Can I cut the axle grooves angled instead of bending the axles?

Andy

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Doing a car for a work competition so I'm not going to have time for an axle bender. If I do the cuts real accurate I can't see how there's much different.
 
I'm not sure I understand the question in your subject line, but you don't need an axle bender to bend an axle.

Insert the axle into the wheel and mark where the inner hub stops on the axle. Use a dremel, or whatever you were going to use for speed groves, to cut a bending groove into your axle at that mark.

Chuck it up in a vice (inside an axle straightener if you have one), and bend it by hand or with a hammer as shown in this video:

 
Are your talking about your dominant front wheel axles? I think that you are going to want to have some bend in the axle to help adjust the amount of steer in the car. It is not that difficult to do. John has a video showing who to do it.

You can find it the axle bending video here
You can find a pdf with typical axle bend angles here
 
Yes, I see what you mean about adjusting steer. I will give the video a try, it is certainly doable with my tools.
 
Are you talking about cutting the axle slots in the body on a can't and inserting straight axles? If so, your cuts would have to be perfect, then inserting the axles and wheels correctly across from each other would be challenge also.
Shoot for 3 degrees if you try.