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The Wife thinks that I may be going a little over board on these slot cars. To give you some idea what I do, i will research a car, get it's credential specs, scale the specs down to 1/32 and then fire up the CAD and model up a chassis.
Once modeled up, I will run it through the stress analysis and check for weak points.
Once satisfied with the results, I'll save the model as a STL file and off to my little printer it goes. Once printed, I'll clean a few of the rough spots off, insert and glue some 1/8" brass tubing for axle bushings, drill and add the flag, and then mount the motor, gears and wheels.
With the motor wired and a new set of PGT's its off to the track for some testing. But with the fun factor, I think she might be pulling my leg a little for from what I've seen here, I might be a little under average so I should really pick it up a notch.

I don't see a problem from here LOL! I like the chassis! Let me know what you end up with under the Nova!

This post reminds me of those "house of tomorrow" exhibits from a time when "can-do" attitudes, technology, and ingenuity melded to form wondrous marvels. While reading this, I feel like I should be able to look outside and see the Trylon and the Perisphere.

I wonder if this is a glimpse of what we could all be doing in a few year's time as 3D printers become more affordable.

Your lucky she's at "overboard" my wife has me pegged at obsessed. Funny thing is I took up another hobby and come to think of it she hasn't commented about slotcars in a while now! Only problem is I enjoy two hobbies and there is still only 24 hours in a day and that dam job use's up a lot of it :auto-driving: PS nice work keep it up :text-bravo:

Being the newly elected president of Slot cars anonymous, I recommend first admitting you have a problem,then to taper you off of your obvious addiction,During any and all future weak moments when chassis are built, They should be boxed up and sent to me immediately!

Bob

My Household Manager doesn't even say anything, she just rolls her eyes and gives "THE SIGH" :roll:
Very cool chassis; I agree with Goose....I just looked out in the driveway but my "Jetsons" car hasn't been delivered yet!

nice work wish I had the skill to fire up the cab and design a chassis - I have a shelf of 1/24 and 1/32 kits I plan to "slotify"

I figure I have 2 options - 1. spend the $50 to $100 on a suitable commercial chassis or 2. create a basic chassis myself and make it / have it made. Needless to say the shelf is still full :)

Out of interest how much does a chassis work out from the 3D printer?

cheers
David

To answer a few, I spend about 2 hours each evening four five days drawing up the model and testing it by stress analysis, then on Saturday morning I spend another three hours redesigning and testing again, then about 1 hour printing out the model on my little Solidoodle 3d printer using .03 mm resolution. Then I take the printed chassis out to what the Grand-kids call 'Man-Wan' and the transformation begins. The tubing is measured, cut, and filed to length from the assembly model, and by evening I am able to play with the chassis on the track.

From the Assembly model I can set the front wheels to just skim the track, ensure the proper angle for the slot-it gears, and different tire combinations. At this time I only have the Parma and PM flags modeled up with slot-it wheels and PGT tires. The motors that I have modeled up are the Deathstar, a pair of HR Hawk motors, and an Evil 9 motor.
I've tried two piece chassis where I've had different motor mount positions, (Inline, side-winder, & Angle-winder) and a rear pivot suspensions but due to the printer and some of my abilities, I haven't had much success yet with those. Recently though, thanks to the Florida Slotter, I've had success in making a tuning fork chassis that floats similar to his wire chassis'.
Currently I am in process of making new chassis for the Mach I I got from Choc-ice. Once this one is complete, I plan on taking the car down to the local track in Fresno and see if it performs better than the Brass chassis I tried there that is on another Mustang with a lexan body. More on that later.