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The Interceptor: A U4 super car

Holy crap! 1:1 innovation and commitment in the little truck world...

I hope this moves people from the idea that they have to accept and work with what "the big guys" are producing. I use Fusion myself, and haven't gotten into tube work yet. But I'm wandering, does your tube work start as flat sketches that you then extrude into tubes, or are you extruding tubes and cutting/joining/aligning them as needed? If you have time, a short tutorial would be MUCH appreciated! Not finding a lot of tube specific tutorials for Fusion.
 
89redranger said:
Holy crap! 1:1 innovation and commitment in the little truck world...

I hope this moves people from the idea that they have to accept and work with what "the big guys" are producing. I use Fusion myself, and haven't gotten into tube work yet. But I'm wandering, does your tube work start as flat sketches that you then extrude into tubes, or are you extruding tubes and cutting/joining/aligning them as needed? If you have time, a short tutorial would be MUCH appreciated! Not finding a lot of tube specific tutorials for Fusion.
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Flat sketches then use the sweep function to draw a tube following the profile. if it's just a straight bar I create a cylinder to the proper dimensions.

I am not going model the entire car, just enough to get the link and shock mounts located then I will wing the rest as I build the car.
 
Harley said:
Whats your setup for Ti welding Casey? This has had me intrigued and researching different setups.
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45-50 amps, 25-26 cfm argon, 3/32" tungsten with a number 6 cup all with the thermal arc 95s. I bought an 1/8 lb of 0.031" titanium wire for filler rod, but the only time I use it is joining two pieces of 3/16" rod. Everything else is just fused.
 
Almighty Malach said:
45-50 amps, 25-26 cfm argon, 3/32" tungsten with a number 6 cup all with the thermal arc 95s. I bought an 1/8 lb of 0.031" titanium wire for filler rod, but the only time I use it is joining two pieces of 3/16" rod. Everything else is just fused.
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Are you doing any purging or putting any backing up to hold the gas in? The idea of building with Ti is very appealing and something I just never really thought too much about until you brought it up. I was also looking at some of the wide cups for more tungsten stick out.
 
Harley said:
Are you doing any purging or putting any backing up to hold the gas in? The idea of building with Ti is very appealing and something I just never really thought too much about until you brought it up. I was also looking at some of the wide cups for more tungsten stick out.
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Not really. I do break the arc then point the torch back at the weld to let it cool down without oxidizing. It seems to do the trick well enough, and if there's anything after that I hit it with a ss wire wheel.

Titanium is extremely fun to work with. It is hard on cut off wheels though, so I would recommend a band saw of some kind to cut it. I picked up a 12v Milwaukee band saw and it works great on ti.
 
Almighty Malach said:
45-50 amps, 25-26 cfm argon, 3/32" tungsten with a number 6 cup all with the thermal arc 95s. I bought an 1/8 lb of 0.031" titanium wire for filler rod, but the only time I use it is joining two pieces of 3/16" rod. Everything else is just fused.
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That's a lie. its 2 old car batteries we stole from the back of a Walmart, some copper wire from a street light and 2 60p nails :twisted:
 
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New sway bar idea. Bearing mounted arms to keep the bars from bending at the ends and binding the whole deal up; and removable arms for tuning.
 
Szczerba said:
That's pretty cool but you need to re-engineer the holes that mount the AL piece to the CF arm. You been drinkin?
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not for 12 hours or so. I'm not seeing what you are talking about, there is plenty of clearance for screws to hold everything together and not hit. The mounting holes on the bearing pocket are countersunk and will clear a 6mm flat head screw.

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Moar! I think I can get the last few parts drawn up tonight so that maybe I can get them cut out and in my hands by the time I get home from King of the Hammers.
 
Almighty Malach said:
I'm not sure. Last year those guys weren't very friendly towards 2.2's so I doubt I'll enter but I'm all about the race track If its there.
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Yeah, 2.2's are stupid and we don't want them around our other smaller tire'd toy trucks that take more skill to drive. As a matter of fact, 2.2's aren't scale either.

Anywho, Started cutting and welding yet?
 
Szczerba said:
Yeah, 2.2's are stupid and we don't want them around our other smaller tire'd toy trucks that take more skill to drive. As a matter of fact, 2.2's aren't scale either.

Anywho, Started cutting and welding yet?
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Not yet. I need to have Top Shelf rebuilt in time to ship it back to Eddie and I need to add panels to the temporary Ti car for KOH. I am going to take over the Y-Town router for a few days before KOH to cut all of these parts out.
 
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Figured out the rear shock mount panel. I foresee myself adding more to this part later when I decide how to make the rear tubing flow.
 
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