Has anyone build their own chassis from scratch

[Shifter]

Just wondering if this is common or doable without being a master welder and having access to a CNC?

 

[Hollywood 6mm]

There's people that have done it, even without an full CNC (although a minimum of a computer controlled mill will help dramatically), but it's rarely worth the headaches in my opinion. I can't think of any chassis offhand that even have welds on them any more - pretty much everything is CNC machined and bolted together, or machined from a single piece.

 

[Shifter]

Yeah I guess that makes sense,
I wonder if printed plastic is up to the task with a metal insert and epoxy at the recoil lug. I’m gonna have to do more searching around

 

[Hollywood 6mm]

Yeah I guess that makes sense,
I wonder if printed plastic is up to the task with a metal insert and epoxy at the recoil lug. I’m gonna have to do more searching around

PLA probably isn't going to hold up without some *very* careful consideration of orientation and design to give it strength in the right places/directions. Resin might do it easier. Either way, you'd need one hell of a printer.

 

[Mike Casselton]

Didn't we cover this (shitshow) last month for the fella wanting a chassis and upgrades on his Remington 783?

 

[Hollywood 6mm]

Didn't we cover this (shitshow) last month for the fella wanting a chassis and upgrades on his Remington 783?

Wouldn't surprise me...

Ouch. Dude joined on Thursday and banned already. I'm guessing he fucked up somewhere and the admins already deleted the offending post.

 

[b6graham]

well that didnt last long

 

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[MDT_Josh]

Rather than building your own, why not check out our full line of chassis at MDT Chassis! Or we have more affordable solutions through Oryx Chassis!

Just a thought

 

[Jknox1030]

Me and a couple of guys tried it... Much more involved then most would think! The other piece is the continual prototyping necessary... You'll sink a ton of money in it before you having a working piece of hardware...

As Josh said above... Go to a good / reputable company and get to shooting!

 

[Massoud]

You should definitely try to build your own. It would be a rewarding experience. However at the end you will see that you have far more $ and time invested than if you bought even our high end Whiskey-3 let alone one of our Bravo's. That doesn't always matter though as a lot of times it's the journey, not the end result, that is rewarding.
Justin

 

[Shifter]

You should definitely try to build your own. It would be a rewarding experience. However at the end you will see that you have far more $ and time invested than if you bought even our high end Whiskey-3 let alone one of our Bravo's. That doesn't always matter though as a lot of times it's the journey, not the end result, that is rewarding.
Justin

I’m seeing that. I have access to welders and a 3D printer, but not a CNBC, I was playing with many ideas but for now I’m realizing that the cost of time and materials for trial and error could easily exceed the cost of buying a chassis, and likely not be as good. Not undoable... but not practical in my case. I’m sure some guys on here will be the exception.