Aluminum Thrower Body Build

Aluminum Thrower Body Build#4963012

By GanglyOne - December 8th, 2021, 11:53 am

- December 8th, 2021, 11:53 am#4963012

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#4963044

By GanglyOne - December 8th, 2021, 7:51 pm

- December 8th, 2021, 7:51 pm#4963044

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#4963086

By GanglyOne - December 9th, 2021, 1:02 pm

- December 9th, 2021, 1:02 pm#4963086

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#4963093

By gerard55 - December 9th, 2021, 2:41 pm

- December 9th, 2021, 2:41 pm#4963093

Expect people to be wanting these built to order if you make a good one.

Re: Aluminum Thrower Body Build#4963096

By GanglyOne - December 9th, 2021, 4:05 pm

- December 9th, 2021, 4:05 pm#4963096

Haha. Oh God no. I'm just building two. One for me and the kid.

Re: Aluminum Thrower Body Build#4963131

By GAXIMO - December 9th, 2021, 10:41 pm

- December 9th, 2021, 10:41 pm#4963131

Dude sign me up for one! Maybe it will help pay for material costs etc. for your two!

Re: Aluminum Thrower Body Build#4963149

By Kingpin - December 10th, 2021, 6:15 am

- December 10th, 2021, 6:15 am#4963149

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.

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What would Ryan do?

Re: Aluminum Thrower Body Build#4963231

By GanglyOne - December 10th, 2021, 6:17 pm

- December 10th, 2021, 6:17 pm#4963231

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#4963691

By GanglyOne - December 15th, 2021, 9:25 am

- December 15th, 2021, 9:25 am#4963691

Aluminum body parts showed up yesterday. I'll bend one of these up and see how it looks.

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Re: Aluminum Thrower Body Build#4963701

By GanglyOne - December 15th, 2021, 10:56 am

- December 15th, 2021, 10:56 am#4963701

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Re: Aluminum Thrower Body Build#4963779

By GanglyOne - December 16th, 2021, 6:55 am

- December 16th, 2021, 6:55 am#4963779

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#4964181

By gerard55 - December 24th, 2021, 3:50 pm

- December 24th, 2021, 3:50 pm#4964181

Looking great so far

Re: Aluminum Thrower Body Build#4970040

By CPU64 - May 21st, 2022, 3:24 pm

- May 21st, 2022, 3:24 pm#4970040

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.