Does anyone want to make a problem-free SCS?

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All-Weld

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R-Dubya said:
What? How could that possibly be?
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If you brought a SCS clamp to our machine shop and wanted hexs machined into it.... it would cost at least $100...if not $200. You could easily have a couple hours labor in figuring, setting up, programming, and machining.
That is for doing a single SCS clamp.... now if you wanted to a couple thousand of them done it would be SUPER cheap.... Once a CNC is programmed and setup it would only take a few minutes per clamp.
 
koring

koring

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R-Dubya

R-Dubya

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All-Weld said:
If you brought a SCS clamp to our machine shop and wanted hexs machined into it.... it would cost at least $100...if not $200. You could easily have a couple hours labor in figuring, setting up, programming, and machining.
That is for doing a single SCS clamp.... now if you wanted to a couple thousand of them done it would be SUPER cheap.... Once a CNC is programmed and setup it would only take a few minutes per clamp.
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A company isn't going to make an SCS, then take it to another company to have hexes cut out, are they? They are going to be making thousands of SCSs anyways, and already have the design done and programmed into the CNC machine. So think of it as a company hiring you to design and produce an SCS from the ground up, not take an existing SCS and modify it. In that case, I guarantee the simple addition of a hex cutout to the design would NOT alter the price that much, if at all.
 
Rob.

Rob.

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Actually a cheaper idea would be to just make a slot, instead of a 6 sided hole you could just make a square thats the exact size of the most common 1/4th inch nut.
 
R-Dubya

R-Dubya

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It wouldn't cost any less to make a square than it would to make a hex. Refer to my post on the last page, all the people complaining about price on here aren't looking at the situation as a company making a new SCS with hex cutouts, the thing that would cost a lot is to add those holes onto an already made SCS. Just adding the holes in at the design phase would not cost any more overall than not adding them.
 
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All-Weld

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R-Dubya said:
A company isn't going to make an SCS, then take it to another company to have hexes cut out, are they? They are going to be making thousands of SCSs anyways, and already have the design done and programmed into the CNC machine. So think of it as a company hiring you to design and produce an SCS from the ground up, not take an existing SCS and modify it. In that case, I guarantee the simple addition of a hex cutout to the design would NOT alter the price that much, if at all.
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I understand that and agree 100%. That's what i was trying to say....it just sounded to me as if some guys were thinking of taking their existing SCS and have hexes machined into them...But either way same concept... adding hexes to the the initial design/program of a SCS clamp would not cost any more than the tapping of the holes in current SCS clamps... probably would be cheaper :cool:
I think its a great idea... cant believe it hasn't been done before.
 
Rob.

Rob.

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why doesn't someone do this already?
i mean. its genius.
as in, unfriggenbelievable that its not been done yet.

im reinventing a broken wheel here.
 
instinctscooter

instinctscooter

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Rob said:
Actually a cheaper idea would be to just make a slot, instead of a 6 sided hole you could just make a square thats the exact size of the most common 1/4th inch nut.
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sort of similar to what I said but with a spanner and they would both work well
 
Victor C.

Victor C.

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Why dont people just not be dumbasses with their SCS, seriously. Mine's come loose 1 time, and its only because the topcap bent in (due to the pressure from the compression bolt). I put an FSA topcap, and its fine, had it for like 4 or 5 months.
 
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