{"id":906,"date":"2015-09-06T11:29:25","date_gmt":"2015-09-06T19:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stol750project.info\/?p=906"},"modified":"2015-09-06T11:29:25","modified_gmt":"2015-09-06T19:29:25","slug":"centre-console-45m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stol750project.info\/?p=906","title":{"rendered":"Centre Console (45m)"},"content":{"rendered":"

My replacement parts came for the centre console and a lull in the extreme heat (if not the humidity) allowed me to spend a little time finishing this up.<\/p>\n

It took a while to orient myself to what was still to be done and after a while I realised that I hadn’t made a mistake at all, well not in the console top piece, and had not needed to order a new part at all. Studying the plans some more (and looking at some pictures on the builders site) I noticed that the all the flanges go inside the side skins, so my top skin was in fact fine. But my l-angles should also have been inside, and I can see that would give a much cleaner look though I kinda like the “home built” look it gives having them outside. Of course I say that since I have no intention of fixing it.<\/p>\n

Here is the installed console.<\/p>\n

\"Centre<\/a><\/p>\n

I still need to finish the holes over the torque tube, the plans call for that to be riveted but that seems to defeat the point of the nutplates if I have to unrivet to get the console out. For another day. I was surprised to feel that the assembly is remarkably rigid.<\/p>\n

I also spent a little time marking and drilling the holes for the engine bolts on the engine mount. <\/p>\n

\"Engine<\/a><\/p>\n

and then used the drill press to work my way up to the final size.<\/p>\n

\"Drilling<\/a><\/p>\n

The biggest drill bit I had was 3\/8 and the bolts are a metric M10 (damn those Europeans and their sensible measuring system!!!) which is bigger than that, but not by much. So I went to Lowes and bought a 7\/16 bit to finish them with. After drilling one hole and testing the bolt the hole is a little big, I probably should have gotten a 13\/32 (or 25\/64) if such a thing exists. I think I will file the other holes larger but I’m not sure if I can leave with this size or I need a new part.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My replacement parts came for the centre console and a lull in the extreme heat (if not the humidity) allowed me to spend a little time finishing this up. It took a while to orient myself to what was still…<\/p>\n

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