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Dont know if anyone has asked this before, but does anyone know how to mill a standard RC10 chassis to look like the worlds chassis? has anyone ever done this? if so can they point me in the right direction

Thanks

in order to do it properly, you should use a real milling machine, I think the mill slots are around 1/2", but it's open to your own tooling and interpretation.

its pretty simple to set up, you set the chassis up on the bed of the milling machine, and clamp it properly. You need to make sure that the chassis is square on the bed, becuase you want the cuts to align with the x and y of the mill bed, so your machine operations come out square and perpendicular.

Load the chuck with the proper endmill, align the chassis where you want to mill, bring the mill down to zero your dials, back it off, turn the machine on, bring the mill down to the desired depth and make a pass cut. repeat as necessary.

the hardest part is setup and measurement, measure twice, cut once. You also need to set up the mill for the proper speed for the end mill size and type.

it's a basic machining operation, but you need to be familar with the particular machine in order to run it properly.

I should mention I have not cut a chassis ever, but I have used a milling machine, and the principals are the same no matter what type of material is under the cutting tools.

there is a thread in here somewhere about it. scr8p will pry end up posting it

I milled mine with a 1/2" slot at the depth of a washer. Took some measurements off of my worlds tub and they turned out pretty good...IMO.


Todd

Those look nice, Klavy. To anyone itching to try this, just don't make the mistake I did in highschool; trying to mill a used and bent chassis. The slots got deeper as I went along...

Did the mill go all the way through ??

Yea, pretty well.