>Hey Group ... Best Of Holiday Wishes To All,
>
>After many years of wanting to put together a metal shop of some sort I am
>finally doing so. I now have a foot sheer to go along with my brake. Now I
>am trying to decide what the next tools should be ...
>
>One of my goals is too be able to make a chassis of any size and shape I
>may need. It looks like on commercially made chassis the corners have the
>flaps "spot" welded together. Who can tell me how this is done on
>aluminum?
With a spotwelder.
>I remember the spot welders from metal shop in jr. high school
>and spot welding tin together ... is this all that is needed to put
>aluminum together?
>Another possibility is to weld the corners of the
>chassis together but I fear the needed equipment to do this would be very
>expensive?
>
roger that.
>Any suggestions or help would be appreciated. If I can become equipped and
>able to turn out a nice chassis I have considered making them available to
>fellow homebrewers.
>
In my experiences with 8170s, 8171s, et cetera, 1/8" 6061T6 aluminum
plate makes a rigid-enough chassis. The chassis is merely a shelf in
the box, so no bent metal is needed. . PEM nuts/ alum. rt. angle stock
make 4 corner fasteners. See Good, Bad, Ugly photos on Web site. See
PEM nut photos.
>
cheers, Terry
>
- Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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