RC10 Chassis milling

Post by **siebenelch** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 4:04 pm

Hi there!

Strange, what a man can do to save 5 gramms weight of a car.

Michael

Post by **shodog** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 4:14 pm

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.

Post by **siebenelch** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 4:20 pm

I could save 20 gramms in the same process, if Team Associated made a Wolfram-tub chassis.

Michael

Post by **RichieRich** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 4:21 pm

Nice! You did this with a standard drill press?

Post by **siebenelch** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 4:29 pm

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

Post by **Brandon G** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 11:13 pm

I personally love the Bridgeports. Spent many hours behind one when I worked nights at my last job. You know, those darn govt projects.....

Post by **shodog** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 11:23 pm

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.....

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.

Post by **scr8p** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 11:47 pm

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.

Post by **badhoopty** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 3:48 am

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.

Post by **call-911** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:55 am

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?

Post by **cyclepsych0** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:38 am

I think he did the sides by hand. This post was just showing removal of material in the bottom of the tub.

Post by **Eau Rouge** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:58 am

Looks like the head of the endmill is moved to an angle to do the ramped sides. They definitely don't look hand-done.

Post by **siebenelch** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 9:10 am

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

Post by **Eau Rouge** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 9:43 am

siebenelch wrote:I did it with a belt-grinder.

Hah! Low tech at it's best... nice work.

Post by **call-911** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 10:48 am

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.

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