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To me, it depends on how tight the rivets are in the holes. If they're fairly snug, Elmer's may be the way to go since its water soluble and could be cleaned up easily. Elmer's will hold unless of course you plan on immersing this in water. LOL

Those silver rivets look great in contrast to the black tins. I can see why you were dreading this but they look awesome. Better run a big magnet over your floor, wouldn't be fun to get one of those ends stuck in your big toe. What is your plan for gluing them in place? What glue do you plan on using?

That's a great photo Ken. Its almost surreal.

Thanks for the info about Rio Grande. They sure have a variety of cool stuff. I'll be placing an order soon.

Me too Randy. Thanks.

Man, I gotta get back to the bench and finish this up. Once again I have been having serious back issues. Seems it comes once a year around this time but this time has been over a month. The worst pain I've felt and completely debilitating. Doing much better now but still not 100% but enough to get some bench time in finally.

Randy is so right, this is stunning. You are getting pretty good at that machining stuff and I still can't believe this isn't CNC. You're doing this manually. Please don't paint any of this stunning machine work. It would be a waste. A little weathering would be acceptable though. I gotta go find my jaw. Its on the floor somewhere.

Oh that is pure enjoyment to see your progress and I can tell by your posts that you're excited as well. Where did you find that fine of cut-off disk and is that mandrel a Dremel product or is that a jeweler's product too?

It may seem like not much to you, it sure is to us meager folks. Stellar achievements.

Man that is really nice Tim. I too, am looking forward to seeing your other developments when you can post the pictures. I hope I can wait 'til the weekend. LOL

Yes they do Mike. I've been told of a local shop that may have the very small hardware I used to get at Scale Hardware which closed down. Problem is he's only open the same hours I work and not on the weekend.

OK, here's some photos of the U bolts with brackets. Still need to add the actual nuts and am going to wait on those to see if my local source comes through. Here's a few pictures. Thanks for checking in. Comments welcome.

Thanks brother. I'll do my best with getting some pictures up. tonight, at least by tomorrow morning. I also may have a source for small hardware to replace the stuff Scale Hardware carried. Stay tuned.

Unbelievable creative work Dave. Someone please make my eyes stop hurting.

Thanks for the kudos fellas. much appreciated. I was able to make the U-bolts and brackets to hold the front axle to the leaf springs. No picture though. I take some tonight. I used pieces of wire that were in holiday ribbon. They are great to work with, come in different sizes and hold their shape. This is the season to keep all of them after they've been used and keep any scraps.

Thanks for the kudos fellas. They're very much appreciated.

I'm at a complete loss for words.

That was pure enjoyment to watch the build progression and now to see these low angle shots, as Tim refers to them, is just a visual adventure. You are da man, the modeling man!! Let us know what's next as I'm sure it will be just as dynamic.

Awe struck. Is that one word or two? Either way, that describes your work Dave. I really need to get a mini lathe just like the MoonEyez man.

Would it be possible to anticipate the 3D printing process issues with frames such as this by adding additional support as in cross pieces and / or brackets that would be removed once the part is printed? There has to be a solution to this issue.

Oh yeah, that's going to look good in there up on the lift. Will it be permanently attached to the lift?

You bet NoName. Thanks. I gotta get back to this soon. Its so close to being completed. Few small things here and there and then a simple paint job with some weathering is in store.

How is this humanly possible? Maybe you ARE from another planet like I suspected all along.

Man is that nice and being able to see the insides of it even more so. I hope you recycle all of that aluminum that is cut away. Looks like you used less than 10% of that 3" round raw piece. What grade and hardness of aluminum do you use for some thing like this?

Very nice Richard.