Stator covers

[croat1]

a gentleman by the name of Sonny Fricia is making stator covers for our beloved R's.....here are some samples of what he has made:

[tosaw]

Those look great!

[Tbone07]

Those units look sick

[croat1]

Titanium….

[2ndmoto]

Crazy to think how much of the titanium is purchased, just to be removed during machining.

[croat1]

^^^^

Here’s a picture for reference on the material removed on the outside.  Part is then milled on the inside.  These are aluminum.

Joe

[The norm]

A lot of folks don’t realize that a “billet”part started out as a solid block of material. Joe and some of the other machinists on here know and have machined parts from a “billet” or block of material so they can tell you first hand that most of the material gets thrown in the scrap bin. I’m sure that is why billet parts are more expensive than cast.
Loren

[All250R]

A lot of folks don’t realize that a “billet”part started out as a solid block of material. Joe and some of the other machinists on here know and have machined parts from a “billet” or block of material so they can tell you first hand that most of the material gets thrown in the scrap bin. I’m sure that is why billet parts are more expensive than cast.
Loren

yea, I wonder what the cost is on that block of aluminum before it's milled? I imagine the scrap can be gathered and turned back into useful stock, but that's not something I have experience with.

[SFricia]

An aluminum stator cover will yield $2-$3 in scrap chips.