I have this brake rotor that my son and I picked up at the last Baltimore GP. So once again I was moving it in my cluttered little shop and I suddenly realized that:
- It's in the way and I should get rid of it
- It has 12 bolts that hold it to the center hub
- I need to make a clock out of it
So how can I cut away the back 2/3rds of this rotor to add lightness and hang on a wall?
Find someone with a Bridgeport. Buy that person some beer.
In reply to noddaz :
Forget the lightness requirement, and hang on the wall with a beefy nail/heavy hanger thingy.
The clock thing is a good idea. At our last car show, someone donated two Formula 1 carbon fiber brake rotors for the silent auction, with the logs for them. That would have been a perfect use for one.
Carbide burr + netflix + beer?
Blanchard grinder for the win, could also do a lathe but interrupted cut or a brigeport with a fly cutter - same story interrupted cut. I would probably either leave it thick or find a shop with a Blanchard grinder. But its a lot of grinding.
Indy-Guy said:
Forget the lightness requirement, and hang on the wall with a beefy nail/heavy hanger thingy.
That's what I'd do. Having to pay someone to mill it down is not the Grassroots way.