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| AdeV:
--- Quote from: Darren on August 22, 2012, 08:00:58 AM ---Hi mate, been a while since we chatted ... I have a very nice expensive Pace 8.25" tank like new .... just can't fit the damn thing in the engine bay which is where I want it. So looking around I see you can get cheap alloy tanks in a smaller dia ..... but not of the dismantle type like the Pace? best I can find is nearer £300 .... for a tin ?? :) So, not being able to weld alloy I thought I'd try SS, I can weld that with the MIG ... Should cost me about £40-50 all in .... well that's the plan ..... Oh and I still have major :proj: --- End quote --- Fair comments :D The way I see Ausdier's plan working - cut your tank as planned (I presume this is to insert a splash tray/separator tray/anti-surge plate/whatever the hell it's called just above the oil level?), weld flanges around the outside, cut an o-ring groove, drill (& optionally tap the bottom portion if its thick enough), then the two parts just bolt together. Your "internal lip" idea would also work, you could either cut or swage a groove into the inner lip to hold an O-ring (cut, probably, if you're using 1.5mm thick pipe), you would need some method of holding the top onto the tank in that case, simplest I can think of would be a strap that runs from the bottom piece, over the lid (& through a locating loop, like a belt loop on your trousers), down to some kind of clasp arrangement on the bottom portion. Or weld a pair of ears onto both lid & tank, and bolt through them, like a partial flange. I might be able to do crap-o-cads if it would help? |
| Brass_Machine:
:nrocks: --- Quote from: Darren on August 22, 2012, 08:06:55 AM ---Ausdier :scratch: --- End quote --- He is the guy who 1st responded to your post. :wack: |
| Darren:
:doh: That would be great, bit worried about welding such a thing on thin (1.5mm) SS as it warps easily .... --- Quote from: Brass_Machine on August 22, 2012, 09:09:53 AM --- :nrocks: --- Quote from: Darren on August 22, 2012, 08:06:55 AM ---Ausdier :scratch: --- End quote --- He is the guy who 1st responded to your post. :wack: --- End quote --- |
| Darren:
I think I get you .... :smart: I've got a fixed steady but it's too small .... always a but ...! I'll think of something ..... waiting for the tube to arrive then I'll see what I can come up with .... :dremel: --- Quote from: AdeV on August 22, 2012, 08:38:43 AM --- --- Quote from: Darren on August 22, 2012, 08:00:58 AM ---Hi mate, been a while since we chatted ... I have a very nice expensive Pace 8.25" tank like new .... just can't fit the damn thing in the engine bay which is where I want it. So looking around I see you can get cheap alloy tanks in a smaller dia ..... but not of the dismantle type like the Pace? best I can find is nearer £300 .... for a tin ?? :) So, not being able to weld alloy I thought I'd try SS, I can weld that with the MIG ... Should cost me about £40-50 all in .... well that's the plan ..... Oh and I still have major :proj: --- End quote --- Fair comments :D The way I see Ausdier's plan working - cut your tank as planned (I presume this is to insert a splash tray/separator tray/anti-surge plate/whatever the hell it's called just above the oil level?), weld flanges around the outside, cut an o-ring groove, drill (& optionally tap the bottom portion if its thick enough), then the two parts just bolt together. Your "internal lip" idea would also work, you could either cut or swage a groove into the inner lip to hold an O-ring (cut, probably, if you're using 1.5mm thick pipe), you would need some method of holding the top onto the tank in that case, simplest I can think of would be a strap that runs from the bottom piece, over the lid (& through a locating loop, like a belt loop on your trousers), down to some kind of clasp arrangement on the bottom portion. Or weld a pair of ears onto both lid & tank, and bolt through them, like a partial flange. I might be able to do crap-o-cads if it would help? --- End quote --- |
| Darren:
Decided to have a go at cutting some 5" Stainless Steel round discs from some flat sheet I have laying around ... Some rough "rounds" cut on the guillotine first drilled a centre hole and then held against a cam sprocket to add ridigity and drive on the lathe .. Well that worked So made four in total, here they are all together .... not to size yet as I'll wait for the pipe to come and size to fit ... |
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