My homemade bmvii knockoff
 

finally got around to building my chassis for my comp rig over last weekend.
I just used some cutting board and music wire from the hardware store. chassis only cost me about $10"thumbsup"

Now I am waiting for the tranny and axles to come so I can get it finished

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did you get anything to keep the plates from sliding on the wire?

yes they just aren't installed in the picture

sweet. good job.

got the axles installed today now I just need my tranny to get here

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maybe a dumb question, but you say your just using music wire... are there any more specifics about the metal wire? what if it bends? do you just bend it back? its very intriguing but for some reason confusing me at the same time :lol:

any chance of a pic on how you mounted your axles to the front plates?

JOe

It is called music wire and you get it at a hardware store in 1/8 diameter. It is designed to be a spring wire so it really shouldn't bend unless you bend it really hard

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Looks good. I got my ripoff BMV made today.

How come you robbed a Moab off the truck behind it when the masher was sitting right there? :lol:

what material did you use for the plates I think Im gonna make one myself

I was just comparing the different tires

I just cut up a cutting board. or you can use any other plastic you like

Thanks! "thumbsup"

Looking like a good project :twisted:

JOe

it seems like everybody is making their own !!!:lol: (me too) i would have bought the real one but it seems 60$ is a lot to spend in some piano wire and plastic!!"thumbsup"

That looks pretty easy Im gonna try that tomorrow. Did you use a drill press for the holes for the wire or just a regular drill?

I used the drill press because I had it but it could be done by hand if you are carefull

i've been looking at these things for a while now. i was wondering, how are the wires attached to the plates? also, how big are the spacers you are using between the plates and the axles? anyway, looks good.

and yeah, i think i'm off to my local ace hardware tommorrow morning...;-) "thumbsup"

the wire is attached to the plate with these collars http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXD833&P=7 and I just cut some spacers to fit

that is really sick, but i have been wondering is it good at crawling?

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ok, so i was wondering, where did you get the black cutting board material? was that from the hardware store, too? or did you just get a cheap cutting board from someplace like the dollar store?