[AMPS] Advice On Homebrewing Chassis Please

[measures]

>Hey Group ... Best Of Holiday Wishes To All,
>
>After many years of wanting to put together a metal shop of some sort I am 
>finally doing so. I now have a foot sheer to go along with my brake. Now I 
>am trying to decide what the next tools should be ...
>
>One of my goals is too be able to make a chassis of any size and shape I 
>may need. It looks like on commercially made chassis the corners have the 
>flaps "spot" welded together. Who can tell me how this is done on 
>aluminum? 

With a spotwelder.  

>I remember the spot welders from metal shop in jr. high school 
>and spot welding tin together ... is this all that is needed to put 
>aluminum together?  

>Another possibility is to weld the corners of the 
>chassis together but I fear the needed equipment to do this would be very 
>expensive? 
>
roger that.  

>Any suggestions or help would be appreciated. If I can become equipped and 
>able to turn out a nice chassis I have considered making them available to 
>fellow homebrewers.
>
In my experiences with 8170s, 8171s, et cetera, 1/8" 6061T6 aluminum 
plate makes a rigid-enough chassis.  The chassis is merely a  shelf in 
the box, so no bent metal is needed. .  PEM nuts/ alum. rt. angle stock 
make 4 corner fasteners.  See Good, Bad, Ugly photos on Web site.  See 
PEM nut photos.  
>
cheers, Terry
>


-  Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.  
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