Iwant to do a 1" step dge on the side ally on my car but want to overlap by 1". I have seen the Clarke one but has o size. Anyone know where i can get one?

Or is there a 'locost' way of doing it?


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[Edited on 21/9/07 by donut]

It's possible (with a regular sized Locost) to do it all with an 8' sheet of ali if you want to avoid the join line.

Cheers,
James

[Edited on 21/9/07 by James]

how important is the 1 " ?

I have the clarke joggler but not having it with me I cannot give exact measuemet but the overlap is around 15 - 20 mm.

The step is not that big, maybe 1 mm.

James

I wanted to do it in 2 sheets as i like the run of rivets down the side....however.... on returning home i found that i made a cock up with the measurements and am now going to have to have 3 pieces down each side. Not a problem really but need to overlap the sheets so they look good.

Gotta be 1".

Note to self: Bloody well measure properly in future you dumb ass!

[Edited on 21/9/07 by donut]

The other option is to use a thin strip of ali riveted to both panels, twice as many rivets but the panels will be flush.

Dan

it would look more 1940's / 50's fighter then - which is not a bad look at all.

(makes note to consider this when he finally gets round to the body work).

I made my own simple joggler... worked really well!

Basically i got 2 lengths of 25mm box section and 2 lengths if 10mm wide strip. welded the strip to the box section and then made 4 'uprights out of 3" pieces of box section welded to my steel workbench. make as wide as you like. feed in the sheet and thump with a hammer....



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[Edited on 21/9/07 by DaveFJ]

^^^^^what he said but I used a vice to gently squeeze them together. And it's quiter for the neighbours as well

Great ideas chaps. i'll see what i can ust in't garage [thumbs up]