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dynamo cover

pflanaga
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Re: dynamo cover

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I asked what material is used on the Manner's dynamo cover and the response I got was:

"we think it is painted mild steel it certainly is not stainless steel."

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Re: dynamo cover

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I asked Manners what type of material their dynamo covers are and the response I got was:

"They appear to be painted mild steel not stainless steel"

Paul

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Re: dynamo cover

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I asked Manners what type of material their dynamo covers are and the response I got was:

"They appear to be painted mild steel not stainless steel"

Paul

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Re: dynamo cover

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The originals were aluminium plate and fairly thin, most were damaged when adjusting the fan belt and the mounting lugs snapped at the bend, making them of steel and painted seems an expensive way of producing what would become a tatty rusty non standard item, not an improvement. With the cost of a cover at £60 and an extra £24 for the badge, one wonders about the badge as I would have thought cast and chromed would exceed the cost of a piece of thin plate and paint, even more if it was machined.
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Re: dynamo cover

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Hmmmm... Painted steel does not sound promising. My bubble is being burst! :cry:

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Re: dynamo cover

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Mike0Ryan wrote: Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:16 pm Hmmmm... Painted steel does not sound promising. My bubble is being burst! :cry:
Have you tried Barry Thorne. I had a cover from him (without the Daimler badge since I already had one) and it was definitely aluminium....
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Re: dynamo cover

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I've also had the aluminium cover and badge from Barry. Need also some tiny pop rivets.

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Re: dynamo cover

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smithgor wrote: Thu Oct 29, 2020 9:56 pm ......... Need also some tiny pop rivets.
I used nickel plated bifurcated rivets.....
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....they give a cleaner look than pop rivets.
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Re: dynamo cover

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Here is one I made earlier. Earlier this week. Made from an A4 sheet of 1mm thick aluminium at a cost of £3.50 delivered. I think the original is made from 20 SWG aluminium. To fix the badge I drilled 2mm holes in the cover and screwed in A2 slot panhead M2.5 machine screws The aluminium is soft enough to take a thread.
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Re: dynamo cover

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Having heard nothing from you Paul, I have put them back into hibernation. Syd

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