Having a push at the minute to try and get things done.

Today I finnished my wishbones and remade the front of the chassis to remove the 'ears'

Having an hf tig makes all the diference. So gald I made the bulk buy now.

Heres how it looked to start with
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heres the new bones. I'll get a piccie of the new front soon.

[Edited on 4/10/07 by emsfactory]
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Looking very good. Everytime I show someone steel welding with the TIG they are amazed - the most common comment is where is the spatter?? Maybe time to get some new boots though eh??

Cheers

Yeh tig is the dogs.
This is the comfiest footware I have. Few years left in them yet

[Edited on 5/10/07 by emsfactory]

I started playing with my powder coater today.
Great fun. The powder looks like it could make one hell of a mess!

I did have an electric oven for curing but my wee bro has stripped it for bits for one of his projects, so it was the old heat gun im afraid.

It worked OK. the surface being directly heated tended to get little fish eyes in it. Not sure if it was from the gun actually blowing crap onto the surface.

The other side of the parts cured nicely.

That was my first go at powder coating and I'd reccomend it. I bought one of the £100 odd quid sets and it seems good enough.

I undid the air feed and scraped all the crud out from inside first.

I did my trailig arms and my top bones.

I still have to put coilover brakets on the lower bones and then i'll do them too.

before
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After
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top bones before and after
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starting to mock up the front end
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the fronts coming on
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I'll get the coilover mounts done tommorrow.

Need to make a panhard rod too.
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Made a start on fixing the odd chasis dialgonals today. Not sure why it was done that way but I didn't want to leave it like that.

Heres what it looked like when I took the sides off
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new rails in place
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Made the fuel tank up, still to fit the sender unit.
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Also made up my headlight brackets. Like the caterham style with the lights high up so thought i'd try that. It should also mean i wont have to have a repeater on the wing. I'll hopefully be able to run the cables through the curved bar so ther wont be any cables visible outside.
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different angle
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Indicator position. Still have to make up some light housings
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Did a bit of work today and got the back axle back together. I've got a bit more to do on the rear end and then I can start getting the rear end back together.
Its amazing how something heavy and awkward like an axle, or elbow clipper, manages to always be exactly where you wanna be.
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Finally got started on the bonnet mould today.
I am going to make the bonnet and scuttle in one piece, hopefully with a cowel thing over the steering wheel.

I'll leave the silicone to set over night. I'll build it up with foam and more wood tomorrow.

[Edited on 4/1/08 by emsfactory]
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stiffeners
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steel stiffeners added and I sprayed expanding foam over the full thing to make the surface, hopefully go rigid.
Also threw all the long thin bit of junk I had lying about in it to try and add stifness. I dont want it to ping back out when I undo the clamps!

steel stiffeners added and I sprayed expanding foam over the full thing to make the surface, hopefully go rigid.
Also threw all the long thin bit of junk I had lying about in it to try and add stifness. I dont want it to ping back out when I undo the clamps!
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I do like what you're doing here! Who rolled the ally bonnet?

[Edited on 5/1/08 by richard thomas]

I made the bonnet. Its not rolled though.
It was pulled over the curve with ratchet straps and clamped in place with some 40x40 box.
I have tried before to make an ally bonnet but the curves were never perfect tbh.

I'll hopefully get a good shape using grp.

Had a bit of a crappy morning. I had gel coated the nose up yesterday with the intention of glassing it today.
I had to move the mould before i could put the glass on and half the bloody gel coat released.
I wasn't too pleased but poo happens.

Had to start over again but used a hotter dose so it could set quicker. managed to get the glass and a couple of stiffeners on too.
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Taaa Daaaaa.
Now I get to start the block work and building the rolled edge for the cockpit.
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from the side
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Pretty much finnished the filling now.
Really want to get some filler primer on it but the weather is not great, I have to paint it outside.

[Edited on 19/1/08 by emsfactory]
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hooray!!! a couple of dry if not rather cold hours today saw a layer if primer put on.
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I had blended in some of the welds on the roll bar too and I think it looks quite good from the back now.
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