Kiwi_Roy Posted June 15, 2016 Posted June 15, 2016 My VII Sport is naked as the day it was born, I'm thinking I might benefit from some sort of a screen on the John Day trip but I don't have time to source one. Would someone with a fly screen make me a pattern so I can knock one up out of aluminum I guess I'll need dimensions and some idea of the brackets also. Thanks Roy PS Hopefully better than the one I made for the EV last time I was in John Day, LOL Never Mind, I found an image I can copy. I must warn you, it won't be pretty.
czakky Posted June 15, 2016 Posted June 15, 2016 Oh no, that can't go on your V11 for a few reasons...
Kiwi_Roy Posted June 16, 2016 Author Posted June 16, 2016 I found a small picture of one on the www and blew it up to life size then pasted it to my sheet metal Transferred the image by spraying over it with some quick dry paint. Cut it out with my trusty Aviation snips, it's best to rough cut first so you end up with a narrow strip then smoothed all around the edge with a file and emery cloth. I bent it around a large pipe in the basement them test fitted it, looked good enough. Before assembly I brushed the inside surface with a brass wire wheel to dull the surface and hide imperfections then sprayed it with conformal coating which just happened to be in reach I should note I never measure anything when I'm making brackets, just pop rivet both sides together so they end up the same shape, I feel it's more pleasing to the eye than regular parallel lines A regular hand coping saw makes short work of 1/8" aluminum. 3
Kiwi_Roy Posted June 16, 2016 Author Posted June 16, 2016 Thanks, I cut that one out with a pair of scissors in the parking lot. Better than nothing is all I can say LOL Sent from my shoe phone!
Yeahoo Whoyah Posted July 4, 2016 Posted July 4, 2016 Hey Kiwi_Roy, could you post a pic of the finished product you come up with for the ride to John Day, thanks!
Kiwi_Roy Posted July 4, 2016 Author Posted July 4, 2016 Complete with assorted flys?Will take one tonight, I was very pleased with how it worked BTW. The only thing I would do different is run it through an English Wheel and add a bit more curve to the top so it doesn't look straight in the side view. 1
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