GF
Sr Member
Started working on my shield, I had mine made with a 25" diameter and a 9.5" center.
The brackets are glued in place using JW weld, the most tedious of the process was to shorten one of the brackets to match original design, by doing so I had to fix the bracket tip angles to match countour of the shield, by shortheing the bracket the "V " bracket opening becomes wider affecting tip angles.
I also replaced all the threaded posts to accept proper size and model hex screws, I won't be using any chicago screws here, on the original they used anti theft hex screws, which is a hex screw with a pin in the center so they can't be tampered with, I will also add flush simulated rivets on brackets to ressemble one of the original shield, and all leather straps will have stitched edges. Stay tuned for more progress photos.
GFollano
The brackets are glued in place using JW weld, the most tedious of the process was to shorten one of the brackets to match original design, by doing so I had to fix the bracket tip angles to match countour of the shield, by shortheing the bracket the "V " bracket opening becomes wider affecting tip angles.
I also replaced all the threaded posts to accept proper size and model hex screws, I won't be using any chicago screws here, on the original they used anti theft hex screws, which is a hex screw with a pin in the center so they can't be tampered with, I will also add flush simulated rivets on brackets to ressemble one of the original shield, and all leather straps will have stitched edges. Stay tuned for more progress photos.
GFollano
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