Body work continues bit by bit with a goal of this Saturday for completion.
A small detail that has been bugging me: from the factory, the drilled the mounting holes for the guard mount off center. Me no like. My OCD wouldn’t allow me to look at bolt heads hanging off to the side. That’s insane.
So I found some scrap of the correct size in stainless, and I cut it up, had it bent in the Press Brake…
then drilled and tapped for 1/4x20, which is what 98% of all the Rail mounts I’ve dealt with have been. (This one is smaller, so… it’s weird)
I used stainless so it wouldn’t crack in the press brake (because I only had CRS or Stainless, no Mild). Regardless. For this build it will be painted to match the frames. I prefer that look over the zinc plating they used originally.
I made some extras, so I’m going to polish them and offer them up.
A small detail that has been bugging me: from the factory, the drilled the mounting holes for the guard mount off center. Me no like. My OCD wouldn’t allow me to look at bolt heads hanging off to the side. That’s insane.
So I found some scrap of the correct size in stainless, and I cut it up, had it bent in the Press Brake…
then drilled and tapped for 1/4x20, which is what 98% of all the Rail mounts I’ve dealt with have been. (This one is smaller, so… it’s weird)
I used stainless so it wouldn’t crack in the press brake (because I only had CRS or Stainless, no Mild). Regardless. For this build it will be painted to match the frames. I prefer that look over the zinc plating they used originally.
I made some extras, so I’m going to polish them and offer them up.
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