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61 Posts Member #: 8970 Advanced Member shropshire |
18th Jul, 2010 at 10:06:28am
was just wondering if anyone has used other metals for subframes instead of mild steel or stainless . has anyone try chromo as i no its very light and very strong but expensive is the downside as i see that most members make these items and wondered whats being use thanks |
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 12307 Posts Member #: 565 Carlos Fandango Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex |
18th Jul, 2010 at 10:26:06am
there have been a few instances,
On 28th Aug, 2011 Kean said:
At the risk of being sigged... Joe, do you have a photo of your tool? http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.p...9064&lastpost=1 https://joe1977.imgbb.com/ |
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 16540 Posts Member #: 4241 King Gaycharger, butt plug dealer, Sheldon Cooper and a BAC but generally a niceish fella if you dont mind a northerner Rotherham, South Yorkshire |
18th Jul, 2010 at 10:27:31am
MikeRace recently rebuilt one using mild steel tube, I plan to copy that On 11th Feb, 2015 robert said:
i tried putting soap on it , and heating it to brown , then slathered my new lube on it 
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61 Posts Member #: 8970 Advanced Member shropshire |
18th Jul, 2010 at 10:29:56am
titanium ffs got to cost ££££££ so not sure about the chromo den |
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12307 Posts Member #: 565 Carlos Fandango Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex |
18th Jul, 2010 at 10:33:11am
not cheap, light though!
On 28th Aug, 2011 Kean said:
At the risk of being sigged... Joe, do you have a photo of your tool? http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.p...9064&lastpost=1 https://joe1977.imgbb.com/ |
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61 Posts Member #: 8970 Advanced Member shropshire |
18th Jul, 2010 at 10:35:11am
that light as |
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 9502 Posts Member #: 1023 Post Whore Doncaster, South Yorkshire |
18th Jul, 2010 at 10:49:45am
On 18th Jul, 2010 spanner1981 said:
that light as That is light!!, you know i still haven't looked at mikes subframe:$ Yes i moved to the darkside |
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 549 Posts Member #: 5327 Post Whore Dudley, West mids |
18th Jul, 2010 at 12:55:18pm
How about aluminium tube and box section? |
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 6965 Posts Member #: 507 Fastest A Series Mini in the World leeds/wakefield. |
18th Jul, 2010 at 01:03:47pm
On 18th Jul, 2010 madcatminis said:
How about aluminium tube and box section? Not a godd idea if you were to weld it all together as the heat would annea the job making it vsry soft, unless you used the correct rod and had the lot re heat treated on completion, alternatively make one up useing folded sheet and rivet/bond the lot together, but you need a fair overlap of area to make this method work succesfully, Chromo is no lighter than your average mild steel per cm3, it's just as its stronger you can use thinner wall, for best results you would need to fully purge weld it and then it starts to cost in time and gas, carl carl |
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61 Posts Member #: 8970 Advanced Member shropshire |
18th Jul, 2010 at 01:30:22pm
Fastcarl does titianium ones how ???? |
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Site Admin  15300 Posts Member #: 337 Fearless Tom Fenton, Avon Park 2007 & 2008 class D winner & TM legend. |
18th Jul, 2010 at 01:32:15pm
Huh?
On 29th Nov, 2016 madmk1 said:
On 28th Nov, 2016 Rob Gavin said:
I refuse to pay for anything else Like fuel 😂😂 |
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61 Posts Member #: 8970 Advanced Member shropshire |
18th Jul, 2010 at 01:39:25pm
sorry i mean that titianium isnt well i wouldnt of thought it was the easy thing to work with can you weld it ie tig or mig just wondered really how |
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6965 Posts Member #: 507 Fastest A Series Mini in the World leeds/wakefield. |
18th Jul, 2010 at 01:41:33pm
you can work with any material, you just have to have the knowledge and knowhow, both of which are not easily comeby,
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61 Posts Member #: 8970 Advanced Member shropshire |
18th Jul, 2010 at 01:47:00pm
yeah can imagine how may bad ones did you make till you was happy |
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6965 Posts Member #: 507 Fastest A Series Mini in the World leeds/wakefield. |
18th Jul, 2010 at 04:04:22pm
On 18th Jul, 2010 spanner1981 said:
yeah can imagine how may bad ones did you make till you was happy none, there's no making mistakes with expensive materials |
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61 Posts Member #: 8970 Advanced Member shropshire |
18th Jul, 2010 at 05:30:52pm
was looking at you link fastcarl very nice work mate mite invest in a few bits do the top and bottom arms fit standard subframe fitments |
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6965 Posts Member #: 507 Fastest A Series Mini in the World leeds/wakefield. |
18th Jul, 2010 at 07:24:23pm
yes.
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