NSR Chassis Flattener

[HomeRacingWorld]

This just in...

[Bal r 14]

So where can you buy it and how much? It would really be handy for my Scale Auto cars.

[JCIS4ME]

Gotta have it! Love gadgets!
Marty
T.R. Raceway
Toms River NJ

[4424ever]

A steel plate and hot water does the same thing 😎

[chrisguyw]

Hot water/steel plate likely does a better job !!!

[Kevan]

Well it doesn't matter because as you can already see people are queueing up to buy it.

[Kevan]

...and hot water can wreck a chassis in a few seconds...been there, done that, got the T-shirt.

[WB2]

This might be the thing for chassis that have been painted.
I “ruined” a SlotIt Porsche chassis using the boiling water method. The paint must have been water based, as the flattening process attacked the paint.

[JCIS4ME]

#4.2

Kevan commented
Today, 02:02 PM
"Well it doesn't matter because as you can already see people are queueing up to buy it."

Just call me the "TOOL MAN" got to have any type of tool or gadgets! ARGH ARGH ARGH!!!!!
Marty
T.R.Raceway
Toms River NJ

[Pappy]

I did the hot water in the oven thing on three Racer/Sideways Daytona Prototype chassis. It made them brittle and all three of them broke. I tried it on an NSR chassis and it melted it.

Looks like this tool might work.

[4424ever]

Hot (not boiling) water does the trick for me so I’ll stick with that even though I’m a definite tool guy 😂

[Michael Squier]

Any idea what temperature is best? With a kitchen thermometer it’s pretty easy to control the heat before boiling.

[Kevan]

I have maybe 100 cars and only ever tried to straighten one chassis with hot water, a SlotIt Opel DTM, it was boiling water and badly distorted the chassis...this was about 5 years ago...I've not felt the need to try again.

[slothead]

There's quite a difference between 'hot' and 'boiling'. The hot water method has worked for me, wouldn't dare try boiling water. Just hot enough to soften or 'relax' the plastic is all that's needed. No need to use a sledge hammer to kill a mosquito.

How the chassis cools probably also has an effect of the outcome. I left the chassis in the water overnight and let everything cool back down to room temperature slowly.

[4424ever]

Joe that’s the only way I have ever done it seems to work fine for me

[OXO cube]

yes steel plate + lots of the magnets i have accumulated + hot water works for me

now warped /twisted bodies ? thats a different matter , a straightener for those would be great

must admit it does look the part though

[Kevan]

Hot water works for warped bodyshells, hot enough that you can keep your finger in without burning is safest...works wonders on resin and 3D bodyshells too.
Hold bodyshell in the water for 10 seconds, take out and straighten bodyshell, run under cold water whilst holding it straight, repeat if necessary.
...bear in mind heat welded interiors can hold a warp into a bodyshell.

[mattb]

Are warped frames and bodies a common problem with 1/32 rtr cars?

[Kevan]

I'd say not uncommon rather than common.

[chrisguyw]

Common enough Matt.

[Pappy]

Matt, you know how guys will buy a dozen motors in hopes they will get one fast one. I buy a dozen chassis in hopes that I will get one straight one.

[Pappy]

LOL
Do you mean he was looking for a straight one? LOL

[Tuner28]

You haven’t had much luck have you?

[4424ever]

I did totally ruin a 69 Nova body with water that was too hot
It was garbage in less than 3 seconds
Dont know if I’m right or not but I firmly believe the colour of the moulding affects weather it is workable easily or delicate