albertz
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| posted on 16/5/04 at 06:56 PM |
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Sidepanels
What have most people done regarding side panels i.e. have you made them one piece from front to rear, or in two sections as per the book with a line
of rivets?
Cheers
Albertz.
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JoelP
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| posted on 16/5/04 at 07:08 PM |
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mines not book, its got flat sides, but i did one piece of 18g/22g (cant remember which) welded in fully. looks a bit industrial but works well.
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Hellfire
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| posted on 16/5/04 at 09:02 PM |
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We've got FG panels and we have PU adhesive'd them on.
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 16/5/04 at 09:20 PM |
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I did mine as per the book except for the front sections. If you can do yours in one go, you're a better man than me!
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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SeaBass
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| posted on 16/5/04 at 09:36 PM |
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We manufactured ours in a single piece. It's perfectly doable just more of a fiddle. Make up a decent template and you'll be fine.
http://www.bass2dark.freeserve.co.uk/170703/170703.htm
Cheers
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ray.h.
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| posted on 16/5/04 at 11:09 PM |
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We made up cardboard templates and moved the holes around untill they all looked ok.Not hard but very time consuming but it meant the stainless ones
fitted first time,thank god.
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DavidM
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| posted on 16/5/04 at 11:16 PM |
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One piece in 1.5 mm aluminium. Make all the mistakes on cardboard templates and grow a couple of extra pairs of hands and it's easy.
 
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albertz
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| posted on 17/5/04 at 07:05 AM |
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Thanks for the help. I have made a cardboard template for each side and hopefully it should be a case of transferring it onto the Zintec (using 1.0
Zintec as a replacement for the expensive Alu).
On the front section of the side panel, at the bottom edge, have you radiused it, or bent it to form a right angle? On my templates i have bent it to
right angle, but i am noticing that some people have radiused this area instead. Is there any particular reason for that? cosmetics, simplicity?
Albertz
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redeye
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| posted on 17/5/04 at 12:06 PM |
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did mine in one piece aswell
looks better than i line of rivets down the side
i also radiused the bottom, just looks better i reckon
 
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DavidM
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| posted on 18/5/04 at 08:19 PM |
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Neither, did mine at 45 degrees.
ish!
[Edited on 18/5/04 by DavidM]
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