Ha ha I've not got that far ahead yet.
It's a bit too small to actually make functional, and even if I did it would probably pop open when being driven due to poor spring strength.
So it will be some form of permanent fixing i guess.
Mick
KIT No. 98 BUILD
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Re: KIT No. 98 BUILD
Made the top and bottom brackets today.
Bottom one I'd just pressed galvanised steel sheet, but the top one is cast alloy in the original so I needed to mimic that. It was a case of milling a piece of aluminium block to start the profile then filing it to shape before separation from the parent block.
I mounted the parts to a piece of scrap aluminium just to see how they look.
Fiddly but a nice way to spend an afternoon lol.
Bottom one I'd just pressed galvanised steel sheet, but the top one is cast alloy in the original so I needed to mimic that. It was a case of milling a piece of aluminium block to start the profile then filing it to shape before separation from the parent block.
I mounted the parts to a piece of scrap aluminium just to see how they look.
Fiddly but a nice way to spend an afternoon lol.
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Re: KIT No. 98 BUILD
Started to make a full set of catches, making four that will hopefully be pretty similar. Using the old shaping machine to make the top catches in batches.
Found some M1 and M1.4 slotted screws which I can see being useful in the build.
I've just ordered some new needle files as I haven't bought any in years. Making the detail parts involves a lot of filing so I will need them.
Found some M1 and M1.4 slotted screws which I can see being useful in the build.
I've just ordered some new needle files as I haven't bought any in years. Making the detail parts involves a lot of filing so I will need them.