Korey Harbke

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Yes Please!

steam

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This is awsome, Do you think this works for Off-Road also, Short course truck, 1/10 scale buggies, 1/8 scale even?

Still Bill

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I'd be standing in line Brian.

Right now Brandon's board is winning. Could have CRC and Slapmaster pasted across it for the Carpet Nats. Wonder if it could have rollouts for both 1/12th and WGT on the one board?

Bill

Troy Mckune

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I looked into making them about a year ago. I have about $1000 worth of prototypes and materials sitting in the shop. The problem was I could never work it out where the final product wouldn't retail for around $200.



Here is a solid carbon fiber pit board I made for Donny Lia. The logos are engraved and paint filled. It turned out really cool but cost more to make than I charged him. I AM NOT TAKING ORDERS AND THESE ARE NOT FOR SALE!

Still Bill

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So what's wrong with that? LOL


Here is a solid carbon fiber pit board I made for Donny Lia. The logos are engraved and paint filled. It turned out really cool but cost more to make than I charged him. I AM NOT TAKING ORDERS AND THESE ARE NOT FOR SALE!

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Beautiful! Beautiful! Beautiful!

This thread is really getting interesting now...

Bill

Slapmaster6000

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Maybe a roll out calculator routed into the front right corner with a flush touch top?

I have one of the small Hudy boards, no alignment sticker. Some racers live and die by their sticker, but I don't see the need. I have a triangular ruler that I measure track width with, lay it on the set up board and place the car on the center holes for side/side balance. Works for me.

Any more, I only use the set up board for checking ride height, pod droop and just generally a place to prep the car. Dumper scared me for life, so the camber gauge rarely comes out anymore.

I see the Hudy board with the tweak bar built into it. That seems like a very cleaver idea. What's keep that from dominating the market? If I didn't have my old Delta tweak board, I would probably look at that Hudy board. But I can't get my Delta to wear out.

Beautiful work Troy!

housey

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What thickness c/f do you guys reckon a board would need to be so that it was stiff enough to stay flat and not warp?

tpczx6

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Bill
I have one of Brandon boards you can check it out saturday.


Tim

gonzo416

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There is no better all-in-one tweak board than this one:
http://www.unitytool.com/tweakboard/instructions.html

I had the Hudy Ultimate Tweak Station, and I sold it to get this one. Nothing beats it.

gonzo416

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My bad. I thought you were talking about tweakboards, but you're actually talking about setup boards.

steam

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Gonzo, I'm interested in this though, do you think it will work with off-road also, because it looks kinda universal?

Troy Mckune

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I feel most comfortable with 3mm and up. The ones I have made out of 3mm and 1/8th inch are still flat after 1.5 years. I use only quasi-isotropic material with a plain weave top and bottom layer (same stuff as RC chassis). The prototypes I have made with twill were warped as soon as I cut them.

Troy

pakk

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What have you guys found to be the cheapest, but still affective setup board?

I went to tap plastic about a year ago about bought a 2'x2' piece of 1/4" plastic. It was about $25 is I remember right. It seems to do a good job.

gonzo416

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I don't know if it will work with off-road because the parts that line up to the wheels to measure camber are only about 3" high.

Slapmaster6000

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I just did a quick search on a website called Dragon Plate. I found c/f with a polypropolene honeycomb core 12x18" @ .25" thick for $219

c/f with a nomex core, same size, $180

c/f w/ foam core, $140.

That's pretty serious stuff.

There used to be the little airplane company just up the street called Boeing. They use to have a surplus lot one could rummage through. But I would suspect that I would find a gold brick before I could find any of that honeycomb material.

Bob Stormer used to travel with one of his kitchen cabinet doors. I think it still had the knob on it.