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Centipede Restoration
Level42:
I wish I could weld. I'd love to be able to weld some studs (or how do you call this) on the underside of the CP so it would be "blind", no bolt tops sticking out. I'd love to do that on the Puckman CPO. Has anyone tried this at all ?
Spyridon:
--- Quote from: Level42 on April 30, 2009, 01:58:25 am ---I wish I could weld. I'd love to be able to weld some studs (or how do you call this) on the underside of the CP so it would be "blind", no bolt tops sticking out. I'd love to do that on the Puckman CPO. Has anyone tried this at all ?
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That would be a nice look. You would need to make sure you got an overlay that wasn't die cut for the carriage bolts like the Centipede one is. That shouldn't be an issue with your Puckman.
Steve B.:
--- Quote from: Level42 on April 30, 2009, 01:58:25 am ---I wish I could weld. I'd love to be able to weld some studs (or how do you call this) on the underside of the CP so it would be "blind", no bolt tops sticking out. I'd love to do that on the Puckman CPO. Has anyone tried this at all ?
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I did this on my metal control panel without welding. Let me see if I can explain this without pictures.
I drilled a hole in the metal control panel where I wanted the stud to go and I threaded the hole using a hand tap. I applied some JB weld epoxy into the hole and screwed in a threaded rod from the underside of the control panel so that it just protruded through the hole. Once the epoxy was dry, I used my dremel to clean up the top of the control panel and to cut the threaded rod to length. I've done this on all my metal control panels. It's very strong and I have yet to have one fail.
Level42:
--- Quote from: Spyridon on April 30, 2009, 08:06:54 am ---
--- Quote from: Level42 on April 30, 2009, 01:58:25 am ---I wish I could weld. I'd love to be able to weld some studs (or how do you call this) on the underside of the CP so it would be "blind", no bolt tops sticking out. I'd love to do that on the Puckman CPO. Has anyone tried this at all ?
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That would be a nice look. You would need to make sure you got an overlay that wasn't die cut for the carriage bolts like the Centipede one is.
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My Centipede wasn't die cut at all in the first place because it came from Mamemarquees as my cab of course needed the Irish colored CPO so I could have done it that way.
Anyway, Steve B's solution sounds perfect ! I'd love to see if you have any pics.
Spyridon:
Mushrooms...
They look good in black
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