Guest joe Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Considering replacing the instrument panel (on a thruster) presently made out of alloy; does one simply measure up & cut out with a jigsaw or is there more to it? would anyone know of such a service in SE QLD? Is alloy the bestto use or are there more suitable materials to use? any advice greatly appreciated. cheers, Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pylon500 Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 The material you make the panel from is not overly important, but the quality of workmanship will be right in front of you, so you need to do a neat job. Commercial Alloy sheet is OK (between 1.0~1.6mm) but if you can get to an airport and try to bludge a bit of say fifty thou, 2024 (0.050"_2024-T3 Alclad to be technical!) this will cut and file better than commercial. DON'T use a scriber to mark out, they say to use a B pencil, but I generally use a Texta! A handy tool will be a 'Fly Cutter' to do the circular holes, much better than a coping saw or like. Get a new 8" half round 'Hand 2nd Cut' file and maybe a 2~20mm tapered reamer (#T4920 at Dick Smiths ~$15.00) to 'adjust' some of the holes! ;) Arthur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest joe Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Arthur, again thankyou for your pearls of wisdom mate. cheers, Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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