marussia was a fantastically supportive team to be part of and full of opportunities to learn new skills and techniques that I wouldn’t have been able to get elsewhere.
Toro Rosso, Bicester. April 2012-March 2014
Junior Model Design Engineer. Creating model parts from complex surfaces working with Siemens NX7.5 in Teamcenter to issue parts and drawings. It was great to be back as part of a team again, and the skills and experience with the tools and techniques of an F1 design environment which I gained in this role provided a solid foundation for further work with chassis and bodywork components.
Greene Tweed, Nottingham June 2011-April 2012
Applications Engineer in the composites group. Predominantly chopped strand carbon fibre thermoplastic materials in aerospace applications, providing weight savings, lower part counts, and improved chemical and vibration resistance over conventional metallic fabrications. This has been a great opportunity to be part of the development of a new innovative technology and an ambitious, pro- gressive company intent on pushing new technologies and exploiting new opportunities.
Mahle Engine Systems, Rugby. March-June 2011
Product Engineer for bearing systems at Mahle’s research and development centre. This required communication with design teams from the companies UK and Scandinavian vehicle costumers to facilitate the development of new designs as well as the assessment and rectification of testing failure cases. CATIA, Pro Engineer, and the companies own simulation software were the tools utilised in this role.
McLaren Racing, Woking. May-September 2009
Planned and conducted a composite research project for the thesis report of my Cranfield MSc, to characterise and optimise the structural properties of laminates used in the MP4-24 monocoque after being treated to reduce weight. Through this I gained a thor- ough and firsthand experience of the McLaren manufacturing facility, and the mentality and ethos of a company which competes with the best in the world and wins. At the same time it was also a unique opportunity to experiment with the properties of advanced composites, particularly in relation to the variability of the strength of the materials and the causes and consequences of different failure modes, which will form a firm foundation of understanding for the design of composite structures. Renault F1 Team- Enstone. September 2007 Design office and Advanced projects, working in CATIA V5 and the kinematics environment of V4 updating a front suspension model from R27 to R28 spec.
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Prodrive / Aston Martin Racing- Banbury. May-July 2006
Full time, ten week contract over summer 2006. Working in race engineering on DBR9 and DBRS9 engines for the LeMans 24 hour race.
Mitsubishi World Rally Team- (MMSP) Rugby. February 2005
Working in engine developments, and car assembly. Attended testing at MIRA proving ground in Warwickshire as well as visiting HKS engines and observing Mitsubishi’s engines being tested on the dyno.
QUALIFICATIONS Cranfield University 2008-2009
MSc Motorsports Engineering and Management
University of Central Lancashire 2005-2008
BEng (Hons) Motor sports Engineering
Derby College 2003-2005
National Diploma in Manufacturing Engineering
Ecclesbourne School, Derbyshire 1999-2003
ENGINEERING SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE
CATIA V5 Dassault systems certified. Training by Rand International and The Applied Group. Used at Renault, Mahle, and Greene Tweed.
Siemens NX7.5 Training by Siemens Extensive use in modelling and surfacing at Toro Rosso and Marussia.
Solidworks Surface modelling (Porsche 956) Parametric design (Norton Manx cylinder head geartrain) Simulation package used at Greene Tweed. (Solid Solutions training)
Technical Drawing In all roles.
PMI
Problem analysis/numerical modelling Dynamic engine model in Excel, numeric suspension and gearbox models.
Project management, Composite structures, Research and Development As part of the materials investigation conducted for McLaren
FEA Static and dynamics training by Solid Solutions
IBM Lotus Notes At Mahle, Greene Tweed, Toro Rosso, Marussia.
Siemens Teamcenter Toro Rosso and Marussia
Risk mitigation Failure modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) at Greene Tweed
Teamwork Worked as part of Emmanuel community church’s building and community projects in Togo and Ghana in West Africa. Involved in planning and running events, fundraising, children’s work, and labouring.
Won “best presentation” award for Cranfield’s KERS group project in 2009
Worked as part of UcLan’s 2007 Shell Eco Marathon project in the final year of my undergraduate degree.
Specified, constructed and tested a quickshifter system for a Juno (supersports) race car.
References available on request.
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