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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.