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07-22-2011, 06:45 AM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Detroit
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|  Anyone bent/built their own TI Links?
Not to knock the Vanquish or Chaotic options, but those prices keep me away. Anyone actually built their own like we used to? I need link lengths, otherwise I'll calculate them, just figured surely someone on here has likely made them. If not I'll share my results.  |
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07-22-2011, 10:02 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: 801
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I did, and then I decided to sell them!!!   Just giving you a hard time! |
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07-22-2011, 10:17 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: union
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Titanium isn't easy to cut, It will require a lathe for you to make your own. You can't just drill and tap it to my knowledge. I have access to a lathe and still just bought some. By the time you invest in making them, and tooling cost it's a better deal to just order them in my opinion. Most of our venders are not looking to make millions here and I think that anyone with a machining background will tell you, their prices are very resonable. |
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07-22-2011, 10:26 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: 801
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I think he is referring to buying straight links from Lunsford and bending them himself
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07-22-2011, 10:34 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Detroit
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Crawling used to be about making your own. I have nothing but praise about both vendors selling these, and noticing costs it's not that far off from doing it myself...one of them still might get my business since Lunsford is always hard to find the right link lengths in stock at one place anymore. Quote:
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07-22-2011, 07:24 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: union
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Sorry guys I misunderstood the question then. I just got straight vanquish ti links today. They are very nice.  |
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07-23-2011, 08:30 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: greeley
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thats $80 a set. 10 X8. then you gotta bendem. So you save $15 or so. I save some of my time. If yer that hard up why spend $300 on a wraith. | |
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07-23-2011, 10:20 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: rite here all along
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$300.00 on a wraith!!!!!!!!!!! Sign me up I'll take 2, here in Cali it was $365.00 plus tax at almost 10%......9.75% to be exact, almost $400 out the door for just the 1 box no batteries or anything else  |
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07-24-2011, 11:51 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: greeley
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Ordered from TOWER hate tell you $315 to local UPS store. $365 - $50 for club membership disount. Shipping none for club members. Tax none mail order | |
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06-18-2013, 06:00 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: tucson
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| Re: Anyone bent/built their own TI Links? Quote:
what size are those links? Vanquish still has some straight ones I'm hoping to get. Thanks! racer155 | |
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06-18-2013, 06:54 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2007 Location: Fairfield ME
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06-18-2013, 06:54 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Raleign
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| Re: Anyone bent/built their own TI Links?
I have the old Vanquish 1/4" ones and they are great. I know the 3/16" are plenty strong enough, but they look too skinny in my opinion. I made 1/4" ones from thick walled aluminum tubing from McMaster Carr and those hold up great. I'm considering sleeving them with teflon tubing next time. Anyway, easiest thing is to just measure what you have. I used a coat hanger to bend the matching link and account for Revo ball ends. After that, I bent, drilled, and tapped for m4 threads. |
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