Machined AL battery trays

[JThiessen]

Originally Posted by BrianG

Wow, billet trays? That must create a lot of waste during machining unless he has some special process...

Your exactly correct on that. Lots of chips for the recycle bin...

I've done my own roll formed AL trays for my Revo, and even though they turned out decent, I want somthing that has a little more finished look to it.

I know any machinist or even Mike COULD make one - I just figured there would be someone out there making them already. The aluminum will be @ 3X as heavy as the Delrin/Plastic trays, but that only translates into a couple ounces.

[lincpimp]

Titanium trays with water channels milled in them for water cooling. Now that would be spifftacular! and erroneous all at the same time.

if its machined outa solid aluminum...it aint gonna be cheap. most likely in the 3 digits

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by Andrew32

if its machined outa solid aluminum...it aint gonna be cheap. most likely in the 3 digits

This is true. Have them machine the 5 sides and get someone who can tig weld al to put it together. You could have the sides made with pocket cuts on both sides to reduce weight, and properly done wells always look cool to me! Still going to be 100 plus...

[jacobsjo87]

The tray on this truck is not Aluminum but almost everything else is. Eritex Inc. did all of the machining. I would send him a pm, he does lots of custom work and is reasonable on his pricing.

http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showt...=145552&page=5