Some pictures of my new carrier

[Jordan Baker]

Got another much needed part back after having it reproduced. A customer at work saw me at one of the events I was at and offered his metal machining services to me. Taking him up on his offer I quickly loaned him the handle that releases the front armour flap. SInce I coudl not find one and was not able to cast one he told me that he coudl machine it for me.

Here is what he gave to me at work tonight. It is extremley close to the original and should work just fine. He said it took approx 4hrs to make and that was 2hrs more then he thought he would take.

Now I can't wait to fine tune it and get it installed.

[Jordan Baker]

Wow, its been awhile since my last post on this thread.

More parts made up. First up is the bracket for the jack and block. For the strap retaining nipple I modified a grease nipple. A bit of super glue and baking soda were used to fill the hole. Once painted it looks really close to the originals.

I also had the last Bren AA mount bracket copied. Thankfully my unlce was able to make this for me in short time at work. Now I have all 4 of the AA mounts completed.

Progress is also being made on the crew stowage locker. Im just working on the small bits and will post pictures shortly.

[Snowtractor]

http://www.dotfasteners.com/prod01screwstud.htm

Nicely inovative using the grease zerk for the fastener . They are called "lift the dot fastener" ( real marketable name ) and this is one link where you can get some...or search google or yahoo etc for other sources.
Cheers
Sean

ps: here is a little kit http://www.jamestowndistributors.com...pid=4506&PTECH

hope this helps

[rob love]

Sean
I don't believe the studs on the brackets are lift the dot fasteners. These studs were meant to retain the rubber type straps on the early carriers. Later, the rubber straps were replaced by webbing straps, but usually the little stud remained. I would have to check some of my brackets tomorrow, but I think the stud is a bit bigger than the lift the dots.

Does anyone know where one can find lift the dot studs with the wood screw threading feature behind the stud? I need to make new seat backs for my carrier and need some of these. If no-one knows of a retail outlet, I guess I'll order a quantity from the first source Sean has shown (minimum order $50) and make them available to others.

[Jordan Baker]

Sean, those "Lift the Dot" are to small to replicate these. As Rob says, they are for retaining the rubber straps.

Rob, I think there was a seperate thread about the seats and the "Lift the Dot" fastners.

[Lynn Eades]

I dont know if they were all like this, but this photo shows the profile of the stud on an original jack bracket that I have. This example being the mount for a 3" mortar.

[Snowtractor]

Originally Posted by Jordan Baker

Sean, those "Lift the Dot" are to small to replicate these. As Rob says, they are for retaining the rubber straps.

Rob, I think there was a seperate thread about the seats and the "Lift the Dot" fastners.

The light has shone, I can see clearly now :-) Mine is a MKII , not those ancient MKI types :-).
Sean

[Lynn Eades]

We're talkin' about the good stuff here. not mk2's Sean