MadkiteMadkite Posted June 15, 2020 Author Posted June 15, 2020 Water jet would give a really nice finish. But not practical for a home machine. And you are limited to cutting flat things then. Cant really engrave with water jet. And I have parts to mill as well. Also the making and designing is part of the fun for me. It may take longer but I enjoy doing it. I am also picking up loads of new skills along the way. And its just more satisfying to do it all yourself. And would not solve the problem of making bending jigs to get the precise bends. And they need to be fairly precise for this thing to work. If somebody wanted 100 of then then I would be subbing it out to water jet or laser cut. And having real cnc mills make the parts. But this is way to obscure for that. Should have done the spitfire one if I wanted to do that. And then I do not have the time to sort a commercial project like that. If you want to do that do it before kids. And before you have lots of bills like a mortgage so you can work less hours in a normal job and have more to set up the project. Sorry, want on a bit of a ramble there. Ahh pictures.
Spitty Posted June 15, 2020 Posted June 15, 2020 Best way to do sheetmetal parts is to use a test piece.Bend it then measure it and if its out change the fold lines..If you had a 3D printed you can design and make up bending jigs to suit that you can put in a vice and hammer over.
MadkiteMadkite Posted July 16, 2020 Author Posted July 16, 2020 Update. Been making more bits to order. Just need to engrave these bits. going to make a jig to do so. As I am off in a week, going to start to make the main handle body. It requires a lot of manual lathe work and I will have the valuable time to do it. https://www.facebook.com/groups/652767882243811 1
Soilworker Posted July 17, 2020 Posted July 17, 2020 Very, very nice, dude! I'm envious of your CNC. ? Keep an eye out for a post from me in the next few weeks about my quadrant project. (All manual machining except the 3D printed housing. ?)
LLv34_Flanker Posted July 17, 2020 Posted July 17, 2020 S! This throttle quadrant and DCS P-47D..oh boy ?
MadkiteMadkite Posted August 1, 2020 Author Posted August 1, 2020 So got the jig all made. But only got one successful engrave. First one the computer wobbled and messed it up. Second I messed up do stupidly when it had finished. Third didn't noticed the cutter had chipped. So after all that I will be starting this part again. First when I cut it out will superglue it to a steel plate. Then use the slot clearing routine to rough them out and do finishing pass at full depth just taking a whisker. The glue should mean I can cut out completely without tabs. Which always cause the cutter to leave marks as the cut is not consistent. Then the v bit for carving I'm changing to one with a 0.3mm round on the end. Was having troubble with it chipping being such a narrow v as only 30 degrees and was a sharp point one. So the round won't matter for this lettering and will make it a lot more resistant to chipping. Also it was plunging with it way to fast. And will slow the feed down. Learning from mistakes. But will make future parts less likely to fail. 3
MadkiteMadkite Posted December 13, 2021 Author Posted December 13, 2021 Not been back here for a while. This year's not exacty gone to plan so things got put on hold. Though I have acquired 2 more cnc machines. Getting them running is a project all of its own. The mill is fantastic though. Recently I have been asked to make a 3d printable version. So I have been working on the model. And trying to get my cheap printer working. Lol. This will be available on my patrion when its completed. It's a distraction from the main project but people want one and I have all the resurch and models to work off so it's not so bad as starting from scratch. I got a lot of this done in the last month alone. Plus it's in the reach of a lot of people who would never be able to build an original replica like I'm making. And I can let.my kids play with it when they get older. Get them stated on a fun hobby. The model is not quote finished yet but its intended to have have the functions needed. Including the k14 axis and the water injection for dcs and il2. Interlocking leavers as original as well which you can disengage. And a functioning tension knob. https://www.facebook.com/groups/652767882243811/?ref=share 3
MadkiteMadkite Posted February 13, 2022 Author Posted February 13, 2022 Little update. Getting closer to releasing. https://www.facebook.com/groups/652767882243811/?ref=share https://www.patreon.com/P47throttlequadrant?fan_landing=true 6
kissTheSky Posted February 13, 2022 Posted February 13, 2022 I don’t usually fly the P-47, but this cool AF! ?
Volans Posted April 14, 2022 Posted April 14, 2022 The thing is coming alive Beautiful engineered parts, big thanks to Madkite. 2 1
=EXPEND=Dendro Posted April 14, 2022 Posted April 14, 2022 Way too cool! How much? Will you sell cad plans?
Volans Posted April 14, 2022 Posted April 14, 2022 On 12/13/2021 at 8:29 PM, MadkiteMadkite said: Not been back here for a while. This year's not exacty gone to plan so things got put on hold. Though I have acquired 2 more cnc machines. Getting them running is a project all of its own. The mill is fantastic though. Recently I have been asked to make a 3d printable version. So I have been working on the model. And trying to get my cheap printer working. Lol. This will be available on my patrion when its completed. It's a distraction from the main project but people want one and I have all the resurch and models to work off so it's not so bad as starting from scratch. I got a lot of this done in the last month alone. Plus it's in the reach of a lot of people who would never be able to build an original replica like I'm making. And I can let.my kids play with it when they get older. Get them stated on a fun hobby. The model is not quote finished yet but its intended to have have the functions needed. Including the k14 axis and the water injection for dcs and il2. Interlocking leavers as original as well which you can disengage. And a functioning tension knob. https://www.facebook.com/groups/652767882243811/?ref=share This is the work of MadkiteMadkite , I am only printing the quadrant. The files can be accesed via patreon, see the above post. He also have a facebook page dedicated to this project.
RJ4459H Posted November 28, 2022 Posted November 28, 2022 (edited) Have you heard of Authentikit.org? I have my eyes on the throttle Quadrant for the DH.98 Mosquito. Edited November 28, 2022 by RJ4459H
33rd_SGRedleg Posted September 30, 2023 Posted September 30, 2023 @MadkiteMadkite, Are you going to be selling these? I would love to purchase one. I've been trying to build a 1:1 scale cockpit for the P47 for DCS. This would be AWESOME to put in it.
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