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13-04-17, 17:53
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It will be an interesting observation in the end Colin that the most heavily armoured part of this tank will be the gearbox.
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14-04-17, 08:34
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I set my original box on my work table and welded stays down to it with braces to stop movement while it gets welded. I have also cut my pieces on my new CNC plasma machine. They take some getting used to but cuts great and very accurate.
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14-04-17, 08:36
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It is now welded and just need some flap grinding for some neatness.
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14-04-17, 08:39
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I missed a couple of welds but now they are done also. Time for some holes and tapping.
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15-04-17, 11:08
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Almost finished all the holes and tapping today with about a dozen tomorrow. Big job and quite slow.
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15-04-17, 14:42
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When you add your data plate, Colin, it deserves to be gold plate!
David
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16-04-17, 04:38
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Yes Dave, unfortunately I'm fresh out of gold plate
 but I did bolt the side plates on and the front housing. I also put the front shaft in to check its centre with the side curved parts and found a variation of a few mm. The shaft is very good and the speedo helical gears match really well and spins when the shaft turns with no play. That means that the wing parts I put on will need modification. I should have been more careful and triple checked critical parts before I weld them all together. I guess it couldn't all go to plan with out some form of mod  . It is not a big job to fix but I will bolt on what ever it takes to get it exact before I weld it back again.
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