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05-08-2008, 10:01 AM
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| AWESOME! TOTALLY AWESOME!   Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: gervais
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|  template trouble My mom's boyfriend is in the process of stamping the jowetts kustom servo mount and it's the 1/16 aluminum, problems is every time they try to bend the tab 90 degrees it snaps and breaks off, how do you fix this or solve it? |
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05-08-2008, 10:28 AM
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| Practicing my launchs >:)  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: boned on the Real East Coast >:|
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|  try using some heat to soften it up during the bend? |
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05-08-2008, 01:44 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sacramento
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| also try bending REAL slow, in small increments... |
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05-08-2008, 02:15 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: St. John's
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As for the Jowett - I just made this mount out of 1/8 but I left the servo "shelf" off. Its not like servo needs something to rest on - it's already held pretty firmly by the four bolts in the ears! Although with the 1/16", I can't say for sure! | |
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05-09-2008, 04:55 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Denmark
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| What type of aluminium is he using ? The hard alu WILL break almost every time I use both the soft and hard alu This body is soft alu 1/16"  Fender of soft alu 1/32"  and the frame rails are hard alu 1/4"   |
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05-09-2008, 06:42 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada
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| How are you bending it? You can't just pop it in the vice and hit it with a hammer, you need to bend around a radius. Try clamping it in a vice and bending it over a small bar. |
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05-09-2008, 07:56 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Denmark
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| It depends on witch type of alu it is....... I am a fabricator and I have work´d with almost all types of steel and alu This is a bench folding machine  It can make a 93 degree bend in a 1/16" alu sheet IF it´s the soft type ............ |
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05-09-2008, 08:04 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Denmark
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| This is a smaller version that will do 135 degree bend ´s  Last edited by SnoopMaxx; 05-09-2008 at 08:08 PM. |
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05-10-2008, 02:02 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: The Far Side
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| I made a jowetts plate recently, and I just put it in the vice, heated up where it had to be bent with one of those high-intenisty flame burners that work with a cigarette lighter, and then just tapped it over lightly with a wood block drift and small hammer. Don't forget you have to make the slots at least the thickness of the alu longer than the servo is deep. For me, the slots on that PDF were too short and the top servo holes would have been right on the edge of the plate. I went about another 2 or 3mm... |
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05-10-2008, 07:12 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: australia,tasmaina
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| look i would snap it off because what does it do anyway |
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05-11-2008, 03:34 PM
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| AWESOME! TOTALLY AWESOME! Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: gervais
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| can you just take the tab off in 1/16 if it's the hard aluminum? wouldn't it be able to hold my servo? it's the mg 946r servo. |
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05-11-2008, 05:26 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Denmark
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| I had a look at the template and IMO 1/16" hard alu may be strong enough, but IŽll suggest using soft 1/8" alu or hard 2mm alu, I made this skid out of 2mm sheet alu , It is normally used to make advertising signs that's why it is white on one side  |
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