Weight Weenie Specialized S-Works Spider

[jadekim]

Wow, isn't it possible? awesome work!!

[4ibanez]

Can't wait to get one of these with Extralite MC rings and red extrabolts bolts. Lower weight and better aesthetics... win win!

[Qman]

I'm working on making three new spiders for Weight Weenie members. Here's some photos of the progress.

[MichaelB]

WOOT

[XCProMD]

Top notch!

[moomoonel]

[thebuny]

Just find this topic now. Amazing work! As a mechanical engineer and user of solid works and ANSYS sometimes I just want to have some cnc machine near!

Keep updating photos please!

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[Qman]

Three spiders machine on top surface. Now flip over and machine bottom.

[MichaelB]

Looking good !!

[Qman]

Machining the back side:



Three spiders finished machining:


Polishing:



Now I just need to anodize them. I do have the design and programming done for a 130mm spider, so I may make that first so that I can anodize them all together:

[beanbiken]

It truly blows me away what you can achieve............. WOW

[MichaelB]

Top notch.

Eagerly waiting on mine

[Qman]

I've machined the 130mm spider:




I pulled out some old 53/39 chainrings to make sure they fit, and pulled the cranks off my bike to check the fit for the 130mm spider onto the crank:



Fits perfectly!

Now I have four spiders ready, sent off to get anodized.

[MichaelB]

Standing by to standby !!!

[Qman]

They've been sent to anodizing and I expect to get them back Thursday or Friday.
The 130mm spider turned out very well. I changed the manufacturing process to make it a little more efficient, and changed the fixturing to get more consistent dimensions.
Now I'm tempted to put a 130mm on my bike because I think it will look really good! Too bad I have so many hills around here...