 Front trunk Floor pan, Progress thread |
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| BajaXJ92 |
 Sep 28 2011, 07:49 AM
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Extended Member  Group: Members Posts: 2,146 Joined: 20-April 06 From: Prescott, AZ Member No.: 5,895 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region  |
Wow! Count me in for a front trunk floorpan! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/first.gif)
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| peteyd |
Sep 28 2011, 10:28 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 707 Joined: 27-March 08 From: Elora, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 8,858 Region Association: Canada |
Did some prep work on the blocks of steal so I can more easily move them around.
First drill pilot holes  next drill  Then counter sink  Finally tap...  |
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| peteyd |
Sep 28 2011, 10:29 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 707 Joined: 27-March 08 From: Elora, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 8,858 Region Association: Canada |
Now I can move them onto the mill and drill and power tap all the mounting holes.
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| zymurgist |
Sep 28 2011, 11:18 AM
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"Ace" Mechanic Group: Members Posts: 7,411 Joined: 9-June 05 From: Hagerstown, MD Member No.: 4,238 Region Association: None |
Wow, how much does that thing weigh?
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| injunmort |
Sep 28 2011, 11:34 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,024 Joined: 12-April 10 From: sugarloaf ny Member No.: 11,604 Region Association: North East States |
i will surely be in for one for my '73. really nice.
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| SirAndy |
Sep 28 2011, 12:50 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,638 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(FourBlades @ Sep 28 2011, 06:23 AM)  Having new front suspension attachment points will be really nice on rusty and front hit cars. I don't think the front suspension mounts are part of this as they are spot-welded onto the bottom of the actual floor pan. Also, it looks like the double (triple?) layer reinforcement for the suspension mounting on the inside of the trunk is not part of this. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) |
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| peteyd |
Sep 28 2011, 01:14 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 707 Joined: 27-March 08 From: Elora, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 8,858 Region Association: Canada |
QUOTE(zymurgist @ Sep 28 2011, 09:18 AM) Wow, how much does that thing weigh? The larger piece is around 2300lbs and the smaller piece is around 2000lbs. I have a magnet that is capable of lifting the smaller one, but I don't feel safe doing that. As for the suspension mounts, those will come in time. First I will stamp out the floor pan. Then I need to make a restrike die that will fold the outer edges up in the front and the edges on the side down. |
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| trojanhorsepower |
Sep 28 2011, 06:25 PM
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Very cool.
Thanks for sharing. |
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| shuie |
Sep 29 2011, 05:25 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 352 Joined: 17-May 04 From: baton rouge, la Member No.: 2,075 |
Awesome. Do you have a target date for getting these to market?
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| peteyd |
Sep 29 2011, 06:54 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 707 Joined: 27-March 08 From: Elora, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 8,858 Region Association: Canada |
QUOTE(shuie @ Sep 29 2011, 03:25 PM) Awesome. Do you have a target date for getting these to market? Ahhh, I new the question would come up at some point. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I dont have a target date on when the die is going to be finished. I should have one half on the mill for the end of next week, and then that will take nearly two weeks of milling IIRC. Even after the die comes off the mill, it still needs to be polished, which will take another 2 weeks. There are other dies that I am constantly working on, so there might be another die that has greater priority after this one half is done. Pete |
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| shuie |
Sep 29 2011, 09:04 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 352 Joined: 17-May 04 From: baton rouge, la Member No.: 2,075 |
Pete, thanks for sharing this with us. I am really blown away by what you have to do to get something like a front pan into production. This is a tremendous amount of work. It's really pretty awesome to see the die as a raw block of steel. I'm just excited to learn that RD is doing this.
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| peteyd |
Sep 29 2011, 09:12 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 707 Joined: 27-March 08 From: Elora, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 8,858 Region Association: Canada |
I am glad to share this with everyone. I have loved the 914s since I first saw them when I was 14. It was a Silver 914/6 that was in a road and track magazine I think. I never would have dreamed that 12 years later I would be stamping out Porsche parts and working on keeping these cars on the road. Although my car has yet to see the road. Thats been a work in progress since i was 18...
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| peteyd |
Sep 30 2011, 10:39 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 707 Joined: 27-March 08 From: Elora, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 8,858 Region Association: Canada |
Loading the steal...
  I have to clean up an edge on both X and Y axis to ensure that I can accurately pick up the coordinates, and also indicate the edge so I know the block is on the table straight.  Picking up the coordinates with my edge finder.  I drilled and countersunk all the holes, now Im ready to tap.  |
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| peteyd |
Sep 30 2011, 01:15 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 707 Joined: 27-March 08 From: Elora, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 8,858 Region Association: Canada |
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| peteyd |
Oct 6 2011, 01:31 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 707 Joined: 27-March 08 From: Elora, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 8,858 Region Association: Canada |
Got some work done yesterday, and set the steel up. Indicated the edges and made sure it was straight.
 The 1.5" bullnose cutter has been running for around 15 hours. This is where we are at currently. Another couple hours and we can move onto the 1" ballnose cutter  |
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| BajaXJ92 |
Oct 6 2011, 05:38 PM
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| peteyd |
Oct 6 2011, 08:24 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 707 Joined: 27-March 08 From: Elora, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 8,858 Region Association: Canada |
OK, came back to work later on. There was a massive amount of chips this afternoon, so I pause the mill to clear them all. This is the amount of chips that there were when it finished.
 And here we are from above...  Now I can start the 1" ballnose. It will be finished by the morning so I can fire up the .5" ballnose. That should run for the rest of the weekend on the finishing pass which has a stepover of .003.  |
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| shuie |
Oct 6 2011, 08:31 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 352 Joined: 17-May 04 From: baton rouge, la Member No.: 2,075 |
amazing.
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| dlee6204 |
Oct 6 2011, 08:35 PM
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Howdy Group: Members Posts: 2,162 Joined: 30-April 06 From: Burnsville, NC Member No.: 5,956 |
This is awesome. Thanks for sharing! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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| zymurgist |
Oct 7 2011, 04:28 AM
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QUOTE(dlee6204 @ Oct 6 2011, 10:35 PM) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) |
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