RC10 Chassis milling
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RC10 Chassis milling
Hi there!
Strange, what a man can do to save 5 gramms weight of a car.
Michael
Strange, what a man can do to save 5 gramms weight of a car.
Michael
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Re: RC10 Chassis milling
Nice work, bummer it only saved 5 grams though. Funny enough I just got done milling some aluminum also but it's for something entirely different.
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Re: RC10 Chassis milling
I could save 20 gramms in the same process, if Team Associated made a Wolfram-tub chassis.
Michael
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Re: RC10 Chassis milling
Thanks!
It´s a semi-professionell milling machine from a friend´s father in his hobby room. Not really good, but okay for that work.
I miss the REAL milling machines from my old job as precision mechanic. I love to mill. Even better is a nice CNC-milling machine, but nobody wants to make me this gift. Hello! give me a CNC and I never need TV!
Michael
It´s a semi-professionell milling machine from a friend´s father in his hobby room. Not really good, but okay for that work.
I miss the REAL milling machines from my old job as precision mechanic. I love to mill. Even better is a nice CNC-milling machine, but nobody wants to make me this gift. Hello! give me a CNC and I never need TV!
Michael
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Re: RC10 Chassis milling
I personally love the Bridgeports. Spent many hours behind one when I worked nights at my last job. You know, those darn govt projects.....
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Re: RC10 Chassis milling
At my work, we have a Bridgeport a Deckel mill and a Wells CNC. I like when I get projects to make some little implement.bngiles wrote:I personally love the Bridgeports. Spent many hours behind one when I worked nights at my last job. You know, those darn govt projects.....
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Re: RC10 Chassis milling
i wish i had access to those kinds of machines.
guess i'll just have to stick with my drill press, bench grinder, and my trusty ol' dremel.
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guess i'll just have to stick with my drill press, bench grinder, and my trusty ol' dremel.
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Re: RC10 Chassis milling
thats a sexy chassis there. take it off take it off!!!
my best friend back in kansas is a machinist. the mills they had were haas or something like that. i always loved hanging out there just to watch the machines run programs. i wasnt into rc back then or i would have been raiding the scrap pile instead.![Cool 8)](./images/smilies/icon_cool.gif)
my best friend back in kansas is a machinist. the mills they had were haas or something like that. i always loved hanging out there just to watch the machines run programs. i wasnt into rc back then or i would have been raiding the scrap pile instead.
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Re: RC10 Chassis milling
How did you mill the angles in the front and back to get back up to the original height? Did you have to re-fixture it for those cuts?
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Re: RC10 Chassis milling
I think he did the sides by hand. This post was just showing removal of material in the bottom of the tub.
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Re: RC10 Chassis milling
Hello there!
I did it with a belt-grinder. It´s very easy to do it. You only need heat-resistant fingers. haha!
But I did cut another tub-chassis with a Dremel and after with a file by hand. Both is possible, but the belt-grinder is much faster (5 minutes)!
Cheers!
Michael
I did it with a belt-grinder. It´s very easy to do it. You only need heat-resistant fingers. haha!
But I did cut another tub-chassis with a Dremel and after with a file by hand. Both is possible, but the belt-grinder is much faster (5 minutes)!
Cheers!
Michael
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Re: RC10 Chassis milling
Ahhhhh, that makes sense. I was thinking that those sides would flap around and make horrible noise on a mill since there's no support.
Keith C
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