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How much box section?
john-t5 - 27/9/13 at 03:00 PM

Sorry if this has been asked before. Done a search & could'nt find anything.

Just looking for a starting point to give me a rough idea of cost to build a Haynes chassis. How much box section should I need to order?

Cheers John

joneh - 27/9/13 at 03:13 PM

6 lenghts of 25x25x1.5mm ERW

2 lenghts of 19x19x1.5mm ERW

Lenghts tend to be 6m.

Or add up the numbers in the back of the book!

iank - 27/9/13 at 03:15 PM

Bottom of this page for a cutting list

http://www.tamarisktechnicals.com/pages/roadster.html

ETA agrees with joneh

[Edited on 27/9/13 by iank]

Andy S - 27/9/13 at 03:17 PM

And then add 50% more for all the times you only measured once -

Volvorsport - 27/9/13 at 03:32 PM

http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=185504

john-t5 - 27/9/13 at 09:30 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Andy S
And then add 50% more for all the times you only measured once -


That's more what I was asking. Not bad at cutting, but realistically I'm not going to get every one right. I'm sure most people are the same.

Cheers John

Slimy38 - 28/9/13 at 08:27 AM

So far I reckon I've wasted about a metre in offcuts, the only major cockups I've made were on the front part of the suspension as the measurements I had were wrong (too short!). Turns out it was a blessing in disguise as Phil at Talon described a much better way of putting it together.

I cut my pieces as I went, only doing two at a time where they are a matching pair on either side of the car.

I went for 6 x 25 and 2 x 19, as joneh describes.

[Edited on 28/9/13 by Slimy38]