My Elio Alternate Project Is Underway.

[JEBar]

that group looks like they've reached the take your time ----- BUT HURRY stage ....

 

[84mpg]

This was a tough one. I fiddled for hours this morning surrounding how I was going to locate the roll bars in place, as they are literally 2 bent poles standing completely unsupported, other than some 2" long larger tubes the ends sit in that are welded to the chassis to locate their 'feet', for want of a better word.

I imagined all sorts of apparatus bolted to the bench, gauged off nodes on the chassis, and then simplicity struck me ...

I made 2 very simple 'floating jigs' from some angle iron that simply clamp to the front downtubes, and rear downtubes, that simply square everything up, took me most of the day to figure out the jigs that only took me a half hour to make, and they work brilliantly

Might be a bit hard to tell what you're looking at here

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That jig will work perfectly. Simple is hard to see sometimes. We tend (at least I do) to make things harder or more complex than necessary. Be sure to hold onto this jig for your upcoming orders! Don't lose 'em!

Hey.... the jig can just be welded in place for a "Mad Max/Road Warrior" version of your roadster!

 

[Mark BEX]

That jig will work perfectly. Simple is hard to see sometimes. We tend (at least I do) to make things harder or more complex than necessary. Be sure to hold onto this jig for your upcoming orders! Don't lose 'em!

Measurements are logged, and as you can see it's nothing more than 2 pieces of 1.5" angle iron with some bracing to hold them at the right angles. .

 

[JEBar]

you are most certainly moving closer to having your production partner build the first production level frame

 

[Mark BEX]

you are most certainly moving closer to having your production partner build the first production level frame

Week's holiday coming up starting Oct 1st, in which time I will madly be trying to get as much of the chassis done as possible to take to them the following week.

 

[JEBar]

OUTSTANDING .... truly .... OUTSTANDING

 

[84mpg]

Yes…. That’s awesome! Big step closer!

 

[Mark BEX]

Laser cutting some door hinge mounts tomorrow, trying a sytem that will self jig their position, and just spent hours doing the nesting, bit like a jigsaw puzzle ...

 

[84mpg]

No one can accuse you of wasting material!!

 

[JEBar]

whoever sets up the machine to cut your pattern has to really know his/her business