Finally the first test towers :D

kaylon · #1 08-01-2011

After several weeks of tweaking the machine my first cnc'd prototypes are done.

These are nylon but I'm now all set for full production. Sorry for crapy pic..

The mill itself will be upgraded as we go along but it's now no longer hit and hope... we have full software support and touch screen control. It's also a flat bed and can mill items out of material up to 50cm x 50cm area with a depth limit of 15cm.

Can mill most things but currently ideal items are sheet based. Hubs etc will happen eventually but not quite yet.

I'm well happy with the result

... going to cnc these out of 4mm CGF first and do some racing. Can of course do carbon Fibre or alloy too.

Will be making these services available publicly for small runs etc...give me a shout if interested in anything.

For another shock tower design look in the "I made this thread" I've posted these in there too with a couple of additions

J

fearo · #2 08-01-2011

SWEET!!!

That looks so awesome. Any idea on the price if say 20 people would buy both towers?

One thing I think A LOT of people would be interested in, is a carbon chassis and a front chassis plate.

Really awesome job man.

ben44 · #3 08-01-2011

Very nice. Did you change the pistion of the dumper or it's similar at the origine product?

kaylon · #4 08-01-2011

Ben.. these are replacement items. I've not experimented with different mounting locations yet but once I get some more material to chew through I might

Fearo.. if 20 people wanted both towers that would be cool, but that's bulk production hehe. I'm not really aiming for that kinda production line. It would not be impossible to fill an order like that but would take quite a bit of time

I'm looking at more individual kinda runs.

Atm standard replacement Ansmann Shock towers like these in 4mm Carbon Fibre currently would be £18 each and could get them to you within about a week.

I'm working on a T plate and battery brace atm. Have got the computer models finished just gotta run some tests and see how it goes. Might look into an alloy front chassis. It's not a flat item so would not work in carbon I don't think.

J

fearo · #5 08-01-2011

Thanks for the quick reply Kaylon.
What about the chassis itself? Would that even be a possibility?

kaylon · #6 08-01-2011

Yeah a chassis is possible. I've got a couple of designs that I'm working on as as soon as I have anything cool to show I will

I'll be making the first batch of CSC versions in the next few days. I love CSC, it's not as expensive as CF but basically just as good, it's got a little flexibility in it which suits me atm.

Can't wait to run them on my car

Thanks for the interest.

J