PAToyota
Red Skull Member
I'm trying to find someone who can make some parts. The last time they had them made was with a place in Indiana (we're in Pennsylvania) and they have no idea who they were or if they're still in business (they're not big on writing things down). They got three or four 55-gallon drums of them made and figured they were set for a lifetime. Well, the "lifetime" ran out the other week.
Here's the end result:
It's a multiple step setup. The first piece of tooling takes a 3/16" thick piece of bar stock; notches the corners, cuts it to length, and puts a mounting hole in it; the second pass does the other end. Here's the tooling for that:
The second piece of tooling takes the cut piece and puts the arc and dimple in it. I think they're planning to revise this so that it doesn't have the dimple.
Obviously, they have the tooling available. They just need someone with a press big enough to make use of the tooling. The closer to Harrisburg, PA, the better. We've shown it around locally and haven't gotten anyone who could either do it or recommend someone.
Barring someone who can actually do it, any advice on what we're looking for to be able to do it? Like "you need to find someone with a _____ ton _____ press."
Here's some other pictures of the dies for reference.
Here's the end result:
It's a multiple step setup. The first piece of tooling takes a 3/16" thick piece of bar stock; notches the corners, cuts it to length, and puts a mounting hole in it; the second pass does the other end. Here's the tooling for that:
The second piece of tooling takes the cut piece and puts the arc and dimple in it. I think they're planning to revise this so that it doesn't have the dimple.
Obviously, they have the tooling available. They just need someone with a press big enough to make use of the tooling. The closer to Harrisburg, PA, the better. We've shown it around locally and haven't gotten anyone who could either do it or recommend someone.
Barring someone who can actually do it, any advice on what we're looking for to be able to do it? Like "you need to find someone with a _____ ton _____ press."
Here's some other pictures of the dies for reference.