 |
Matronics Email Lists
Web Forum Interface to the Matronics Email Lists
|
| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
mojavjoe
Joined: 23 Dec 2013
Posts: 64
|
 Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2016 3:37 pm Post subject: fsss windsheild |
 |
|
I'm about to attach my windshield and I'm in the process of making a 1/8" plywood template. When I bought the kit they had not drafted plans for the ss. The frame of my fsss is similar to the mk iii xtra so if you built an xtra maybe you can solve some of my problems. I'm assuming that the small windows at the lower front and the main window are cut as one piece. My frame makes a curve at the bottom of this small window that the plywood can't make without cracking, If the Lexon won't make this curve and another at the top of the frame can it be softened with heat? What is a safe way to apply heat? I've seen the door frames attached in some mk iii's with pins at the front and in others with piano hinge at the top, what are the pro's and con's? I'm also assuming that the nose cone is attached after the windshield is in place.
thanks
Joe
| | - The Matronics Kolb-List Email Forum - | | | Use the List Feature Navigator to browse the many List utilities available such as the Email Subscriptions page, Archive Search & Download, 7-Day Browse, Chat, FAQ, Photoshare, and much more:
http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Kolb-List |
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
lcottrell
Joined: 29 May 2006
Posts: 1494
Location: Jordan Valley, Or
|
| Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2016 6:04 pm Post subject: fsss windsheild |
|
|
Every one must be asleep. :-/ Lexan will bend without breaking. It mostly depends on the thickness if you will be able to bend it. I have bent 60/1000's 90 degrees with the help of a jig. Heat will not help you with lexan. I am having trouble understanding what the piece that you are trying to fit looks like. If this doesn't help you, perhaps a picture would be worth more than words.Larry
On Sat, Aug 27, 2016 at 5:35 PM, <mojavjoe(at)comcast.net (mojavjoe(at)comcast.net)> wrote:
| Quote: | I'm about to attach my windshield and I'm in the process of making a 1/8" plywood template. When I bought the kit they had not drafted plans for the ss. The frame of my fsss is similar to the mk iii xtra so if you built an xtra maybe you can solve some of my problems. I'm assuming that the small windows at the lower front and the main window are cut as one piece. My frame makes a curve at the bottom of this small window that the plywood can't make without cracking, If the Lexon won't make this curve and another at the top of the frame can it be softened with heat? What is a safe way to apply heat? I've seen the door frames attached in some mk iii's with pins at the front and in others with piano hinge at the top, what are the pro's and con's? I'm also assuming that the nose cone is attached after the windshield is in place.
thanks
Joe
|
--
The older I get, the less tolerant I am of those who are intolerant of others.
If you forward this email, or any part of it, please remove my email address before sending.
| | - The Matronics Kolb-List Email Forum - | | | Use the List Feature Navigator to browse the many List utilities available such as the Email Subscriptions page, Archive Search & Download, 7-Day Browse, Chat, FAQ, Photoshare, and much more:
http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Kolb-List |
|
_________________
do not archive |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Richard Pike
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 1671
Location: Blountville, Tennessee
|
| Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2016 8:13 pm Post subject: Re: fsss windsheild |
|
|
Let me chime in my .02$ here... You can form Lexan in an oven or other heated chamber, if you make up a form, cover it with old t-shirt material, heat up the oven and watch closely until you see the Lexan collapse and assume the shape of the form. That can turn out fairly well, helped my brother make a taller windshield for his KLR650 that way, using some 1/8" Lexan, and it was acceptable. Probably 13" X 22".
Had to put a sharp bend in the top of the Lexan windshield of my Anglin J-6 and there was no way to put it in any sort of oven. Used a space heater until that portion of the windshield started to sag, and promptly dropped the part needing to be bent on a coffee table and cranked the rest of it to the appropriate angle. Turned out pretty good, but it did have some major optical anomalies.
On the first shorty windshield for my MKIII, needed the top to bend over sharply, I got a friend to help me cold bend the 1/8" Lexan in a big wooden bench vise that was 3' long, sort of like a sheet metal brake, except made out of wood. About a 3' width, it was all we could do to manage it, and that was many years ago. Gird up yer loins, and get a REALLY BIG friend to help you. Mine was old and skinny...
So you can use heat with Lexan, but don't expect great things unless you get REALLY lucky. If you can cold bend it, by all means do so.
| | - The Matronics Kolb-List Email Forum - | | | Use the List Feature Navigator to browse the many List utilities available such as the Email Subscriptions page, Archive Search & Download, 7-Day Browse, Chat, FAQ, Photoshare, and much more:
http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Kolb-List |
|
_________________
Richard Pike
Kolb MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
Kingsport, TN 3TN0
Forgiving is tough, being forgiven is wonderful, and God's grace really is amazing. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum
|
Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group
|
Get Email Distribution Too!
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
