Introduction

[BareClawz]

just don,t use a sledge hammer

Not at all?
Bet I do at some point
certainly for the dismantling of the donor lol
Incidentally I have already found a source for 25x25 tubing as well as various thicknesses of plate from a local engineering skip and will be trying another later this week. I have a friend who has a small garage business and he's looking out for a suitable MOT failure and has said he has some Maxi balljoints somewhere in the back store that will come my way.
Another hobby I have involves considerable amounts of fibreglass work so I might well make my own nosecone and wings even a scuttle and bonnet. If I do I might get all fancy and use carbon fibre as I have access to some

Steve

[gingea1pom]

Morning Steve,

Where are you located, get yourself to the end of
this thread and get Tately to add you to the
map

cheers Ginge

[Bonzo]

A very warm welcome to the forum Steve

Now't wrong with a sledge hammer if you have the energy to swing it

Best wishes for the build when you make a start

[Ryan]

You have found a great forum here. If you ever get stuck just ask and someone will be along with an answer pretty soon. Good luck with your build.

Cheers

Ryan.

[graeme.webb1@ntlworld.com]

Originally Posted by Bonzo

A very warm welcome to the forum Steve

Now't wrong with a sledge hammer if you have the energy to swing it

Best wishes for the build when you make a start

Now you tell me not use a slege hammer!!

[BareClawz]

Large hammers are wonderful and sometimes needed. Once upon a time I was changing the engine in a Marina and wanted to get the spigot bearing out of the flywheel. Having failed to get it out with a screwdriver the next step was to pack the hole with grease, find a drift the right size and belt it, which usually works. Not this time. Many hard hits later it was still there. In frustration I picked up a 2lb lump hammer, hit the drift and out the bearing popped just like it should have. Big hammers teach manners lol
I went to the 2nd engineering place yesterday and they only use 25x25x3 so no joy there, But they use lots of 1,3,5 and 10 plate and will let me rumage and they'll even cut to size and apply bends for me

Steve

[John.W]

Hi steve

I bought a Passat off a REME Crafty in the late eighties in Minden, he only sold it because he couldn't get the front discs off. A good dink with a smallish hammer from a 432 track bashing kit did the trick first time

All the best with your build

John

[twinturbo]

..... Large hammers .....


I just refere to these as an Engineers Fettle.

TT