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Well I have been toying with the idea for a few years now. In that time I have slowly been acquiring materials and resources to make a wanna-be 37mm to tow behind my jeep.
47lincsled and his 57mm, as well as others have inspired me to finally begin. In the past year or so I have acquired some 1/4 inch, 3/16 inch, and 1/8 inch plate for the armor and components. I have tubing for axles, spindles, hubs, rims, and tires. I also have rectangular tubing for the trails. I am still working on barrel materials, but I am persistent.
I bought a CD with much of the blueprints a while back. The images are copies of microfilm and some of the measurements are not legible. I need the axle diameter if anyone has one.
I am lucky enough to have access to a CNC plasma cutter, so I spent about 30 minutes today programming in the large piece or armor. Gotta start somewhere....I may cut it tomorrow. We'll see. I left many of the bolt hole off, so that I can drill them where I need them. This is not going to be exact of course.
If there is any interest in this I'll keep the thread active.
Here is the results of the programming of the top armor. It will be CNC plasma cut from 1/4 inch steel plate (mild).
Andy

47lincsled and his 57mm, as well as others have inspired me to finally begin. In the past year or so I have acquired some 1/4 inch, 3/16 inch, and 1/8 inch plate for the armor and components. I have tubing for axles, spindles, hubs, rims, and tires. I also have rectangular tubing for the trails. I am still working on barrel materials, but I am persistent.
I bought a CD with much of the blueprints a while back. The images are copies of microfilm and some of the measurements are not legible. I need the axle diameter if anyone has one.
I am lucky enough to have access to a CNC plasma cutter, so I spent about 30 minutes today programming in the large piece or armor. Gotta start somewhere....I may cut it tomorrow. We'll see. I left many of the bolt hole off, so that I can drill them where I need them. This is not going to be exact of course.
If there is any interest in this I'll keep the thread active.
Here is the results of the programming of the top armor. It will be CNC plasma cut from 1/4 inch steel plate (mild).
Andy
