kenazzo2000

open another thread to talk about that guy so that Dirty_Vinylpusher can keep on enjoying his thread .Dirty_Vinylpusher ive been putting in my pictures but they just take them off agai i dont know why

kenazzo2000

here is my new build hope you like them

Dirty_Vinylpusher

I think it has something to do with them changing the layout of the site.

Nice car.
Very nice

da mad maori

Hey Dirty, i see that cyclone got pretty close to ya

sheograth

That's some nice CAD work Soloratov.

Dirty_Vinylpusher

Yeah it just passed us right by though.
Just rained a bit and wasn't even that windy to be honest and then all of a sudden it had passed, so we were lucky.
For a while there it looked like it was gonna make landfall here though.

Dirty_Vinylpusher

Mmmm.
No CAD work here.

But a drawing of the approximate layout of the monster.
Waiting patiently for my wheels and sprockets and chain.






Oh and Soloratov,
What is that aluminium profile you're using?
It looks familiar but can't quite place it.....
Is it just some standard profile you buy by the length or is it for something in particular.
Like window frames or something.

Soloratov

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The aluminum is an extruded shape for building framing. My company builds machine frames, workstations, things like that. Industrial stuff. I am the CAD guy so it's the only reason it looks so good. Just passed my Solidworks certification exam 2 weeks ago! Woohoo! I'm only planning to use it for the frame as it will allow placement of parts and adjustments easily. Really tough stuff though......it's all in the design baby.

Mudgy

solaratov
Is that the extruded profile for office partitions?
I've seen something similar used for pneumatic training stations, (Mac valves units) machine enclosures, etc.
Some of my machines in the cardboard box/corrugated industry have something like this on the squaring devices for stacking knock down cartons before the press unit/strapper

Soloratov

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exactly Mudgy. Basically it is similar to 80/20, or Bosch, but since we are a smaller company everything is simpler for the customer.......and me when I need something. Fun part is I just found a few components that are relatively inexpensive compared to some I had found before. Found some really nice telescoping driveshafts with u-joints included, and a transfer case. Really cool, check out RC4WD.com. Maybe people already know it, but I had never been there. I know their 5th scale rear ends are amazing, they have 10th scale ones as well and they look so pretty, and to scale. Really cheap compared to the older skellengers. I will probably be getting a few drive components from there, sure, it won't be something I made, but it will be much nicer.

Dirty_Vinylpusher

HA!
I was thinking the exact same thing earlier today.
I knew I'd seen it somewhere, but couldn't quite place it.

drewcrew6

Just a bump to see what else comes out of the woodwork.

Drewcrew6

cumquat

thats the one flaw with cnc, its too perfect. if there isnt mistakes then the build wont be fun because if you get all mesurements right you dont get to remake the parts trying to get it right

Dirty_Vinylpusher

While this thread has been dragged back to the first page.....
.....Any more projects out there that you wanna show off???



Seeing as there's a few more newbies here now as well.

cumquat

here is my latest build that actually runs. this pic is pre run

cumquat

[&:]

Dirty_Vinylpusher

That thing is insane......!!!

What kinda motor is that hiding in there?
You got any more pictures of it?

cumquat

stocker axial 27t. that broke a little after i took that pic but i might have some left that i didnt delete. it wasnt very strong but it worked.

QSPSB2

Well it's not much to look at in these stages of the build..... BUT.... It's going to be a 1/4 scale Pro Street Beretta with a metal body, Operational lights, Operational dual parachutes, Two tone gray cloth interior, Tinted windows, Removable one piece front end, Operational doors, Removable deck lid, Low profile Pro Mod rear spoiler, Ground effects, Sheet Metal rear end, 4-link rear suspension, Adjustable Wishbone, Adjustable Torsion bar, Blown 1/3 scale V8 engine, Two speed with reverse transmision/reduction unit. Four wheel hydo disc brakes, etc,etc,

The chassis will be satin black & the body will be black with blue ghost flames on the front end/half way down the doors.. I currently have the majority of the chassis tack welded and will be building all the need brackets soon. I will then finish up all the welds and grind as needed... The sheet metal rear end is also under construction and i am currently building the third member... I need to build the rear pinion support bracket, That will support the pinion tail, via. needle bearing...

Anyhow it's not much to look at in these stages of the build but i seen this thread and thought some may like what I'm building.. I am puting together a new web site on the Beretta as well and will post the link a soon as it's complete.... I also have a few videos on you tube if you would like to check them out... http://www.youtube.com/user/QSPSB2

Dirty_Vinylpusher

moron88 - cool




QSPSB2 - I've been following your build.
I like it a lot!



I found [link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_8254228/mpage_1/key_/tm.htm]this[/link] lst night.
At first I was like "What the hell is this guy doing?!?!"
But as I read on I realised that this would have to be one of the most awesome home builds ever.
He makes everything practically by hand using no specialised RC parts.
Even makes his own wheels!

Check it out.
There's heaps of pictures in that thread.

brice_arnold

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There is something to be said about any scratch built project whether it be made from CNC or from a hack saw and file. I started out with the basic tools and my first custom car was made using a hack saw and electric drill. I made a chassis from an old street sign for my electric buggy. As I grew older and my skills progressed so did the size of my wallet and I could afford bigger and better machines. I have never forgotten where I started and carry my previous skills wiht me to the new machines and tools. When I am looking at purchasing a new tool or machine I ask myself what is this going to allow me to do? Typically a machine or tool will open up the potential for different process and may allow you to do things more elegant and with more flare.

In college I had acess to a machine shop, all manual macines. After college I was without the machine that I had grown acustomed to. I eventually picked up a bench top mill and lathe from Harbor Freight and I was back in business. One day I found an old CNC router at the company I was working for and offered them 50 buck for it. This was about three years ago. I had to make a custom serial cable for it so that I could control it from my PC. I then had to go and find the correct driver software for the machine. Learn how to convert G-code over to the machines proprietary language. I basically tought my self CNC from scratch. I still use this machine to cut anything from carbon fiber to 5/8" thick aluminum plate.

Last year I picked up a CNC mill that I now do all of my R&D work on. This year I picked up a nicer gunsmith lathe to replace my benctop lathe. I have now outgrown my garage and am moving into a dedicated shop. All of this has been inspired by my passion for everything radio controlled from helicopters, to boats, to cars, and other strange vehicles. Because I started with the basics I can manually machine almostanything that I can do on my CNC mill. Sure it may take longer and Imight have to get a little more creative but I will always have thatoption.

I don't know where I was going with this but I don't think you can put a weight on what is hand made and what is not based on the tools used to make the part or assembly. There is just as much tallent and creativity in going from a sketch to a computer model to a cnc'd part as there in going form a sketch to a wittled out part using a hack saw and drill press. Having said that I am personally always more impressed with the guys that do the builds with out the right tools but they have the inginuity to make their vision a reality. On the other hand you don't see too many CNC custom builds simply because the machines are expensive and the cost to have a one-off made for you is also a deterent.

Enough rambling here is my most recent custom build. This was done for RCX of this year. It was inspired by the HPI baja and still uses a couple of components from the baja. There were a couple of motivations behind this project. 1. how can we get a 46cc goped motor into the baja 2. No one has ever done a tube chassis for the baja 3. Lets try and do something scale.

I started with the motor and designed a tranny for it.



Then I made the tranny. There is something satisfying about dreaming of a design and actuatly seeing it come to fruition and look and function the way you imagined it.











Then I built a chassis around the engine and tranny using TIG welded 4130 thin wall tubing. This is all hand work here.





Once I had the rough chassis done I did up the body pannels in aluminum. I hate working with sheet metal and trying to form it. It's the one thing I don't have a good grasp on. I wasted a lot of material to get these panels





To keep the project scale I wanted to also do the suspension arms from 4130 tubing. It was actually not as bad as I thought. I made some welding jigs so that I could get the geometry just right and and have both the left and right side come out exact.









Once I was finished getting everything welded and prepped I had it all powder coated. I finished the body pannels with some painted flames.











The rear has a pseudo trailing arm setup. Becasue I was using my CVD's for the drive-shafts I needed a telescoping driveshaft to allow for suspension travel.



Some other design features include custom machined carbon fiber chassis plates. These support the radio gear and gas tank. The strearing uses dual Rhino servos. I am also using my front and rear disk brakes at the wheels. These are actuated buy independant Hitec 7955 servos.

That's about it. I have driven here once in the grass and now she sits in a box awaiting the next show.

da mad maori

still havent seen this thing go yet!!! 

Dirty_Vinylpusher

I'm turning 35 in a couple of weeks.
When shall I expect my wallet to start growing?


Brice
That car is amazing though.


You wouldn't have any photos of that very first car you were talking about?

sam123

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Speechless   [X(]

btnewman

here is a couple projects i have built over the last few months.