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David Money
09-19-2002, 07:15 PM
Where have teams in the past got their custom axles made?
David Money
09-19-2002, 07:15 PM
Where have teams in the past got their custom axles made?
L.R. Weidner
09-20-2002, 12:15 AM
We always have machined our own. We don't have all that fancy of a lathe either. Just a really old Monarch (WWII vintage). We then weld on a hub flange to make hub. Since we adopted this method we haven't had any failures (knock, knock).
-Lucas Weidner
Colorado State University
Charlie
09-20-2002, 01:23 AM
We also have made our own axles in the past. We splined them with an indexing head and an old WWII mill as well /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif Splining requires some insanely labor intensive mill time, but it costs nothing.

-Charlie Ping
Auburn University FSAE 1999-present