Kenny
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| posted on 19/5/02 at 09:07 AM |
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Stainless steel chassis?
Hello I am new here as I am considering building a locost.
I am a tig welder by trade and i have in my possesion a tig inverter suitable for welding stainless.
I have thought about constructing a chassis out of stainless as there are no painting ,coating,rust worry's.
But I havent priced stainless box yet,is it a lot more expensive than steel,and are there any other problems I may encounter other than stainless
being a bit harder to drill and cut?
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UncleFista
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| posted on 19/5/02 at 10:31 AM |
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I know someone on the other list is building a stainless chassis, so its feasible 
A "bit" harder ? It'll probably feel a fair bit more harder than a "bit" when you're cutting and grinding 
It would look cracking though, no paint, just a shiny stainless chassis, classy
Post on the Yahoo list asking who it is who's building a stainless chassis, then ask him for pointers, its definitely started, dunno about finished
but its off the drawing board...
Tony Bond / UncleFista
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Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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Alan B
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| posted on 19/5/02 at 01:32 PM |
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I know someone on the other list is building a stainless chassis, so its feasible
Tony, that would be Dr Hess.
http://home.flash.net/~hess/papillon.htm
Kenny,
With your background Stainless should be no problem (except harder work and more expensive), anyone else who isn't experienced in stainless I'd say
forget it
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Kenny
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 posted on 19/5/02 at 03:59 PM |
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Thanks for your help I am certainly going to look into it.
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paulf
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| posted on 19/5/02 at 08:58 PM |
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quote:
Hello I am new here as I am considering building a locost.
I am a tig welder by trade and i have in my possesion a tig inverter suitable for welding stainless.
I have thought about constructing a chassis out of stainless as there are no painting ,coating,rust worry's.
But I havent priced stainless box yet,is it a lot more expensive than steel,and are there any other problems I may encounter other than stainless
being a bit harder to drill and cut?
I work in the food industry and work a lot with stainless, it would look good but i find that where it is used in machinery subject to vibration it is
very suscepible to stress cracking. The plus side is that it would be easier to see any cracks that develop.I would not use it for wishbones or other
suspension parts.
Paul.
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