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tbonsell(at)luxuria.com
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Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 6:54 am Post subject: Can I bend a cabin frame?

Hi Guys



Having a bit of a problem here. I'm at the stage of joining the front and

rear fuse with the cabin frame on my 701. I've got the engine mount in place

too. Everything seems to be working out well, except for the fact that one

of the front legs of the factory frame is out of alignment, confirmed by

taking diagonal measurements of both sides when apart. It's actually pulling

the fuse in at the front on the one side, throwing off the extensions at the

firewall and making the front fuse side bend out of alignment. I've checked

and rechecked with digital level, water level and laser levels, so I know

I'm not in error. And to get it in it's proper place I'll have to force it

slightly, which I know puts stress on the weld, which is bad.



So I'm wondering if I can bend it out somehow. Can I do a gradual heating

with a propane torch? At the weld, or away from it? Am I crazy to even try?

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Tony Bonsell (tbonsell(at)luxuria.com) CI-FKF

Luxuria + Apparatus Design Communications

535 Cragg Road, RR #3

Uxbridge, Ontario  L9P 1R3

Voice: 905.852.3848

http://www.luxuria.com



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dougsnash(at)yahoo.com
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Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 8:41 am Post subject: Can I bend a cabin frame?

Tony, I am scratch building my CH-701.  I had my cabin

frame dialed in perfect until I finish welded the

joints.  The torch heat threw the uprights out quite a

bit.  I found it was fairly simple to tweak it back

into shape.  A bit of heat from a propane torch should

be enough for you since the material is so thin.  You

should be able to get a nice red glow.  I would be

careful to not colapse anything or create any stress

risers.



You might want to touch base with Mark or David at

Can-Zac just to be sure but I think you will find it

pretty easy to fix.



Doug MacDonald

CH-701 Scratch Builder

Fuse on the gear

Starting the wings tonight.

NW Ontario, Canada

--- Tony Bonsell <tbonsell(at)luxuria.com> wrote:



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 <tbonsell(at)luxuria.com>

 

 Hi Guys

 

 Having a bit of a problem here. I'm at the stage of

 joining the front and

 rear fuse with the cabin frame on my 701. I've got

 the engine mount in place

 too. Everything seems to be working out well, except

 for the fact that one

 of the front legs of the factory frame is out of

 alignment,

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