Aluminium door hinges...price now added!
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Cheers Pete, ill give them a shout.
No worried Andy wouldn't want your doors to fall off lol

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i think carl austin's Don has lighter hinges...lol

Any more news ???

Still waiting for quotes, ill chase it up in the morning.

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Any news on the price of these mate?

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1/4mile in 13.2sec @ 111 terminal on 15psi

spoke to the machinist today and he assured me he'd get a price to me today, not getting my hopes up

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Ah cool, just got your text...left my phone at home! lol

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1/4mile in 13.2sec @ 111 terminal on 15psi

Hey guys, just an update.the machinists are taking their sweat time over the quote, im hanging on for these guys because they are a family friend.

mean while i have been able to get a single hinge assembly rapidprototyped for the grand sum of nothing, big thanks to laserline. managed to source it through work, had to tell a few porkys but nevermind.
ive compared the model to the standard hinge, everything lines up nicely. the model was 3D printed, so its has some mechanical properties in X & Y directions but not in Z, so it wont give us any idea of strength.









As soon as i have got a quote and we've worked out the price we'll let you know.

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Thats quality! Im really keen to have a look at that now.

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1/4mile in 13.2sec @ 111 terminal on 15psi

That looks brilliant. Just replace the pin with a stainless one and print me 3 more please!

Good work.

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Certainly look the business . Fingers crossed for a good price

just done a trial fit and all seems good, everything lines up nicely and clears what it should.



i too have my fingers crossed on the price

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they look amazing

how much for a set of plastic ones?

i bet there super light

ey arron thats a great pic of you in minimag

A single hinge assembly in plastic weighs 25g, the guy i got to make this one said that they would be about £30 per assembly.

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would those be strong enough for a carbon door with a poly window?

if yes, I see no reason not to do them in plastic?

I was thinking the same thing, the carbon weasels doors are 1.4Kg, i have no idea how much polycarbonate weighs, but if it were less then 3kg total it could be possible i think.
Also if the part was made using stereolithography it probably would have better mechanical properties compared to 3D Printing

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i agree that in plastic/nylon they may take the weight of a lightened door, but one absent minded moment when you say, lean on it, or your lock doesnt click right and your brake suddenly, a gust wind takes it etc and youve lost your door

might never happen to you, but would def happen to me!

So Id rather stick with an over engineered alluminium, even if slightly heavier hinge for that reason

too skint to fork out for these at the mint hough

not being critical, just food for thought...

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Thanks for your point of view Joey, i think your totally right, a decent safety factor is more important then lightness.

sorry Rob that was straight over my head lol

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pending if anyone thinks std doors are too heavy (i have drilled a few holes in them but not many tbh) and cost corse

These hinges will not support a standard door with glass. They are for fully lightened doors only.

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Finally the quote is in.
A set of four lightweight Aluminium door hinges with bolts is going to be £125+Postage.
The hinges are for doors which weigh less then 10kg. They weigh in at 91g/hinge a total saving of nearly 800grams and have a clevis pin feature for easy removal.

We plan to do only one production run. we need to get definite orders for 20 sets before we can produce them (sorry but we need to ensure all costs are covered as we wont be making any profit).

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