That looks great, what aluminum do you use for your brackets and where did your source it?
I used an aluminum sign blank. It's .080 aluminum. Perfect for the brackets. Search for them online.
That looks great, what aluminum do you use for your brackets and where did your source it?
That looks great, what aluminum do you use for your brackets and where did your source it?
Finished handle brackets. Couldn't be happier with how they turned out.
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That is some excellent bracket work! Real Rivets? Are your metal pentagons attached to the brackets by just the one screw at the top of each or is there more underneath that I can't see? I'm curious about the distribution of weight on the pentagons if it's just the one screw and its not centered in the pentagon.
Sorry if this was answered but I didn't see it mentioned; what size T-Nuts are people using? And what was the bolt (with washers) connecting the strap corners to the main bracket? Also I assume the metal rectangle rings are 1 1/2" x 1/2" since the leather straps are 1 1/2".
The Ace Hardware I went to only had tee nuts in one thread size but two different lengths. I went with the longer of the two (probably about 1" in height). The shorter ones were 1/2" and probably wouldn't have been tall enough. I used allen head cap screws to thread into the tee nuts. I didn't want to use washers on the top of the pentagon strap brackets (because of appearance) so I drilled my holes as small as possible and threaded the allen screws through the pentagons into the tee nuts. Washers are placed underneath the pentagons (around the tee nuts) to space the pentagons from the actual bracket so my cap screws are tightening down the pentagons onto the washers and not the tee nut itself. Basically the pentagons and brackets are sandwiching the washers as spacers.
Sorry if this was answered but I didn't see it mentioned; what size T-Nuts are people using? And what was the bolt (with washers) connecting the strap corners to the main bracket? Also I assume the metal rectangle rings are 1 1/2" x 1/2" since the leather straps are 1 1/2".
Valor, is the Duplicolor Metal Cast paint the way to go? I read in another thread that someone used the following Testors colors:
http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/tes/tes1605.htm
http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/tes/tes1257.htm
Just wanted to use something that lasts and the Duplicolor looks great, so I wasn't sure if there was an advantage to the Testors or if it was just a matter of preference. Thanks.