Cutting Carbon Spinners

[bosshoss]

Awesome explanation Chris.

This ought to be stickied somewhere in a builder forum.

A kind of reference of Builders know-how with these kinds of methods explained and indexed for a permanent knowledge base.

Awesome.

[Temptation]

	Quote: Originally Posted by ShortBus
	Show off. Just kidding. That looks great!

PUNK! One of these days I am going to meet you in person. Oh man. LOL.

Mike Darr

[Chris Puckett]

Thanks for all the little tips on how you make these cuts. It took me alot longer to type up and take the pics then it does to cut the spinners. I hope this helps out those that have wanted to use the carbon spinners on the market but were affraid that they would ruin one. If you make small cuts and take your time after you get through your first one I doubt you will us anything else.

[Wayne]

	Quote: Originally Posted by bosshoss
	This ought to be stickied somewhere in a builder forum.

Done.

Great thread Puck.

[bosshoss]

	Quote: Originally Posted by Wayne
	Done. Great thread Puck.

Where at??/ THere have been a few really well done DIY threads here, lets keep tabs on them in one place??

Wasn"t ther a really good thread on hinge points too?? I think it got munged up with BS , though it could probably be edited.

[Wayne]

Its stuck at the top of the Get R done forum.

[Chris Puckett]

Thanks Wayne.

[Andy540T]

Great info here guys, I am indeed impressed with the skill and technique that you used to accomplish this. I just don't have the patience to do this, so here is what I do.

I call DA or who ever I buy my spinner from and ask them to cut the cone for me. Saves me a ton of money in replacement cones.

[jaguar bone]

I use a copy jig for the profile of the prop.
Primarily used for wood trim coping work.
Cheap addition to your tool box.

[mflander]

Great tips, my next CF spinner should be much better lol.

What are your methods for drilling additional props after the first one? I haven't found a fool proof way yet to make sure every prop gets drilled in the exact same spot.

[Javier Marquez]

I'd like to pick your brains/knowledge a bit more. Is there an easy way to make these spinners run true? I've done a couple of these carbon spinners and was very surprised (P oed) when I ran the engine that the dumb things didn't run true!!! It never occured to me that the manufacturers had not made sure that they did before selling them to you. I had a very hard time mounting on the lathe and triming and sanding to get them to run true. Any advice would be most welcome.