I am about to embark on a new challenge.
I want to make a bespoke alluminium dashboard for my mini.
It is going to replace the top and bottom dash rails and look similar to a full lenth bulkhead box.
I am wondering if anyone has done this before and can give me some tips or even pics.
Cheers,
Ben
Aluminium Dashboard
Started by
ludacr1s
, Oct 20 2004 10:33 PM
4 replies to this topic
#1
Posted 20 October 2004 - 10:33 PM
#2
Posted 21 October 2004 - 06:30 AM
My son has done this on his mini , he used thin aluminium and glued it to thin MDF(or ply) then marked and cut it from the back .
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#3
Posted 21 October 2004 - 01:10 PM
I dont know much about this, but ive been told not to use normal grinding disks on aluminium (clogging up disks or somthing), dunno if this is true, but just popped into my head when I read your post. you maybe know more about this than me anyway, just being safe
pEaCE
Dom,
pEaCE
Dom,
#4
Posted 21 October 2004 - 03:09 PM
yep it clogs em as soon as you touch the disc against the alu.I dont know much about this, but ive been told not to use normal grinding disks on aluminium (clogging up disks or somthing), dunno if this is true, but just popped into my head when I read your post. you maybe know more about this than me anyway, just being safe
pEaCE
Dom,
#5
Posted 21 October 2004 - 05:41 PM
Thats one of the reasons for using thin aluminium , you can cut it with scissors and the ply/mdf backing with a jigsaw and it folds / curves easier
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