Hello but I'm not building a Haynes roadster, quite

[HandyAndy]

Originally Posted by Davey

Cutting the tubes for the 'bones is fun isn't it?

D.

I always thought the same, UNTIL Spud showed me a way to do it that takes a few minutes per cut,

tho i admit, the more you do the easier it gets , done lots lately

a little tip.......don,t "think" how the mitre should look like when its finished before you start, as that puzzles the thought process, well it does with me

cheers
andy

[Davey]

Cheers dude, done lots of tube mitreing(SP) in the past but its always been big stuff and cut with a gas axe believe it or not. This small bore thin stuff is tricky

D.

[Davey]

Well its been an up and down sort of week for me, work has been quiet but that's nothing new just before a major show (Boat caravan and outdoor show next week at NEC) as many people are hoping to pick up a bargain there. Bought suspension mounting brackets from Rogue engineering via Ebay and they arrived on Tuesday then ordered bush tubes and bush kit from 3GE which arrived on Thursday (Cheers Jon ) and finally got round to setting out the rear wishbones yesterday. Fab'd up the bottom wishbones yesterday and made the top ones today. I'm really building up a dislike for this thin walled small bore tube mitreing(SP?) game, (give me 2 metre dia 19mm wall tube and a gas axe any day) although I am getting better with every cut.

Anyway here's a phone photo of the finished (who am I kidding ) rear end.

D.

My own website will be updates with more detail and photos tomorrow.

[HandyAndy]

some nice progress there Davey, looking good

ah.... the fishmouths eh???

easy peasey .....tho i,ve only ever done them on the tubes for the Roadster

cheers
andy

[Davey]

Webshite updated .

D.

[Davey]

I stripped the rear end down again the week before last to fully weld the wishbone mounting brackets and today is the first real day I've been able to get back at it (had a really good show at the NEC last week and booked plenty of work in ). Re-assembled the rear suspension this afternoon and dropped it back onto my 5" blocks so that I can set out the front end next. Here's a phone shot of me doing the obligatory brum brum bit!

D.

[HandyAndy]

soon be getting the staff to push you around the workshop so that your brum brum noises mean you are actually moving

Nice work

cheers
andy

[Davey]

I wish but as the only "staff" at the moment is my wife running the office its not very likely. I've just been languishing in the bath and toying with the stupid idea of putting a 125CC Piaggio scooter engine in (its lying in the corner of the workshop and came off a quad bike my son and his mate bought before Christmas), strictly for "testing" purposes you understand .

D.

[HandyAndy]

what????? putting the scooter engine in the bath or in the chassis????

As for the "staff" situation........you could always put full size mirrors along one side wall of the workshop..............double you staff count instantly

I,ll bring my team of Huskies down, hitch em up to your chassis & you can make brum brum noises for miles

cheers
andy

[Davey]

Well I was thinking of putting the scooter lump in the chassis, could make a fun video for U tube . Thanks for the offer of the huskies (another interesting video sequence in the making), we have a Dexter who is a ten year old, 35 KG Staffie Boxer cross, I reckon he could pull it along at a fair lick on his own 'cos if I don't use a Halti when I walk him its like walking a landy in low range with all the diff locks in .

D.