Chassis plates

[RAYLEE29]

just my 2p's worth all my chassis plates are made form bits of scrap from the local scrap metal dealers
I go there don a hardhat and vest look around pick up a few bits and pay £1 a kilo for mild steel my build cost is currently only twice what your quoting for the chassis plates
it can be done on the cheap but it will take longer
the choice is yours chaps
Ray

[londonsean69]

I have to visit a steel fabricators for work next week, so will be asking for a look in their scrap bin!!

I have cut a lot of my own, but the 10mm stuff, and the 5" pipe are from 3GE.

Sean

[ACE HIGH]

Buy yourself a top of the line Bosch jig saw.Use only the Bosch blades, learn how to set it. I use say speed 2 out of 5.The blades are about $3 NZ dollars.I have tried the same Bosch blades on 2 other "named brands"same settings,not as good.My Bosch saw was purchased in 1996,so good is it that I immediately sold my old oxy/acetelene set and purchased a new oxy/propane set(LPG) that I have a BBQ bottle for that I own,no more acetelene to rent or buy.These saws will,with sharp blades easily cut 6mm plate,3mm easy,6 mm is the recommended limit.I have cut 4 metres of 10 mm plate at a time with mine but DONT recommend it,I rested it between cuts to stop it burning out.I own 2 of the jigsaws,no more crude gas cutting for me.No way will you ever earn money unless you are a brain surgeon or politition,to replace your time,plus of course you can do it in your spare time.As I keep saying on my post's,be a builder not an assembler and gain some real world skills,any one can assemble a car out of ready made parts but think of the satisfaction of learning and doing it yourself,plus of course it will be much easier on your home life if you are married with kids!!David

[ACE HIGH]

Now this will stir you along!,40 years ago myself and my mates would have all scribed out the lines for these plates,drilled holes(3mm)around them all including 10/12 mm and hacksawed and ground them all of and thought nothing of it.We had no money and it would have been the only choice,and we would have made a neat job.Some of you guys on this forum must have more money than you know what to do with or you are getting soft!!!David

[HandyAndy]

some of us still do what you say you did 40 yrs ago,

andy
ps, as you know from previous posts, my build budget is mega tight

[mr henderson]

Originally Posted by ACE HIGH

Now this will stir you along!,40 years ago myself and my mates would have all scribed out the lines for these plates,drilled holes(3mm)around them all including 10/12 mm and hacksawed and ground them all of and thought nothing of it.We had no money and it would have been the only choice,and we would have made a neat job.Some of you guys on this forum must have more money than you know what to do with or you are getting soft!!!David

3mm drills, hacksaws, grinding equipment, stock? You had all that and reckoned you were short of money? Point of view thing, I reckon. We couldn't afford any of that stuff. We would have had to find scrap and beat it to shape between two rocks!

[oldtimer]

We used to dream of having 2 rocks..........

[HandyAndy]

Originally Posted by oldtimer

We used to dream of having 2 rocks..........

this reminds me of a Monty Python sketch,

"you were lucky ! we lived in a shoe box " etc

made me smile this sunny sunday morning

andy