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02-14-2007, 08:26 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Winston-Salem
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|  Wire EDM Chassis
I'm building a 2.2 for my nephew and decided to design a new chassis for it...  At the same time, I let one of the machinists here at work wheel one of my crawlers and got him hooked so he wants to build his own. He suggested we machine my chassis design on a wire EDM (massive electric current passes through a thin wire that literally "burns" right through the metal). These are three 1/8" plates stacked on top of each other. The cuts are so perfect, it almost looks like one thick plate!. (Sorry about the lame cameraphone pic. I'll take better pics tonight.)  |
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02-14-2007, 09:24 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: R.I.P. Chip
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Looks cool, but getting the motor as low as possible is key to making it perform well. Great start though!  |
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02-14-2007, 09:34 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Winston-Salem
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Yeah, this is as low as it gets without going with a laydown design. Might tackle a laydown chassis next.
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02-14-2007, 09:43 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: R.I.P. Chip
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So does this machine cut the holes too?? If so that thing looks better than laser cut parts. Is there any cleanup of the parts after cutting?
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02-14-2007, 12:00 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Murrieta
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chassis looks great man |
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02-14-2007, 12:27 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The Amish Ghetto
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i run a stealth in that position on my g/f's truck and it works awesome i really like that design. those wire cutters are pretty damn sweet arent they? |
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02-14-2007, 09:32 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Winston-Salem
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Here's a better pic, by the way...  | |
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02-14-2007, 09:54 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: May 2006 Location: California
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How thick is it?
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02-14-2007, 09:55 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Murrieta
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I think he has 6 chassis plates there |
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02-14-2007, 10:35 PM
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| Quarry Creeper  Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Lexington Park
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wow!...that second pic is much better at showing the smooth cuts...nice!
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02-14-2007, 10:37 PM
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| I wanna be Dave   Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Eastern WA
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Your sig disturbs me. BTW chassis looks good! |
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02-15-2007, 06:35 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Winston-Salem
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They're 1/8" thick 6061 Aluminum. They do look like a single 3/8" piece of aluminum, though, huh? Can you imagine that? haha
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02-15-2007, 02:02 PM
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Are you planning to sell them? and how much, and what type of tranny is in there? Quote:
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02-15-2007, 02:10 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Easthampton
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its a stealth, and my uncles got an EDM they are really cool
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02-15-2007, 02:50 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Winston-Salem
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No plans to sell them, right now. The Wire EDM machine time was a favor. 83 chevy's uncle might be able to cut these for us, though!
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