Spring steel

[Stewart Loy]

Bruce,

I was in to see my pal the fabricator on Sunday, and I was very happily surprised to see that he had just done a masterful job making a pair of large steel hoppers.

Big steel hoppers have very little to do with Fox armoured cars, except for the turret rings. I asked him how these 4 foot diameter rings were manufactured and he said that the steel service guys make any size you want.

I had always thought that these would be cut from a big sheet of thick steel - not the case. The steel service centres roll the steel "the hard way" = on edge. Except for a 4" flat section where the roller grabs the steel, they can roll just about any diameter. Best of all, they just need to know the diameter, and they do all of the thinkifying to make it come out right.

If you have some sketches with dimensions, I will be pleased to get them in for a quote.

I will be in Maryland until Friday, and will be in to see the fab guy again on Sunday. Let me know if this is of use to your efforts with that Fox.


Stewart
Still Icy in Beachville