Not related, but maybe.. just maybe... sort of related

[Beeman]

I'll start off with pictures.. (because pictures are always awesome entertainment).

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This is something I've made with my CNC router table. Not too hard, also not great, but a work in progress. But... with the somewhat success of this I now feel like I could help out the industry of AATV's I love so well (albeit, lacking in ideas). The capabilities are essentially making molds of pretty much any dimension (5X8'). So to all the AATV'ers, I would like some ideas on what you would like to make a mold of and I will do my best to come up with something I can produce (basically turn it over at cost). This isn't a sales pitch, I just want to churn out some things that could be helpful to the industry - so throw me your ideas.

Cheers,

Beeman

[jpswift1]

Wow, nice work, Beeman and thanks for putting that great offer out there for us. I'll certainly be doing some thinking on that and get back to you.

[kghills]

Tracks, no mold required.

[Bazooo guy]

I bet wooden tracks would really help with floatation.
A mold of a grouser would be good if you could fill it with liquid rubber.

[JohnF]

UHMW machines similar to wood. I can imagine someone making their own tracks wanting grousers or wheel guides. It would be easy to make templates out of hardboard so people could machine parts with a router/drill. Like if someone needed to rebuild the seats for the back of their Argo and wanted a template for where the hardware went. (I know, not tough to just measure but I used a good seat as a template to make a replacement seat which was the only template I could think of at the moment.)

Do be careful that you aren't "selling parts" that might be patented.

I might consider wing profile and wing rib blank templates for another hobby group.

[Nick O.]

How about some 6x6 toys like back in the day?

[Beeman]

Seeing that other thread on UHMW tracks, I've decided to machine my own to play with. Already come up with a good design (I think) we'll have to see how they turn out.