Derek, would have been easier (and much quicker!) to grind the square bits down to round
On Jun 10, 9:23 am, Derek Engelhaupt <tan...@gmail.com> wrote: > I hated cutting suspension arms especially because I used carriage bolts > (square holes). I had to drill the approximate hole size after cutting the > arm to length on a steel cutting chop saw and then use my Skill saw to cut > out the square. Once the square was close, I used a file to clean up the > edges of the hole and do the final fitting. Very time consuming indeed. > Then the bar stock I used was fairly thin. So thin that the square part of > the bolt interfered with getting the nut tight. Rather than start over with > a different design, I squared out some holes on some large washers to act as > spacers. Had to go through the whole process a second time. And then a > third time to mate the carriage bolts to the chassis. Ended up having to > make 48 square holes.... > > Derek > T065 > > On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 6:05 PM, Clark Ward Jr <ki4...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > No fear on that, Derek, my boat-battling buddy Mike Mangus won't send > > me the FV103 plans until he sees video of the Sherman rolling around & > > shooting :) I got more done on fiberglassing the M4's hull bottom, > > and I'm 1/6th done with the steel suspension arms. > > > -- > > Clark in Georgia > > M4 Sherman- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to rctankcombat@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, send email to rctankcombat-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
