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[Retro_10s]

That fire extinguisher looks incredibile,. ..Brilliant candidate for a  fuel tank, those rivets and brass fittings will suit this really well. 

 

I love that you're going to have crack (definitely no pun intended) at casting your own parts too! looking forward to that section.

[JDImini]

That fire extinguisher looks incredibile,. ..Brilliant candidate for a  fuel tank, those rivets and brass fittings will suit this really well. 

 

I love that you're going to have crack (definitely no pun intended) at casting your own parts too! looking forward to that section.

Hi Retro_10s, I'm making the patterns but don't have the capabilities to do my own casting, so I've found a local foundry in West Molesey

[nicklouse]

Loving this thread. Only just come to it from your FEA question.

[JDImini]

Not a huge amount of progress this weekend, just filling and smoothing the patterns and no photos

[JDImini]

and a bit more of the same this weekend

 

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thanks for looking

 

cheers Darren

[JDImini]

And a bit of painting 

 

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And then dropped back on to making the armour plating which can just be seen between the leaf springs and ash frame

 

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[johnR]

Not much progress this weekend, although I did manage to get out to pick up some metal for the armour plating during the week from a great local company Rudgewick Metals

 

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I started cutting and drilling the armour plating

 

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I also need to thank Jack Kerr a young local blacksmith - JK Forge for helping shape the thicker steelwork 

 

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Armour plating - are changing it into a tank or looking to make a roadtrip to Ukraine?

[JDImini]

Not had much time over the last month.

 

This weekend has been "drilling it round when it aught to be square" - a bad misquote from Bernard Cribbins "Hole in the ground"

 

These are washers that need square holes for the bolts

 

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[JDImini]

Had a delivery today from the foundry, fingers crossed the the patterns I made have worked and the ductile iron castings will be strong enough. I'm really please how they look

 

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[Designer]

Looking amazing, have missed reading this project. Interesting that you painted the patterns before sending them to the foundry, any specific reason for doing so. Just to highlight well deserved pride in a great job maybe ?

[JDImini]

Looking amazing, have missed reading this project. Interesting that you painted the patterns before sending them to the foundry, any specific reason for doing so. Just to highlight well deserved pride in a great job maybe ?

Thank you, I was pleased with how the pattern came out, just thought having a smooth finish would be better to release the pattern from the sand.

[JDImini]

This is who I used for the castings, very please with the results and comms with Nick

 

http://www.fbullettandco.co.uk/

[Designer]

HI,

 

How is this fantastic project progressing, any further updates?

[JDImini]

HI,

 

How is this fantastic project progressing, any further updates?

 

Hi, Thanks for the message, unfortunately no progress on this project, just waiting for the weather to pick up as it's an outside job and need some headspace to work out what I do with the castings.

Cheers Darren  

[JDImini]

At last starting to surface after what has seemed like a long winter. One of my next tasks will be welding the front suspension mounts so I've just finished off a faux riveted steel welding screen to protect the cars in the garage when I start welding. I thought it would be a quick job but estimating is clearly not a strong point of mine. It's finished, took me longer and cost more than if I bought a screen

 

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