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Aluminum Thrower Body Build

Posted: December 8th, 2021, 11:53 am
by GanglyOne
I'm thinking that I'm going to make my own aluminum thrower from scratch. Are the drawings and measurements fairly accurate as far as anyone knows? I bought a Haslab Neutrona wand but not sure of accuracy.

Re: Aluminum Thrower Body Build

Posted: December 8th, 2021, 7:51 pm
by GanglyOne
So, I've started laying this out and I've ordered the housing for the thrower body to be laser cut in 5052 aluminum. We'll see how this goes.
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Re: Aluminum Thrower Body Build

Posted: December 9th, 2021, 1:02 pm
by GanglyOne
Printed these last night. I've ordered aluminum to start machining the thrower parts. My flatpack from oshcut should be coming shortly within the next few days.
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Re: Aluminum Thrower Body Build

Posted: December 9th, 2021, 2:41 pm
by gerard55
Expect people to be wanting these built to order if you make a good one. :-P

Re: Aluminum Thrower Body Build

Posted: December 9th, 2021, 4:05 pm
by GanglyOne
Haha. Oh God no. I'm just building two. One for me and the kid.

Re: Aluminum Thrower Body Build

Posted: December 9th, 2021, 10:41 pm
by GAXIMO
Dude sign me up for one! Maybe it will help pay for material costs etc. for your two!

Re: Aluminum Thrower Body Build

Posted: December 10th, 2021, 6:15 am
by Kingpin
GAXIMO wrote: December 9th, 2021, 10:41 pm Dude sign me up for one! Maybe it will help pay for material costs etc. for your two!
This is not an interest thread, and GanglyOne has said he's just making a couple for personal use.

Re: Aluminum Thrower Body Build

Posted: December 10th, 2021, 6:17 pm
by GanglyOne
Yeah. Sorry. I'm just making the two. I figured that I'd do the build and upload the files for others to use if they are interested.

Re: Aluminum Thrower Body Build

Posted: December 15th, 2021, 9:25 am
by GanglyOne
Aluminum body parts showed up yesterday. I'll bend one of these up and see how it looks.

Re: Aluminum Thrower Body Build

Posted: December 15th, 2021, 10:56 am
by GanglyOne
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Re: Aluminum Thrower Body Build

Posted: December 16th, 2021, 6:55 am
by GanglyOne
Not horrible. I have to flatten the top slightly but this was pretty easy to deal with.
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Re: Aluminum Thrower Body Build

Posted: December 24th, 2021, 3:50 pm
by gerard55
Looking great so far :)

Re: Aluminum Thrower Body Build

Posted: May 21st, 2022, 3:24 pm
by CPU64
If you want some tips, don't cut the hole on top for the stem, easier to maintain the bend radius and you can just drill after for the knob screw.
Don't make the rear handle hole the size of the tube, I make a 7/8" hole with a unibit after box is welded together. The chance of burning through the way you have it is high.