coozer
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| posted on 15/10/11 at 07:03 PM |
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Fabbing a chassis? How long?
Just been knocking up some engine mounts and thinking of bumper brackets, along with radius arm brackets, they seem to take up a lot of time with the
hacksaw. Although, I am using 6mm plate....
How long does it take to knock a chassis up these days, presuming I buy a ready cut kit of box section?
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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tegwin
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| posted on 15/10/11 at 07:14 PM |
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How long is a piece of string..
I recon I could do it in a weekend assuming I had atleast 5 packets of dark chocolate hobnobs to power me through the welding smoke!
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big_wasa
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| posted on 15/10/11 at 07:23 PM |
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I did the bassic chassis in one weekend. Cutting everything as I went.
 
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steve m
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| posted on 15/10/11 at 07:51 PM |
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From memory, a couple of weeks, but that was interupted with work and a cleaning job!!
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hicost
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| posted on 15/10/11 at 09:47 PM |
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Chassis
Well I drove my car into the garage in 2004 and drove a new car out of the garage 4 weeks later. New chassis painted and ready.
"I cant do that without accidentally grabbing hold of the work of the divine potter"
 
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NigeEss
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| posted on 15/10/11 at 10:14 PM |
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Weeks ??
I'm measuring my fab in years 
Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.................Douglas Adams.
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tomprescott
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| posted on 16/10/11 at 07:53 AM |
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Or you could buy one? I have a RC book chassis for sale....u2u me if interested...
A bird in the hand....
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 16/10/11 at 08:30 AM |
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Took me 4 or 5 years!
It got to the point where I said "either I finish it,or it goes"... so I finished it...
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Steve Hignett
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| posted on 16/10/11 at 08:30 AM |
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Took me 7 hours, maybe 7h15mins for me to make my round tube chassis... Pics Here:-
http://locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=132958
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kb58
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| posted on 16/10/11 at 04:15 PM |
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"How long does it take to build a house?" Your answer depends on about a million things. Is this for fun - or are you under a 16-hr a day
work schedule where you'll be shot if you fail? Are you an artist at fabrication or make a lot of mistakes and have to redo everything 3 times?
Do you have every piece of equipment to make it go smoothly, or just a hacksaw and files?
Seriously, figure 30 minutes per tube end, and probably about the same for each bracket. And that's if everything goes perfectly.
If you're not having fun, what's the point?
Mid-engine Locost - http://www.midlana.com
And the book - http://www.lulu.com/shop/kurt-bilinski/midlana/paperback/product-21330662.html
Kimini - a tube-frame, carbon shell, Honda Prelude VTEC mid-engine Mini: http://www.kimini.com
And its book -
http://www.lulu.com/shop/kurt-bilinski/kimini-how-to-design-and-build-a-mid-engine-sports-car-from-scratch/paperback/product-4858803.html
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Alan B
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| posted on 19/10/11 at 03:56 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by kb58
........a 16-hr a day work schedule where you'll be shot if you fail? .........
Kurt, do we have the same boss?
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