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Old 09-22-2022, 07:47 AM
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Default Ludwig metal chassis assembly

So just to muddy the waters, I thought I'd start on a Ludwig Lowe kit. I specified metal chassis, thinking it would come pre-bent, you know, like a Tamiya. Well, no , it comes flat and milled. Minimal clean up on parts, mostly filing off small tabs, and the parts fit together very well. The question here is how to keep them together. I guess they could be TIG welded, if I was that good, or knew someone that good. They're a little too thin to drill, tap and screw together. I could come up with some angle brackets, I guess, but for the torsion bar brackets I don't think that would work. So adhesives... no CA, too brittle, and the ends of the machined parts aren't smooth enough to make that work. Regular epoxy.. I don't think so. So.. looking for suggestions as to what to use to hold it all together. It's going to be a large, fairly heavy vehicle so whatever I use has to be fairly robust. Pics...