How can i make a lip in 2mm steel to overlap another sheet?
If no-one knows how to do it with 2mm steel i could (plan B) do it with .8mm ali.

Can you get your hands on a joggle tool. This would allow you to joggle the one plate and then overlap the other one so that it is flush.

SOmething like the attached pic.

As above but 2mm seems hard going. Why are you willing to go from 2mm steel to 0.8mm aluminum?! What’s the 2mm for then??

Its for the back panel. I need to secure it round the tranny tunnel. I couldnt make tabs on the panel itself as it wouldnt drop over the the tunnel.

2mm steel plate for the tranny tunnel

Unless its structural... thats NUTS!... go for .8 ali...(Even thats a little on the thick side IMHO

[Edited on 6/11/08 by tegwin]

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Originally posted by tegwin
2mm steel plate for the tranny tunnel

Unless its structural... thats NUTS!... go for .8 ali...(Even thats a little on the thick side IMHO

[Edited on 6/11/08 by tegwin]

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I've used 1.2 ally to panel the interior (including rear bulkhead) and TBH it's thicker than necessary. I'd do it with 0.8 or 1.0 next time.

2.0mm steel sheet is bordering on armour plated

I used 1.5 or 1.6mm ali - that was more than sufficient, and quite a bit of work!

Ok. Well i now have a (rather thick) template but il make an ali one.
Cheers guys

as above, steel is simply not needed, far less 2mm. Plastic sheet would be more than sufficient as has been used by some.

The rear bulkhead on the MNR Vortx is Plastic

As above, panel on my Vortx is plastic

Kevlar reinforcement not needed?