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1953 Colchester Student Mk1 6" gap bed - A restoration project
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<blockquote data-quote="mygoggie" data-source="post: 1038996" data-attributes="member: 18916"><p>If there is one job I do not like then it is joining strips of material with 45? corners.</p><p></p><p>Anyway ... need to get the larger spacer made today. I had my cut-off and my table saw out so I cut all the things I needed. Strips for the water purificaction project, some small plates for the Pajero project and then lastly the strips for the electrical box spacer required in this project. All done with a di-am?nd blade as fibreglass just loves to eat saw blades for breakfast.</p><p></p><p>The strips all cut out with corners cut to 45?.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/Ss0gY7BH/IMG-20210123-104050.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I could not find any chloroform or ether in town so I have to make another plan. Me thinks it is time for a mechanical joint. I cut small dove tail slots in each corner so that my Sika expoxy can lock into these slots and bond the strips together as a mechanical joint. No, nothing except ether or chloroform glues Perspex.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/G2kqFTrt/IMG-20210123-104037.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Corners and slots cleaned and epoxy applied.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/MGfsGrFy/IMG-20210123-105715.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>All strips laid out ready for clamping. Yes, I did a dry clamping run before this! :winkwink:</p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/MH554kn8/IMG-20210123-105725.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Clamps in position holding the strips in place until the epoxy is cured.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/WzTSXpbn/IMG-20210123-110946.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Now onto working on the <a href="https://www.avforums.co.za/index.php/topic,92210.0.html" target="_blank">white metal casting project</a>. I need to make a water cooling circuit.</p><p></p><p> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite26" alt=":coffee:" title="Coffee :coffee:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":coffee:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mygoggie, post: 1038996, member: 18916"] If there is one job I do not like then it is joining strips of material with 45? corners. Anyway ... need to get the larger spacer made today. I had my cut-off and my table saw out so I cut all the things I needed. Strips for the water purificaction project, some small plates for the Pajero project and then lastly the strips for the electrical box spacer required in this project. All done with a di-am?nd blade as fibreglass just loves to eat saw blades for breakfast. The strips all cut out with corners cut to 45?. [IMG]https://i.postimg.cc/Ss0gY7BH/IMG-20210123-104050.jpg[/IMG] I could not find any chloroform or ether in town so I have to make another plan. Me thinks it is time for a mechanical joint. I cut small dove tail slots in each corner so that my Sika expoxy can lock into these slots and bond the strips together as a mechanical joint. No, nothing except ether or chloroform glues Perspex. [IMG]https://i.postimg.cc/G2kqFTrt/IMG-20210123-104037.jpg[/IMG] Corners and slots cleaned and epoxy applied. [IMG]https://i.postimg.cc/MGfsGrFy/IMG-20210123-105715.jpg[/IMG] All strips laid out ready for clamping. Yes, I did a dry clamping run before this! :winkwink: [IMG]https://i.postimg.cc/MH554kn8/IMG-20210123-105725.jpg[/IMG] Clamps in position holding the strips in place until the epoxy is cured. [IMG]https://i.postimg.cc/WzTSXpbn/IMG-20210123-110946.jpg[/IMG] Now onto working on the [url=https://www.avforums.co.za/index.php/topic,92210.0.html]white metal casting project[/url]. I need to make a water cooling circuit. :coffee: [/QUOTE]
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