Monster GT Conversion With A Center Diff

[Krawlin]

Somewhat bad news, I just realized that plasma cutters have about an 1/8'' cutting width (roughly), so it would probably cut the holes way too big (the 4 small ones at the middle and bottom of the motor plate, and top plate). So I will probably have 1 cut with the holes just to see how it looks, and if it fails, then I'll delete the 4 smaller holes on the motor plate and the two holes on the top plate, and narrow the 3 motor holes. I might also have to get rid of the heatsink fins, depending on how they turn out on the first one I have cut out.

Expect pictures of the close to finished product tomorrow night.

[Krawlin]

PICTURES!!!

And don't mind the welds on the one that is already welded together, I still have ALOT of finish work to do, and I had to do a bunch of smaller tack welds because my attempt at a bead made a globby mess (I think I had my voltage and wire speed up too high for small stuff like this, and it's welded using MIG. When I weld the others I will lower the settings alot and see how they turn out with legitimate weld beads).

Anyway, all the parts came out great, the CNC plasma cutter is amazing. Very little slag, only a couple of the motor plates had real stuck on slag, everything else just came right off with the wire wheel. I still have to drill holes in everything though, if I left the holes in the CAD drawing for the CNC plasma cutter to cut out, it would have made them way too big since they have like a 1/12'' cutting width.

[rawfuls]

What's the weight on that fatty?

[Krawlin]

It weighs 6.75 ounces (192 grams). Not too bad considering it's 3/16'' (4.5mm) steel. Possibly overkill, but I didn't want it to bend.