Thought I would share what I am doing . I am enrolled in Greenville Tech taking a Race chassis fabrication course. Spent all of the fall semester doing welding projects as a learning process. Now for the spring semester we are building a 1/2 scale NASCAR chassis. We have a master jig, front frame jig, rear frame jig, truck arm cross member jig and a front under engine cross member jig. You build all the small parts and then add them to the master jig where you start with just the frame rails. Currently the frame is complete, the sheet metal is complete and we are finishing up the roll cage and various bars that are part of the complete assembly.
Here are a few picks of what it looks like. It is a faithful 1/2 scale replica. We have plenty of real cars to compare it to. A few things have to be left off as there just isn't a practical way to fit them in the smaller scale. In the first pic you can see the frame hanging on the wall that he takes to the local High Schools trying to generate interest in the program. Plus it is the "go by" to copy.
Sheet Metal,
Beginnings of the roll cage,
Its a lot of fun and quit the challenge as you only have so many parts that come with instructions. The rest you have to just fill in the blank. The frame has sizes and angles. The sheet metal has sizes but you have to adjust slightly to make sure each piece fits your chassis. The roll cage comes with dimensions for tubing cut length and bend angles but they are slightly long so that you can fit them together.
I will have to bring my camera home and load the cage pics this week. We have it down to the last 6 or 8 pieces.
Doug
Here are a few picks of what it looks like. It is a faithful 1/2 scale replica. We have plenty of real cars to compare it to. A few things have to be left off as there just isn't a practical way to fit them in the smaller scale. In the first pic you can see the frame hanging on the wall that he takes to the local High Schools trying to generate interest in the program. Plus it is the "go by" to copy.
Sheet Metal,
Beginnings of the roll cage,
Its a lot of fun and quit the challenge as you only have so many parts that come with instructions. The rest you have to just fill in the blank. The frame has sizes and angles. The sheet metal has sizes but you have to adjust slightly to make sure each piece fits your chassis. The roll cage comes with dimensions for tubing cut length and bend angles but they are slightly long so that you can fit them together.
I will have to bring my camera home and load the cage pics this week. We have it down to the last 6 or 8 pieces.
Doug
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