iscmatt
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 posted on 14/5/06 at 09:27 PM |
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Help with Rivetting Please!
When rivetting the chassis to attach the floor panel should I drill right through the chassis frame or just through the bottom 'skin' if
you catch my drift
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indykid
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| posted on 14/5/06 at 09:39 PM |
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jut the bottom of the tube!
and sikaflex between floor and tubes too.
hth
tom
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schnelle bak
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| posted on 14/5/06 at 09:41 PM |
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just drill through the first layer off the chassis, so the 2 mm ali plate and the 1,5 mm from the chassis, that's all
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kb58
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| posted on 14/5/06 at 09:50 PM |
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Yikes... yes, what they said. You drill through two surfaces total. One is the sheet you are attaching to the car, and the second is the bottom
surface of the square tubes on the floor. Do NOT continue to drill all the way through. It is neither needed nor necessary.
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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iscmatt
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| posted on 14/5/06 at 09:56 PM |
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Most helpful. Many thanx to you all 
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indykid
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| posted on 14/5/06 at 09:57 PM |
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quite welcome
tom
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Kissy
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| posted on 15/5/06 at 06:33 AM |
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Be worth buying some skin grips to help you (small temporary clamps that pick up on rivet holes, used in the a/c and m/sport industry. That way you
can take the panel off after drilling and de-burr all holes (except the inside of the tube!!). For the floor you'll need approx 5, the more the
better.
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Kissy
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| posted on 15/5/06 at 06:37 AM |
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Like this:
http://www.prifast.co.uk/clamp.htm
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donut
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| posted on 15/5/06 at 07:05 AM |
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Make sure you turn the chassis upside down before you start, makes life alot easier!!
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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