hellojello
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I'm sure some people here have tried making a back plate... just can't seem to find any schematics or cad draw ups for it. any help would be appreciated!
DIY back plate
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Kingmob3
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11" hole to hole is the standard for blot placement, the rest is up to the manufacturer in terms of size and bend. with the cost of a good plate, don't be expecting any one to give you there cad files for one.
Take a look at things on the board like the freedom plate(just singles, like the old plastic plates, but in SS), and a few other things, there are a lot of intresting ideas that you could choose to incorporate.
Allen
Take a look at things on the board like the freedom plate(just singles, like the old plastic plates, but in SS), and a few other things, there are a lot of intresting ideas that you could choose to incorporate.
Allen
DJ Johnny Mac
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Should be pretty easy if you have access to a metal brake. Just measure one out and use that as a rough guide. like King3 said, size/bend is up to you (the manufacturer). Try multiple degrees of bends till you get the shape that is most comfortable to you (the end user).
I saw one the other day shaped like an "I", small for travel, yet had all the connection points in the right places.
Just remember that 11" center to center is standard.
Good Luck
I saw one the other day shaped like an "I", small for travel, yet had all the connection points in the right places.
Just remember that 11" center to center is standard.
Good Luck
CFDAlden
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Here's a design I've been playing around with. Local places are quoting close to $130 for aluminum. 
arvin0630
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this is a great help for the black plate i plan on working on.. thanks very much for sharing this!!!
Eric Sedletzky
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Are you looking to make your own plate to save money or for the satisfaction of the craft?
If you are looking to make a conventional plate just to save money, IMO you are wasting your time. I would just get something like a Hammerhead plate and then round over all the edges yourself. The time and cost involved to make a plate one-off would be much more than just buying one.
If you are looking to get really inovative and come up with something entirely different then designing and making something from your own design is the only way to do it.
I know becase I am the originator of the Freedom Plate. I designed and made this plate due to my disatifaction and frustration at how conventional plates worked for single tank use.
Some skeptics have told me that regular plates work just fine for single tank use and laugh at me for making these for a problem that doesn't exist, but until they actually try one they have no way of knowing how well they work and why I designed what I did.
If my plates are such a joke (to a few) then why after I make a run do they sell out in less than two days?
And why have I not had one return because somebody didn't like it?
They're just gealous.
Get creative and go out on a limb. Create something that will really change the direction of diving.
If you are looking to make a conventional plate just to save money, IMO you are wasting your time. I would just get something like a Hammerhead plate and then round over all the edges yourself. The time and cost involved to make a plate one-off would be much more than just buying one.
If you are looking to get really inovative and come up with something entirely different then designing and making something from your own design is the only way to do it.
I know becase I am the originator of the Freedom Plate. I designed and made this plate due to my disatifaction and frustration at how conventional plates worked for single tank use.
Some skeptics have told me that regular plates work just fine for single tank use and laugh at me for making these for a problem that doesn't exist, but until they actually try one they have no way of knowing how well they work and why I designed what I did.
If my plates are such a joke (to a few) then why after I make a run do they sell out in less than two days?
And why have I not had one return because somebody didn't like it?
They're just gealous.
Get creative and go out on a limb. Create something that will really change the direction of diving.
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