Yup! I start with plate 6061 t-651 alloy aluminum... It's $3.00/lb.... an average sprocket starts at about 5 lbs of material. So it's about $15-$20 per Sprocket for cost of materials
Wow, interesting. I can't imagine how this all works,but I guess it is the bedrock of machine production. I always knew there was a machine shop in the physics department somewhere....
The first real product I started making with my mill was custom rear sprockets for motorcycles.. you can check them out at
www.5thgearsprockets.com
I will be posting pictures of Sprockets soon on my steemit page :)
So that is what a sprocket is! I never knew...
Are they cut from a single piece of metal? Are blocks of metal expensive?
Yup! I start with plate 6061 t-651 alloy aluminum... It's $3.00/lb.... an average sprocket starts at about 5 lbs of material. So it's about $15-$20 per Sprocket for cost of materials
Wow, interesting. I can't imagine how this all works,but I guess it is the bedrock of machine production. I always knew there was a machine shop in the physics department somewhere....