New month and a bit further on, the first stage of the rear end is all tacked up. So it's now time to start putting the chassis plates on, I got these from 3GE and they are beautifly laser cut shame my welding skills arn't as good.

I mentioned last time that I got hold of a Rage 3 Mitre Saw and as others have found the clamps are not that good, aftyer a bit of head scratching I had a simple way of making them better. Very easy to do just grind/file a flat on the circular edge as shown on the pics.

New toys and a bit further with the build

Not updated in a while reason being hav'nt been feeling to well. So what has been done, well the the chassis is now starting to look like a real chassis top rails are now on and a start has been made to the rear section.

I also decieded to invest in some new tools namly a bench drill, bench grinder, bench sander, a 9" Angle grinder and a Rage 3 Mitre saw, not the most expensive you can buy but should serve me well for the build. So far I am very impressed with the Rage saw it cuts steel nicely and very cleanly, it's also good for wood plastics and ali so it should be good for a lot of household chores.
I was was having a lot of grief with the welding blowing holes a change to 0.6mm wire has helped a lot but I could still not see what I was welding too well so I have now got a Parweld helmet and god has that made a difference it's in a different league to the cheap E Bay one I foolishly bought and was not that much more expensive so a good tip there don't get the cheapies from E Bay..

Progress

Better week this week, managed to get the base square and level. So thats all tacked together and then turned over to check if it's a mirror image.

Did make one slight cockup, managed to put one of the uprights in the wrong place but soon rectifed, although I may have to move it again depending on what gearbox I deciede upon.

The front frame was a lot easier than I thought it would be and now the base is nice and square it's great to see the rest of the frame lining up nicely.

What a Week

What a week, started to construct the base of the car on the building board and managed by a combination of not pay attention and a square that was'nt square to make a complete cock up. I thought when I started that it was going to well, ah well.

I only discovered the errors when I turned the whole lot over to tack the other side. I tried untacking it but and reallining but it started to look messy so I will order some more steel from Armoto and try again.

Not wishing to waste the metal I knocked up a welding trolly nothing special but it will serve it's purpose a sort of Haynes Mk 1 and a bit

Hi all


Right the first time I've ever done a Blog, so here goes. Hopefully over the next few? years you should see the Haynes Roadster take shape. It will be very much to the Book, as of yet I'm still undecided on the engine, at present the thinking is Pinto with Bike Carbs but I could yet be swayed to a K Series.



First job was to clear the garage and gain some workspace as you can see it was in a bit of a mess

Anyway a bit of hard graft and hey presto a tidy garage and help from Mad Dog Pippin.

Now the fun begins