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04-28-2016, 06:12 PM | #1 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: New Jersey shore
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| building your own chassis. what tools to purchase?
been wanting to try this for a while. I have about 280 I can spend right now. Few weeks I'll have a bit more. I have a piece of marble to work on. I have a few vices and clamps already. What else would you guys recommend? A lot of options not sure which way to go.thanks guys |
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04-28-2016, 06:33 PM | #2 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Tampa Bay
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| Re: building your own chassis. what tools to purchase?
Depends on which route you want to go. I'd assume brazing with silver solder. I use the rod bender below. http://www.amazon.com/Shop-Tuff-MR-0.../dp/B0000AXFCD Other than that, I've pretty much just been using a good vice and a map torch. Been learning a lot with minimal start up cost. This way you can make sure it's something you want to commit to doing as it's very time consuming. Also a good file set for notching the rod. Possibly some graph paper to help you draw out a design or help making templates. Others will chime in I am sure to elaborate. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
04-29-2016, 07:43 AM | #3 |
No idea what I'm doing Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Underground, CO
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| Re: building your own chassis. what tools to purchase?
Need more info on what you want to make. Are you talking about a tube chassis? Scale ladder chassis? TVP chassis? Help us, help you |
04-29-2016, 04:57 PM | #4 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Minden
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| Re: building your own chassis. what tools to purchase?
I bought a Jigsaw at Home Depot and some extra metal blades I went to a steel supply and bought 2 pieces of plate that were 1/8'' X 4'' X 24'' I used my 4'' grinder too get them close to my layout Then used metal files and finished out the rails by hand It took me a while but I like how they came out It really was not that hard to make my own Chassis rails for my 6th scale Humvee Last edited by kgb424; 12-11-2018 at 01:38 AM. |
04-29-2016, 07:43 PM | #5 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: SF East Bay
Posts: 451
| Re: building your own chassis. what tools to purchase?
Method above is the easiest and most straightforward. You can substitute 1/4" Lexan instead of steel stock if you are unsure of the actual geometry--it's easier to cut multiple variations using plastic as opposed to steel. The final version can be flat metal stock or c-channel. With flat stock, you can cut the shock towers as part of the chassis, with c-channel, you either fab your own or use existing shock hoops then bolt them on to the ladder chassis. I personally try out 1-2 versions using Lexan for a given body/wheelbase, then cut my final out of aluminum sheet--easier still to machine than steel. One thing that will help you immensely is a wheelbase axle jig--axles can be bolted to a fixed reference (hopefully the wheelbase of the body you are designing the chassis for) while you monkey around with link lengths and skid height. I just use a 36" long piece of aluminum angle (see a trend for my choice of material?) cut in half and bolted to an MDF board. |
04-29-2016, 09:05 PM | #6 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Minden
Posts: 2,198
| Re: building your own chassis. what tools to purchase?
I made a jig to hold the axles centered So I could make my upper and lower links At the right lengths So the axles where centered in the chassis And centered in the wheel base of the body Last edited by kgb424; 04-29-2016 at 09:08 PM. |
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