Thread: D3/D4 jack adaptors end of offer.

Originally Posted by Bradmc

Andrew,

This would be nice made up for a trolley jack.

Can show my boy when its time.I guess its just a mater of adding an extra locating ring and tig welding it to the other style adaptor.
It may help us get a few more numbers when time comes.
Andrew

Originally Posted by Bradmc

Andrew,



This would be nice made up for a trolley jack.

Does it have to be 54mm?? I.e. Can it be 50mm??

Originally Posted by weeds

Does it have to be 54mm?? I.e. Can it be 50mm??

I wouldn't think it would matter. More surface area is better; but there's not much in it.

Originally Posted by Bradmc

I wouldn't think it would matter. More surface area is better; but there's not much in it.

Is there a max. Size??

Pretty sure there is a 55mm solid bar available otherwise there is 50mm

Originally Posted by weeds

Is there a max. Size??

Pretty sure there is a 55mm solid bar available otherwise there is 50mm

We went thru this last time Weeds.Nobody will be making a production run forming them on a lathe,the thing would cost more than the jack!!!!
Laser cutting the last ones worked out well,ask anybody who bought one.
Andrew

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

We went thru this last time Weeds.Nobody will be making a production run forming them on a lathe,the thing would cost more than the jack!!!!

Laser cutting the last ones worked out well,ask anybody who bought one.

Andrew

Er not sure what you are I about????

Can I not post in this thread??

Don't think I asked you to do anything in the last couple of posts......

I'm just asking a couple of questions.......

But now that you have stuck your nose in I was going to get one adaptor machined up for a trolley jack......at no cost....for Bradmc to try out.

Oh it was only a suggestion to machine them at the start of the thread, how they were produced was not my call as you were making them.......I get things machined every other week for work that cost thousands of dollars and can normally slip a foreign order in from time to time.

So there you go, I was going to use a favor I earn by my spend at an engineering firm for a total random member that I have never met.

Sorry for jumping into your thread......I shall bow out and leave it to you.

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

We went thru this last time Weeds.Nobody will be making a production run forming them on a lathe,the thing would cost more than the jack!!!!

Laser cutting the last ones worked out well,ask anybody who bought one.

Andrew

Oh gotta love the members that thanks your post.....I assume they agree with you that no one will be machining any.

Oh well, let's hope they don't own trolley jacks eh!!

The trolley jack design offered up by Bradmc would be in the realms of $15 for 50mm round bar stock in A2 tool steel. Way overkill for purpose...
Even on my 'poxy baby lathe I couldn't see turning those dims to take more than 15-20 minutes per unit.

But to be honest if it were my problem I would turn it out of acetal, would take probably take 5 minutes to machine per unit and material would be about $5.
Acetal is great in compression would be nice to the chassis rails and would last as long as the chassis rails of a D3/4.

Just my thoughts...