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Chassis Straps

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 Rich in OZ
Posted on Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 06:24 pm:   

It's a bit quiet at work at the moment, so I thought I'd have a go at making a press tool to knock out some chassis straps. I figure the width the radius on the ends, hole sizes and those funky little strengthening ribs are all the same.
What I need is the overall lengths of different models.
So come on guys I know some people would kill for some replica type straps.

 carl aus
Posted on Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 07:39 pm:   

rich, carlo here from melbourne, i need chassis straps bad!!!!!!!!!
ok ill measure the ones i need
ok they are of the rd100 head: overall length = 3 3/8"
middle of hole to middle of hole = 2 5/8"
and i just measured my hd130 2x10": overal length= 4 7/8".
middle of hole to middle of hole: 4 1/8"
widths are all the same. I really need the smaller ones done so knock me up some and tell us how much you want for your time.
someone get measurements beause i might be out a bit, alsways good to measure twice.

 Rich
Posted on Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 08:39 pm:   

You live in Oz how about using mm

 c.
Posted on Thursday, April 07, 2005 - 03:40 am:   

i dont understand what you just said??

 Rich
Posted on Thursday, April 07, 2005 - 02:21 pm:   

In Australia feet and inches are no longer used, we now use metres and centimeters. 1 centimeter is divisable by 10 these small increments are called millimetres or mm for short.
So I need the dimensions in "mm", because when I converted your dimensions, then measured my chassis straps, I had a 3mm (1/8") difference. I figure they would not have 2 chassis straps with only 3 mm difference, it's not practical or economical.
So get out your metric ruler and try again...
Thanks

 Carl.
Posted on Thursday, April 07, 2005 - 11:16 pm:   

ha ha ha
sorry man
i thought you were using mm as an abreviation for musicman
"you live in oz, how about using musicman?"
sorry rich!!!
ok
210" hd = total length = 127mm
hole to hole= 108.5mm
100rd Head = total= 89mm
hole to hole = 71mm
crazy
i found that using " i could get it to fall on the line on the ruler, i guess because they are american amps they are measured in inches to begin with, but if your working with metric tools...
please someone more measurements, dont let rich make these according to my measurements!

 Rich
Posted on Friday, April 08, 2005 - 03:29 am:   

Cool
I had a go @ the tool today with suprisingly good result. I've now got a week off but will continue the job next week.

 Graham Heath (gheath)
Username: gheath
Registered: 03-2009
Posted on Tuesday, June 02, 2009 - 10:32 am:   

Hi Rich
Any chance you'd make some for a Pom?
I need 2, 88mm long, 19mm wide, fixing holes 70mm apart, edge to centre of hole 9mm to fit a 112RP65 combo
Cheers
Graham