Roll Cage

makeitfit · 05-04-2015, 22:27

Can you tell what it is yet ?

don simon · 05-04-2015, 22:29

Removable roof section for the ejector seat?

Sweety · 05-04-2015, 22:42

Either it's a drawing of how your going to do a rear roll cage for the T2 or a poss rear window blank if you turn the Troll into a pick up/ tray back

AlexD333 · 05-04-2015, 22:55

Clueless I'm afraid

makeitfit · 05-04-2015, 22:59

Sweety is nearest

Now what's he going to plump for ?

Sweety · 05-04-2015, 23:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by makeitfit

Sweety is nearest

Now what's he going to plump for ?

I'll go for drawing & template for the rear cage in the Mav

makeitfit · 05-04-2015, 23:15

Bugger, short quiz it is then

don simon · 05-04-2015, 23:23

If it isn't a removable roof section for an ejector seat, it bloody well should be.

makeitfit · 05-04-2015, 23:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by don simon

If it isn't a removable roof section for an ejector seat, it bloody well should be.

It isn't but I'll look into it

AlexD333 · 06-04-2015, 00:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by makeitfit

It isn't but I'll look into it

And to think I stayed up to find out too... I'm off to bed!

*pours coffee away*

makeitfit · 18-04-2015, 20:42

I did a bit more on the roll cage

Sweety · 20-04-2015, 13:09

I forgot all about this

what did I win Pete

interested to see how this comes out

makeitfit · 20-04-2015, 21:26

Your prize is all my experimenting

BBC and all that

Anyway for your prize winning delight , here's this afternoon's mayhem

To cut a long story short I couldn't really get a satisfactory tight bend so went up to the blacksmiths to use his big bender

Unfortunately it kind of broke

In the process got a nasty kink where we didn't want one. He said he'd get me a new length of tube and sort it out. In the end that one got bent in the wrong place , even with my template

Anyroad up , I came away with a load of tube at half price and some internal sleeving.
I did the waist line bends to suit the shell and got this

Internal diameter of the CDS is 40mm as best I could measure it. Got some 40 mm tube with 6mm wall thickness and tried to makeitfit

As you know, a 40mm tube wont fit in a 40mm hole. So after a clean up and a session in the freezer I got this

Then after a bit more polishing got these two parts joined with a 5mm gap for the weld pool.

Plug in one hungry son and then this happened

Now I have the main hoop ready for final tweaking

Here's the weld after a quick clean up

I'm sure some racing rules will say I can't do this but tuff, it's done

It's done in a place where the diagonal will be welded to anyway so in my mind it'll be flippin fine

solarman216 · 20-04-2015, 21:32

What is the diameter of the pipe Pete? looks a bit small to me, Rick

makeitfit · 20-04-2015, 21:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by solarman216

What is the diameter of the pipe Pete? looks a bit small to me, Rick

47.5mm o/d and 3.25mm wall

Seems big enough to me

05-04-2015, 22:27	#1
makeitfit Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: on the beach WEST WALES Vehicle: Maverick TDi BLACK mmm Posts: 15,136	Roll Cage Can you tell what it is yet ?

20-04-2015, 21:32	#14
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05-04-2015, 22:29	#2
don simon Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Gone. Vehicle: Terrano ii Posts: 2,215	Removable roof section for the ejector seat?

05-04-2015, 22:42	#3
Sweety Senior Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Northumberland Vehicle: Terrano 2.7TDI SE LWB Posts: 3,604	Either it's a drawing of how your going to do a rear roll cage for the T2 or a poss rear window blank if you turn the Troll into a pick up/ tray back

05-04-2015, 22:55	#4
AlexD333 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Uk Vehicle: 2004 Terrano 2.7 TDI Posts: 7,847	Clueless I'm afraid

05-04-2015, 22:59	#5
makeitfit Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: on the beach WEST WALES Vehicle: Maverick TDi BLACK mmm Posts: 15,136	Sweety is nearest Now what's he going to plump for ?

05-04-2015, 23:15	#7
makeitfit Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: on the beach WEST WALES Vehicle: Maverick TDi BLACK mmm Posts: 15,136	Bugger, short quiz it is then

05-04-2015, 23:23	#8
don simon Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Gone. Vehicle: Terrano ii Posts: 2,215	If it isn't a removable roof section for an ejector seat, it bloody well should be.

18-04-2015, 20:42	#11
makeitfit Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: on the beach WEST WALES Vehicle: Maverick TDi BLACK mmm Posts: 15,136	I did a bit more on the roll cage

20-04-2015, 13:09	#12
Sweety Senior Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Northumberland Vehicle: Terrano 2.7TDI SE LWB Posts: 3,604	I forgot all about this what did I win Pete interested to see how this comes out

20-04-2015, 21:26	#13
makeitfit Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: on the beach WEST WALES Vehicle: Maverick TDi BLACK mmm Posts: 15,136	Your prize is all my experimenting BBC and all that Anyway for your prize winning delight , here's this afternoon's mayhem To cut a long story short I couldn't really get a satisfactory tight bend so went up to the blacksmiths to use his big bender Unfortunately it kind of broke In the process got a nasty kink where we didn't want one. He said he'd get me a new length of tube and sort it out. In the end that one got bent in the wrong place , even with my template Anyroad up , I came away with a load of tube at half price and some internal sleeving. I did the waist line bends to suit the shell and got this Internal diameter of the CDS is 40mm as best I could measure it. Got some 40 mm tube with 6mm wall thickness and tried to makeitfit As you know, a 40mm tube wont fit in a 40mm hole. So after a clean up and a session in the freezer I got this Then after a bit more polishing got these two parts joined with a 5mm gap for the weld pool. Plug in one hungry son and then this happened Now I have the main hoop ready for final tweaking Here's the weld after a quick clean up I'm sure some racing rules will say I can't do this but tuff, it's done It's done in a place where the diagonal will be welded to anyway so in my mind it'll be flippin fine