Pauls Slots 4 Report post Posted May 31, 2020 Hi all, Looking for set up / build plate or board. Need for chassis construction with multiple hoes for pins. Thanks, Paul Quote Try Harder, if you dont fail your not trying hard enough Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charlesx 55 Report post Posted May 31, 2020 (edited) Hobbies Plus in Palmerston North New Zealand has one for sale I think but they are not cheap. Sure they are available world wide or at least States side. $ 167 NZ plus postage. Precision PS2003 or something like that. He has lots of cheaper ones but this one has all the pins and adjustment holes. Or you could make your own one. Regards Chas Le Breton Edited May 31, 2020 by charlesx Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gazza 77 Report post Posted May 31, 2020 Found a good one in the states, $80 odd dollars, with the exchange it doubled then with postage bought it to about $230, no thanks. Building your own sounds like a far better, and cheaper, option. Quote Quickly read this post before it is deleted or i turn grey again Gary http://www.facebook.com/Rallyproxy2017 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chrisguyw 41 Report post Posted May 31, 2020 (edited) 8 hours ago, gazza said: Found a good one in the states, $80 odd dollars, with the exchange it doubled then with postage bought it to about $230, no thanks. Building your own sounds like a far better, and cheaper, option. A quality jig is worth its weight in gold........it not only can be used for scratchbuilding, but, it is also extremely worthwhile for plastic car set up,.....ensuring that the chassis is both square and flat, and also for installing/aligning front end axle tubes etc. That said, more chassis have been built over the years using a home made jig from a piece of slate, plywood etc. and I dare say I have built many more chassis on home made jigs than not !! Regardless whether you go "bought" or "made", a jig is very important in getting the best handling from any chassis. Cheers Chris Walker Edited May 31, 2020 by Chrisguyw 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chrisguyw 41 Report post Posted May 31, 2020 9 hours ago, charlesx said: Hobbies Plus in Palmerston North New Zealand has one for sale I think but they are not cheap. Sure they are available world wide or at least States side. $ 167 NZ plus postage. Precision PS2003 or something like that. He has lots of cheaper ones but this one has all the pins and adjustment holes. Or you could make your own one. Regards Chas Le Breton I think that PS2003 is a 1/24 jig for "tuning fork" type chassis. While it may well work for some of your longer wheelbase 1/32 cars, it is far from ideal..........PS2201 (metric 1/32 scratchbuilder) is the most universal for 1/32 cars.............or, make your own !! Cheers Chris Walker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wobble 106 Report post Posted May 31, 2020 Dunno how flash you want to go, but if you want it for soldering with "holes for pins", one of these might work for starters https://www.ebay.com/sch/sis.html?_nkw=Ceramic+Honeycomb+Soldering+Board+Heating+For+Gas+Stove+Head+135x95x13mm+Ne+L5J3&_id=302570448219&&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2658 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charlesx 55 Report post Posted June 1, 2020 (edited) Hi all. I have one based on an electronic circuit breadboard not unlike the ones you mention Wobble. Beauty of Precision ones is they are all marked out and provided with pins, measurements etc. I will attach a picture of mine but I just hammered in nails where I wanted at time. Would not be difficult to set-up properly. This was made for 1/32 but a 1/24th one would be just as easy. Regards Chas Le Breton (charlesx) Edited June 1, 2020 by charlesx Add picture Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pauls Slots 4 Report post Posted June 14, 2020 Hi Lads, I will look into the circuit boar d for a try (Thanks Charlesx) Will chase the Percision Slot car jig. See if we can get them from a local supplier some where in Aus. I am currently using a ceramic tile 150mm square. With scribe lines etc. Works ok Looking for the next best thing?? Thanks again, Paul Quote Try Harder, if you dont fail your not trying hard enough Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chrisguyw 41 Report post Posted June 14, 2020 (edited) Hi Paul, If the "Precision" jig is, either too costly, or currently unavailable,...........try looking at the "basic jig" sold by Slot Car Corner (and I am sure others). It goes for $16.99 US (they sell the pins separately $9.99, or you could cut some from piano wire). It is a ceramic board, which is obviously just fine for soldering on, and it has masses of holes (as you can see) so wheelbase, track, and chassis rail alignment points should be easy to adjust...........you just need to check twice on the pin locations, as the masses of holes do play tricks on the eyes I have seen some really nice chassis' built using this jig.......although the jig is not solely responsible Cheers Chris Walker Edited June 14, 2020 by Chrisguyw Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peter Gunn 84 Report post Posted June 14, 2020 Have that board here Chris bought it online under jewellers product it,s ceramic and came with 12 aluminium pins that fit in those holes to keep what ever your soldering steady , great for odd shapes as well Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peter Gunn 84 Report post Posted June 15, 2020 This is the board and i forgot it has 20 pins over here the place to get both is Cooksongold in Birmingham www.cooksongold.com, there are 3 sizes of board mine is the medium one and the price is here £17-23 which includes VAT and P&P i have no idea of the postage to down under . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chrisguyw 41 Report post Posted June 15, 2020 If that is the Medium size, the Small might just do the trick,.....unless you want to build 4 chassis at a time Cheers Chris Walker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rosco01 72 Report post Posted June 16, 2020 I have built two Cooper chassis on a jeweler's tile - they came out really well. Only concern with them was that some of the ceramic broke away on the edges of the holes. They are solder and heat proof.... but brittle. I am waiting for a Precision board and a few extras to arrive from Michigan... may be a month or more yet... the wind must be blowing in the wrong direction - I think the slow boat is coming the long way around... I did go for the 1/32 metric board, as Chris W suggests... I will hold off on making a start on my two Torana chassis builds until it arrives. Wheels done, doing body work now... frats, Rosco Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slotbaker 9 Report post Posted June 16, 2020 Yes, these Ceramic Blocks work pretty well. The surface isn't bad (not perfectly flat) but if you get 2, and lap one against the other you end up with 2 reasonably good blocks. The blocks like Chris shows are spot on, but spensive. Quote Steve K. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites