Suspension Ear Jig, Now with purchase and rental info |
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Suspension Ear Jig, Now with purchase and rental info |
McMark |
Feb 26 2019, 09:00 AM
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914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
I made this jig as parts of my Celette bench project, specifically with this yellow car in mind. Finally got to doing the work and this beauty worked perfectly. I'm also surprised by just how far off it would have been by just lining up the new metal with the old. This is inevitable with reproduction parts. But that's just part of the game. Now I know and now I've got the jig to make doing it right a lot easier.
Purchase and Rental: 1. Rental: These will be rentable for $100 for 2 weeks, $150 for a month. 2. Purchase: To own a set, it'll be $350 for the pair or $250 for just the right side. These will take me 2-3 weeks to assemble and ship. Attached thumbnail(s) |
McMark |
Mar 5 2019, 02:44 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
A replacement that large really should be on the Celette bench.
But if you're gonna go without I could make a version where the left and right are attached together. That's still no guarantee things are in the right place though. Going from left to right is a pretty long piece. So small variations get compounded. So if you're basing everything off the left and that's off by 1°, that'll translate to the right being off 25mm or 1". (IMG:style_emoticons/default/yikes.gif) So honestly, I feel like I'd be giving you false confidence. The big scary part is what I mentioned in the original post. The replacement panels don't necessarily match perfectly. Original pieces may be better, but at this point I'd have a hard time trusting any replacement metal. So if you just line things up, you may feel confident, but it may not be right just because the pieces lined up. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) |
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