TH407C Telehandler 1:14 scale

[ddmckee54]

Don't worry about disappointing us, most of us have at LEAST one or more of those long term projects.

I'm guessing that you had the parts laser cut, is that expensive? A couple of years ago one of the fabrication outfits that I used to work with bought themselves an industrial laser. The presented everybody in the Engineering department at the plant where I was working with their own personalized laser cut and engraved Stainless Steel nametag for their desk, as a way of showing what they could now do.

It's REAL easy to screw up when you're doing multiple bends in a piece of tubing. Years ago I went through a LOT of SS hydraulic tubing when making repairs on hydraulic lines. You don't really notice that you got your bender out of alignment until a couple of bends later. You might want to clamp a reference block onto your tube someplace while you're bending it. That would give you a reference surface to check against when setting up the next bend. If you are doing in-plane bends like that, a couple of 3D printed jigs to hold the tubing and bender in the correct orientation might make things go a little easier.

Don

[Blender]

Originally Posted by ddmckee54

Don't worry about disappointing us, most of us have at LEAST one or more of those long term projects.

I'm guessing that you had the parts laser cut, is that expensive? A couple of years ago one of the fabrication outfits that I used to work with bought themselves an industrial laser. The presented everybody in the Engineering department at the plant where I was working with their own personalized laser cut and engraved Stainless Steel nametag for their desk, as a way of showing what they could now do.

It's REAL easy to screw up when you're doing multiple bends in a piece of tubing. Years ago I went through a LOT of SS hydraulic tubing when making repairs on hydraulic lines. You don't really notice that you got your bender out of alignment until a couple of bends later. You might want to clamp a reference block onto your tube someplace while you're bending it. That would give you a reference surface to check against when setting up the next bend. If you are doing in-plane bends like that, a couple of 3D printed jigs to hold the tubing and bender in the correct orientation might make things go a little easier.

Don

Laser cut isn't too bad cost wise. Both chassis were $180 shipped from Send Cut Send. Carbon steel is less, quantity discount starts at qty 2. Used to use a local water jet shop which was a bit cheaper, but an hour drive each way to pick up parts. Started looking at Osh Cut aswell. They have more thin material options around 0.5mm, but look to be a hair more per part.

A reference block on the tail end of the tube is a great idea. Simple and gets me some multiplied accuracy depending how big it is. All my bends will be in plane which makes it as simple as I can.