Custom Made Motor Plate

[RUSTY XL-5]

Knowing how the stock plate flexes, I decided to make my own. I made one out of 4.75mm 7075 aluminum. A bit BEEFY I would say lol. All work was done with a Dremel and tungsten carbide bits. A big thanks to MisterCrash as he answered all of my machining questions as I originally had no idea what I was doing!





Beefy, eh?









Almost rubs. ;)

[ANGRY-ALIEN]

That's nice work man... did you do it free hand... or did you bolt the dremel to a bench?

[mistercrash]

You have beautiful hands You did really well, the plate looks awsome.

[BrianG]

Hand porn alert!

Just curious, but why didn't you just JBWeld two stock plates together? Nice job regardless!

[RUSTY XL-5]

Originally Posted by ANGRY-ALIEN

That's nice work man... did you do it free hand... or did you bolt the dremel to a bench?

I free handed it.

JK! I used the Dremel router attachment. Not the best router in the world, but you can't beat it for $30.

Originally Posted by mistercrash

You have beautiful hands You did really well, the plate looks awsome.

lol

Thanks. I couldn't of done it without you. :)

Originally Posted by BrianG

Hand porn alert!

Just curious, but why didn't you just JBWeld two stock plates together? Nice job regardless!

Because mistercrash tried it once. He still ended up bending them both. I don't think I'll have that problem now. :)

[mistercrash]

The stock plates are made of very cheap aluminum, nothing like T6 7075 aluminum. Even when you double them up, they flex and bend out of shape.

[ANGRY-ALIEN]

Originally Posted by RUSTY XL-5

I free handed it.

JK! I used the Dremel router attachment. Not the best router in the world, but you can't beat it for $30.

Cool... I was just looking at one of those on ebay... I'm going to need one soon... thanks for sharing rusty.

[snellemin]

Nice work and Nice hands.

[Semi Pro]

great work



let me know if you want to make one for sale

[phildogg]

nice work! I might be interested also.

[RUSTY XL-5]

Lol, you guys are funny about the hands.


I will make a few, but only a few. I have enough metal left over to make 3-4 more. I'm only making them because I have no other use for the extra material. There is no use it letting a $20 6" square piece of metal sit in a box.

I like shaping metal, but it does take a lot of time to make one. I'll only make one at a time so I'll just contact somebody else when I'm ready to make another.

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by mistercrash

The stock plates are made of very cheap aluminum, nothing like T6 7075 aluminum. Even when you double them up, they flex and bend out of shape.

Wow, that sucks. You'd think Trx would use better materials since they are strapping a heavy motor in there. Maybe they need to talk to Mike for ideas on how to do it right? Would probably result in less tech support calls.

[nitrostarter]

Originally Posted by BrianG

Wow, that sucks. You'd think Trx would use better materials since they are strapping a heavy motor in there. Maybe they need to talk to Mike for ideas on how to do it right? Would probably result in less tech support calls.

And improved overall customer satisfaction.

I'm sure the Traxxas plates are made in mass production on a huge automated stamp machine. I'm quite sure the machine could handle a little thicker material.... Is the cost of the material the only restriction?

[suicideneil]

Anything to save a buck, thats Traxxas's motto I believe..

Nice job on the mount dude, might have to look at the dremel router jobby myself- if you give your mount a rubdown with some fine grit sandpaper & 3in1 oil it'll look a million $

[What's_nitro?]

Very nice work!

How many bits did it take you to make that?