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[pn6]

Martin you’ve saved the world from taped in motors for this chassis! Excellent work.

[Martin]

Thanks Guys for the encouragement and suggestions   

 

I will make a few today after I polish the die in the spot I missed. 

 

It does feel good to make a needed product and I can give back to slotblog, the place we love to hang.

[Dave Crevie]

Hey Bill, I thought that the subject of a IFC chassis with a 26D would come up. If there was enough demand I would make that die too.

It needs a bearing adaptor as the 26D motor is 1/4" shorter. 

But if Brian has them I will move on to the next project.

I do love making tools 

Now if someone can figure out how to stamp those super skinny numbers 4809R. R being for reproduction. Any ideas ?

 

From Grainger;

 

 

To get the "R", you have to buy a set of letters.

 

 

They  also sell a holder to stamp all the numbers at once. I would just engrave the "R" by hand with a Dremel and a pointed carbide burr.

[Martin]

Thanks Dave for your effort. I do have those stamps but there are nowhere close to the delicate numbers on the Cox part.  The clip has a 1/2'' flat to fit 4 or 5 numbers in.

If I did it I would want the same font so a custom stamp would be needed IMO. So for now they are sans numbers.

[Dave Crevie]

Did you check the size? 1/16 is the smallest size available. And some other fonts are available, at extra cost, of course. I doubt Cox had custom stamps made for these. If I had a picture, it would help. In any event, is no number better than what these give you?

 

If I was still working, I would simply engrave them in a CNC router or mill. Check with trophy shops, they might be able to engrave them pretty cheap. It really only comes down to how many you are going to make. 

[Dave Crevie]

Is that clip in the photo from post #21 with the numbers stamped an original? Nothing special about those numbers. 1/8th inch high, normal font, done with a light hit with a small hammer. 

 

 

You won't get an "R" on that line, but you could engrave one on the other side, not visible when the clip is installed. But still IDs it as a repop.

 

Good forming tool!

[Martin]

That is a Cox clip that I used to make my repo. The numbers are .150'' tall and .450'' wide all together. 

I like the trophy shop engraver, I wonder what Pablo paid for his little name plates? Paging Pablo, Paging Pablo. 

[Martin]

Spot the original, yea I know it's the one that says 4809. 

 

I need 4 so that leaves 11 to share. Once I figure the best way to ship I will post them in the racer swop shop or The Parts Counter.

 

 

[Dave Crevie]

Wow! That's fast. Superb.

[Bill from NH]

For shipping, you could use small-padded envelopes marked "Hand Cancel." For multiple orders, tape them together first. As I recall. that's how I sent my 26D clip to Brian in Ohio & received it back with a couple extras, all in good shape. That's also how I sent my arms out for rebalancing to Thorp, Camen, & Alpha. I never had a problem with them either.

[Martin]

Now 16D IFC motor clip are for sale here on slotblog http://slotblog.net/...ss-motor-clips/

 

Thank you Greg and all that inspirer these projects.

 

[Mad Mark]

Man I feel like a cave man after looking at this. I just use the same older than me needle nose pliers and some super cheap tiny bench vice I got for free to bend all my stuff. I need to step my game up.

[Mark Onofri]

After reading this, I pried open my wallet and bought a 4 piece set of bending pliers from MicroMark. Two are for flat stock >.032 and one is for making loops etc.,also >.032. The third one, albeit for >=.032 is the bomb! Perfect 90°& >90° effortless ,consistent bends.

[Martin]

Lets see a pic of what you got, I need (want) more tools   always.

[Mark Onofri]

The first photo is the set of four. The second picture is the one that I wish was capable of bending 0.047,0.052 and, 0.063. The two on the right are pretty useless, I think.

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[Martin]

They look like good quality tools Mark, good hinge joint. 

 

Probably  designed for jewelry type work. But I used my simullar tools on every project. I am sure you will find lots of uses for them.

[JerseyJohn]

 

My mentor the late great Tony P recommended these pliers when I started building and they work perfectly. They're called parallel jaw pliers

 

https://www.amazon.c...=A1LIB4DETCSOWT

[Eddie Fleming]

I don't remember which one but one of the great builders on the forum a few years ago showed a bending tool he had created by grinding out one side of a Z bender to create a 90% bending tool. I built one. Not as well done as his but very functional. I have used it a lot and the only problem with it is .062 wire will some times fracture during the bend. anything smaller works great as does .062 if you don't over do it  Anyone want to claim credit for the tool? 

 

Thank you whoever that is.

[Bill from NH]

Eddie, that was Steve Okeefe who modified the Z-bender jaw. He showed it in his how-to article for building Emott motor boxes.

[Martin]

I saved the pic, but have yet to modify mine.

 

[Eddie Fleming]

I modified one and then bought another to use as a Z bender. Both are very handy.

[Mark Onofri]

John, I've got a pair of General parallel jaw pliers. I'll post them. They have some great features that are lacking on the pair you've posted.
The "Z" pliers could probably be made from a pair of tile nippers or a nail puller. Hmmmm? Harbor Freight 4th sale here I come