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Old 01-28-2015, 10:11 PM
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Just messing around on the computer tonight quickly drawing up pivot brackets. Curious if anyone else would be interested if I have a few sets made. Brackets are left and right with the only difference being where the retracts mount, and the lightning holes on the inboard side. My plan is to change the lightning hole layout to allow bracket to be drilled as either left of right after machining. I did lay it out with all the holes, but the retract holes on the inboard side are fairly close.
Having those holes drilled and tapped adds approx. $30 per piece (which is crazy) so I'm debating using an original to make a steel drill guide, and drill them in a drill press.

I also plan to either make, or have made spoiler shafts, pivot pins and bushings.....that is unless someone is already doing so?

The brackets are too much for my old Bridgeport, so I have to have those made. Ballpark is around 45-85 per bracket if I do 3 sets. Price goes down the more that are made.

This isn't a time sensitive project, so if interested, please understand it might take a couple months to get them

Anyone interested?

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