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08-01-2008, 07:48 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Monroe, NC
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Hello everyone, This may be a stupid and easy question but here goes. For those of you that make your own chassis out of plate aluminum, how do you cut it out. Do you use a CNC machine, do you take the drawings to a local machine shop? Thank you, Justin |
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08-01-2008, 08:28 AM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tax Nation
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I send my cad files to a waterjet cutter... I have also cut out prototypes on the bandsaw or with the dremel.
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08-01-2008, 08:42 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: St. John's
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Hacksaw, jigsaw, drill press and files  Nothing high tech for me.
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08-01-2008, 08:53 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: san pancho, ca
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anyone use a bench scroll saw? like: http://www.amazon.com/Scroll-C-UL-Li...7602645&sr=1-5 have seen a few used ones on craigslist and wondered how well they work on aluminum... |
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08-01-2008, 08:54 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Raleigh, NC
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cut-off wheel , grinder, hacksaw, dremel........ Just use what you have available !
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08-01-2008, 05:10 PM
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08-01-2008, 07:05 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: dedmonton
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yeah man rung what ya brung
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08-01-2008, 09:03 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Mesa
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9 inch table top band saw ($99 Delta) with $10 metal blade from Lowes, Dremel and a bargin store $40 bench top drill press. I use 1/8 inch alum 6000 series plate from a local welding shop that runs me about $15 for a 16 inch square piece. I can get 2 x-trail type chassis's and have enough scraps for a few servo/battery mount plates out of the one bit of alum. I just tape off the plate, draw my design right on it and cut it out from there. I've done that quite a few times for chassis and all kinds of misc bits to include a few cutting board trans mounts. Enough that I've gone through about 5 blades on the band saw. |
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08-02-2008, 08:00 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Monroe, NC
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Thanks guys
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