AP2289 Build log 'stage 2'

[tkb289]

Nice work Glen ... how did you make the holes, use a drill press or use something like a Greenlee punch?

[xb-60]

Hi Tim,
Thanks. No, didn't use a punch, just used 25mm and 12mm twist drills for my 2mm sheet
More to the story of course. I drilled a 25mm hole and a 12mm hole in a piece of 8mm thick mild steel bar and then I clamped the 8mm bar, the 2mm alum. alloy sheet and a short length of hardwood decking (around 70mm x 12mm section) down onto the table of my pedestal drill. The holes in the steel bar served as the guide for the drill bits and the hardwood supplied something solid enough so that the drill wouldn't grab as it slowly drilled through the alloy sheet. I had also marked up the hole positions and drilled 6mm pilot holes, but even still, as it's just an ordinary drill press, each hole position required checking and rechecking a number of times to get it right.
Turned out quite well.

Cheers,
Glen

[1795]

Turned out very well Glen. You were smart to sandwich that alloy as I imagine that it would have caught in the bit and twisted if you were trying to drill that on it's own.

Moving along nicely.

Jim

[xb-60]

Photo bucket - what a disappointing outfit!
Looks like I have lost all of my pictures that I placed in Photobucket and linked to my build threads.
I will attempt to rebuild my two build logs.

Cheers
Glen

edit: replaced affected pictures in this thread

[xb-60]

Doing some prelim work prior to fitting the final drive....under the supervision of the site manager....



Pity that the whole right rear as well as the coil overs and mounting brackets have to be removed to be able to fit the diff. Darn cold out in the garage too!

Cheers,
Glen

[1795]

Glen,

I fully understand. I do not look forward to having to having to perform any repairs on the differential or rear brakes (beyond pads), as it requires the removal of a lt of different parts.

My dog sue vises me as well, but she is much more sedentary in it.

Jim

[xb-60]

Just reminiscing....cluttered as it might seem to be in this picture....



....here's my garage last year before the Alfa moved out and the Cobra moved in. NOW it's REALLY cluttered.

If you look closely you can see the Toploader sitting there....'waiting' for a future time of glory in its next life in a Cobra.

Melodramatic, you might say? Well, it's a cold, wet Sunday afternoon and I don't have a heater out there !

Cheers!
Glen