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Title: Machine your own wave disc? Post by: Bizzarrini on December 11, 2009, 03:12:50 AM Hi guys!
I was surfing the web a bit, checkin' out some wave discs, and noticed they are really expensive (normal discs too). I started to wonder, would it be possible to machine the standard discs to a wave disc shape (ussuming they are still thick enough)? Or would you encounter strength issues? Just a hypothetical question... Cheers! Title: Re: Machine your own wave disc? Post by: DucHead on December 11, 2009, 03:18:34 AM I think Taftonomos did his own rear disc.
Title: Re: Machine your own wave disc? Post by: ducatiz on December 11, 2009, 03:31:05 AM there is no reason you couldn't, although machining a perforated/drilled disk is going to be tricky.
you'll need a good design and CNC cutter and then balance it dynamically. Title: Re: Machine your own wave disc? Post by: Bill in OKC on December 11, 2009, 04:08:55 AM I bought a pair of Alth front discs and then found out that they don't offer a matching rear disc :( They have one that fits except for the ?wave? on the edge. I think it would take some expensive equipment to do it right.
Title: Re: Machine your own wave disc? Post by: Slide Panda on December 11, 2009, 04:19:31 AM Tough, but not impossible. I'd suggest you find some scrappers to experiment on first before you attempt to cut up something newer.
A local shop, Duc Pond, makes light rotors out stock rear duc rotors (http://www.ducpond.com/images/razorrotors.jpg) Title: Re: Machine your own wave disc? Post by: TAftonomos on December 11, 2009, 04:24:28 AM A rear rotor? Sure, no problem there. You'll need a pattern and a few drill dits at a min, or a CNC at your disposal.
I personally, wouldn't do the fronts. Title: Re: Machine your own wave disc? Post by: Bizzarrini on December 11, 2009, 04:24:59 AM Those DucPond units are really cool!
Title: Re: Machine your own wave disc? Post by: Monstermash on December 11, 2009, 06:35:13 AM Contact Eric at Clubhouse Motorsports in New Hampshire. I know he had a pattern for some he was working on when I was there a few months ago. I think he said that he was trying to get enough orders together to have them made.
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