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| Cheers mate away snowboarding in italy but still keeping updated on site. Trying to figure out steering arms at minute in the evening times lol. Can't wait to get back get car driving and take some proper scaled pictures you can't really get a feel for look of it in a tight garage.
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| Posted 1/26/2017 5:40:30 PM |
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Here are a couple of photo images with overlays that give a good
illustration of the Bat motif as it applies to the Tumbler.
Also visit batmobilehistory.com
This is the best historical website to learn about all of the
Batmobiles in one place.
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| Posted 1/30/2017 5:26:05 PM |
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BAT VEHICLE BUILDER’s BLOCK
Part 7
You have a plan but you can't get through a particular part of it.
Some builders work really well with a plan and some don't. For some, especially the
skewed builders, the point of having a plan is to have a road to drive
off from, a straight line to deviate from as far as possible. Plus, every
project is different — even if you're a plan fan usually, there's
always the possibility that you will, at some time, need to grope in
the dark for a particular build aspect.
Actually, there are two different reasons you could be getting stuck:
1) Your plan has a major flaw and you just won't admit it. You can't
get from A to C, because B makes no sense. The parts and/or assembly
won't do the things that B requires them to do. Or the logic or
character of the build just won't work with B. If this is the case,
you already know it, and it's just a matter of attacking your plan
with a hacksaw.
2) Your plan is basically fine, but there's a part that you can't get
past. Because it's boring, or because you just can't quite see how to
get from one construction peak to the next. You have two cool moments,
and you can't figure out how to get from one cool build aspect to the
other.
How Do You Bridge The Gap Between Two Cool Aspects In Your Bat Vehicle Build??
In either case, there's nothing wrong with taking a slight detour, or
going off on a tangent, and seeing what happens unless you are bound
too tightly in an exacting 1:1 movie correct build. Maybe you'll find
a cooler transition between those two build aspects and/or maybe
you'll figure out where your build really needs to go next. And most
likely, there's something that needs to happen with your construction
characteristics at this point in the build, and you haven't hit on it
yet. vertigo
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| Posted 2/2/2017 6:30:30 PM |
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Spent a few hours doing some machine work on front Tumbler arm axles and axles alignment jig. vertigo
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| Posted 2/2/2017 6:36:11 PM |
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Came back for a couple more hours on Tumbler front axles and cut some 3" DOM 1/2" heavy wall tubing to match Tumbler arm angles. vertigo
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| Posted 2/2/2017 6:51:12 PM |
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| Hey brother. Sorry I'm ignorant of how these fit on the car. Can you enlighten me a bit more?
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| Posted 2/2/2017 7:26:03 PM |
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Fitting and aligning the two front axles accurately can be quite a trick, given the weight and awkwardness in its distribution. So I have decided to cut the 3" DOM heavy wall tubing into two parts from each Tumbler arm axle.
The two bevel cut 3" DOM tubing pieces are half of each axle from each side. These two pieces will be slipped over each end of a straight 2" pipe (alignment jig). This assembly will be slipped though a 3" hole at the end of each Tumbler arm. This will keep the two 3" DOM axle parts in alignment while they are welded securely in place. Once the welding is finished the pipe will be removed and the two 1' long 2" diameter DOM heavy wall tubes will be slipped into the already welded axle halves. Then the other halves of the axles with end assemblies will be slipped over the 6-inches of protruding tubes. This way I can rotate and/or shorten the axle assemblies as I will. Once I am satisfied with length and rotational aspects I will deep weld the two axle pieces together. I machined the 45 degree ends for welds in preparation for welding. vertigo
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| Posted 2/3/2017 5:35:10 PM |
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Fitting and aligning the two front axles accurately can be quite a trick, given the weight and awkwardness in its distribution. So I have decided to cut the 3" DOM heavy wall tubing into two parts from each Tumbler arm axle.
The two bevel cut 3" DOM tubing pieces are half of each axle from each side.
Today I cut the holes at the end of each Tumbler arm and assembled the inner and outer first half of each axle.
Next step will be to cut an alignment pipe and since the pipe's inside diameter is a little oversize I will use metal tape to enlarge the inner tubes to enable a tight mating. vertigo
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| Posted 2/4/2017 6:07:25 AM |
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| Wow vertigo looks like they are really thick and heavy make mine look like toy ones lol. What are your plans for the hubs did you track any down yet.
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| Posted 2/4/2017 6:42:50 PM |
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Fitting and aligning the two front axles accurately can be quite a trick, given the weight and awkwardness in its distribution. These two pieces will be slipped over each end of a straight 2" pipe (alignment jig). This assembly will be slipped though a 3" hole at the end of each Tumbler arm. This will keep the two 3" DOM axle parts in alignment while they are welded securely in place.
What I thought would be 2-hors work turned into 6-hours. Before starting I re-leveled my Tumbler frame. Ended up using a 2" pipe and as we know 2" size pipe means it has an inside diameter of 2". That is unless it is heavy duty fence pipe which has 2-1/8 inside diameter. So, I had to shim the 2" diameter inside DOM tubing with metal tape to bring it up to 2-1/8" so as to have a tight fit into my 2-1/8" inside diameter pipe. Then I used a 2 x 2" 1/4" wall square tube to clamp both Tumbler arms in unison and shimmed both to level. Next step will be welding.
vertigo
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