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Old 26th October 2015, 10:15 PM
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Painted my vice

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and built a bench
ive always wanted a steel bench

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Vice on bench

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Old 26th October 2015, 10:25 PM
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Then i got working on on the transmission tunnel

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Most of the tunnel tacked in place
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Old 26th October 2015, 10:29 PM
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And the view from the drivers seat

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made me a bit giddy
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Old 1st November 2015, 10:27 PM
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Got a bit done on the rear suspension this weekend

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Also got my first chassis plate cut

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And my beautiful distraction

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Old 7th November 2015, 10:52 PM
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So i was given this roll bar its a standard caterham 7 bar

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So my plan is to cut off the original mountings on the thick bar and put a flat bar plate on each end.
Then make a plate the same as cp3 and cp4 and mount them 50mm higher straight above cp3 and cp4 with nuts welded on the inside
Like build a box if this makes sense 50mm high

can anyone see a problem with this

Can i then weld 50mm box section between these boxes with the seat belt anchorage's welded into this bar
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Old 15th November 2015, 10:23 PM
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Ok so im not sure what to do about the roll bar

so i started making some of the chassis plates and despite what people were saying about just buying them laser cut i actually found the fabrication of these plates very rewarding and satisfying maybe its because there is a bit more work involved or maybe its because i saved money who knows.

so i got these drill bits a while ago its amazing the difference a good drill bit makes

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i also got these during this week

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m18x2.5 bar
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Old 15th November 2015, 10:38 PM
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So not sure what to do About the roll bar so when making cp3 and cp4 i cut the roll bar end plates and drilled them on top of each other so they are an exact match

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both plates drilled
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both plates nuts welded
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Old 15th November 2015, 10:45 PM
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Old 16th November 2015, 05:46 PM
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If you have the means to do it,cut a hole in the roll bar plates and put roll bar through it and weld it,it will pull like a bast*rd when you do weld it
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Old 16th November 2015, 10:10 PM
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If you have the means to do it,cut a hole in the roll bar plates and put roll bar through it and weld it,it will pull like a bast*rd when you do weld it
like the main bar will pull towards the centre
and surley welding it to a flat plate would be better than a plate with a big hole
not really sure what you mean
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