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Post by kiwicanfly on Feb 14, 2016 23:20:30 GMT
I found the best way to cut the panels was to buy the smallest router blade I could find and put it im my drill , drill a pilot hole and then and insert the router bit and follow the guide mark, his cuts slowly but accurately and does not chip then tidy up with a small sanding drum (kit sold by screwfix 19906)
For plain round holes in GRP or carbon I found the stepped taper drill bits fantastic, they also deal nicely with sheet metal and tubes  For none round holes I used a dremmel cutting disk to remove most of the waste then a dremmel drum sander to finish. |
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Post by kerob1labs on Feb 15, 2016 9:18:35 GMT
You are not that far, I'm in Cambridge and surprisingly not a single flake of snow around here! Apart from the exhaust manifold and some elbows, it's all aluminium. I don't do welding, so where I could I "rivnuted" to bold bars. To fit the engine (ST170) I asked for help to do this mod: www.dropbox.com/s/f9u5hqe63v3ktgb/IMG_20150815_165829.jpgThis is an old photo, so the puller is well placed, fuse box is not there, rear bulkhead changed, etc...Using the ST170 manifold, I had no problems with the cat. And you may see from the first photo that I rose (has been risen!!) the bar where the steering column is attached. Because I'm using fancy (and higher) seats, my knees were catching the steering column and that would be a big IVA fail. This mod also improved the comfort! Cheers, Marcio. |
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