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An more ? all items will be available separately. I'm drooling at that top plate.
RCMAX 7075 Front end Parts for the Baja ?
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Looks sweet, but rcmax is out of my price range. Wish I could afford the rcmax mtxl kit.
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Oooo wonder if a chassis is next?
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Doubt it, a full billet baja chassis is a waste if time as machining one would probably take forever an waste a tone of meterial. But I won't complain if I saw one ?
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I could make those all day long. Especially in aluminum. Titanium is where the fun would lie ?
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TI would be Feking expensive tho. But would be awesome, lightweight and extremely strong ? also would look nice
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I don't do aerospace or defense anymore so I have virtually no access to exotic metals other than the occasional monel which is extremely expensive.
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Could order titanium online
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This is true. I don't think you can order the aerospace grade stuff though not being a company
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No idea tbh ?
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It would as easy registering a business name and a tax no.?? order anything after that??
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I was wrong, you can lol
All the way up to commercially pure AMS 4901
Even grade 23 which they use in f35s
Pretty cool
I couldn't afford the end mills to cut it lol ?
All the way up to commercially pure AMS 4901
Even grade 23 which they use in f35s
Pretty cool
I couldn't afford the end mills to cut it lol ?
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Sticky stuff huh ?
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It takes 6-8 flute end mills with special coatings and a machine with extreme rigidity. If you don't have one of those atleast, you might as well throw in the towel. Or spend 100x the amount of time taking extremely slow and shallow cuts. Vibrations is what kills a cutting tool before the run even starts
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I have limited experience with it. One of the tractor puller guys wanted the machine shop I used to work for to make rocker pedestals, rocker arms, and retainers for his engine. One of our best guys tried it out. Programming went well enough. Couldnt keep bits in CNC. Tried on the bridgport. No love. We were just out of our element. Obviously we couldnt charge the customer for what was attempted. Ended up sending the work out to a company that specializes in exotic metal machining. The rocker arms didnt work out well. For some reason the push rods ate through the pocket. Everything else worked out great. Actually has made me stay away from titanium in any more engine builds. Just don't understand it enough to trust it. ?
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I specialize in exotic and hard metals ??I have limited experience with it. One of the tractor puller guys wanted the machine shop I used to work for to make rocker pedestals, rocker arms, and retainers for his engine. One of our best guys tried it out. Programming went well enough. Couldnt keep bits in CNC. Tried on the bridgport. No love. We were just out of our element. Obviously we couldnt charge the customer for what was attempted. Ended up sending the work out to a company that specializes in exotic metal machining. The rocker arms didnt work out well. For some reason the push rods ate through the pocket. Everything else worked out great. Actually has made me stay away from titanium in any more engine builds. Just don't understand it enough to trust it. ?
It takes extremely shallow and small cuts which equals tremendous cycle time.
(more cost, tooling, etc) unless you have a machine that can handle it. Bridgeports are a no go lmaooo ?????
Makino has a new 5 axis machine specially for titanium machining. They are doing 5/8 depth of cut with . 125 step over and still running at 200 inches a minute and having fantastic tool life. If only I could afford the 5 million for the machine lol
Place I used to work at had 5 of them attached to a multi pallet system that kept it running 24/7
You could smell the $$$ I swear ??
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I bet you could jeez. Need to keep them running just to pay for them.
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At 650$ an hour. They were paid off within the first year ?
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Wow, yeah I bet
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I just did the math on that and it don't add up but im a lil tipsy and I think you get my point ??