LOUVRES pressed in alloy bonnet: who does this?

[RoverP6B]

Any North Island shop that would press louvres in an aluminium bonnet? ( like in the picture )

Thanks!

GW

[KKtrips]

whereabouts are you - there are several I can think of..

[My name is Russell]

whereabouts are you - there are several I can think of..

Really, anyone in welly? they are quite neat. could find some places for them oh hold on mabie not on 1" bog

[RoverP6B]

Thanks for the reply, Waikato, near Putaruru/Cambridge, but can travel to Auckland or Welly....

Any help appreciated! Yeah,old hotrod trick for keeping things cool under the bonnet, eh

love yer LandCrab 1300 BTW, totally gladdens my heart!

GW

[KKtrips]

OK there are plenty steel craftsmen up that way.

Keeping it in the "OS family" I believe Matamata panelworks can do them JasonK from here works for them.

But these guys here would be your next port of call..

http://www.rocketspeedequipment.com/contact.php

would be great to see some pics of the end job..

[RoverP6B]

THX +Much appreciated; that'll take a while but I'll post the results ( and what they cost ) once the job's done...

GW

[JasonK]

OK there are plenty steel craftsmen up that way.

Keeping it in the "OS family" I believe Matamata panelworks can do them JasonK from here works for them.

But these guys here would be your next port of call..

http://www.rocketspeedequipment.com/contact.php

would be great to see some pics of the end job..

I'm not sure if we do them or not lol we dont have a louvre machine but could do them by hand I'd say, will ask on monday

[RoverP6B]

JasonK, THX! Let me know ( yes or no! )　There's got to be a shop somewhere that does louvres...

GW

[KKtrips]

Did ya give rocket speed a call?

[RoverP6B]

THX, I will do so!

GW

[dmulally]

Bump!

Anybody have any recommendations on who can do this in the north island?

Cheers

[JustHarry]

5 minutes ago, dmulally said:

Bump!

Anybody have any recommendations on who can do this in the north island?

Cheers

What are you wanting to do? 

Not sure how op got on in the end. But depending what your budget it you may be disappointed.

Looking at the bonnet posted originally there is a few days work to punch those louvers and paint ontop of that. Becomes 2 3 4k pretty quick 

Marking out is extremely time consuming as there is no going back if there crooked haha 

[RXFORD]

4 hours ago, dmulally said:

Bump!

Anybody have any recommendations on who can do this in the north island?

Cheers

Pm me.

[Rhyscar]

You can buy the dies to do this at home. Might be cheaper than labour and you get to learn something cool. Chances of bonnet being straight afterwards might be low though. Unsure how much of a fine art it is to stop it deforming as you go. 

https://www.machineryhouse.co.nz/p1173

[Nominal]

12 hours ago, dmulally said:

Bump!

Anybody have any recommendations on who can do this in the north island?

Cheers

Shrappys Originals (Shayne Morgan) is in P North or nearby

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[dmulally]

On 29/05/2023 at 09:01, Nominal said:

Shrappys Originals (Shayne Morgan) is in P North or nearby

Shrappy's Originals | Palmerston North | Facebook

 

 

Thanks for the heads up. Seems like a nice guy. For anybody who wants to know:

$65 p/hr set up . Marking out , lay-out etc. usually between 1 1/2 and 2 1/2 hours. then $3.oo per louver .

Edit: More info

Louvers are 75mm wide. Allow 29 mm from the opening of one louver to the opening of the next. Also allow 25mm minimum between rows . Allow 25mm on sides , front and rear for tooling , particularly if your leaving the bracing in place.

[dmulally]

I was able to cut off the under-bonnet bracing which made it a little floppy but after the stamping is done I can weld in some box tubing to help out. I've coated it in acid to help keep it from rusting in the meantime. Sadly there was a thick layer of bog on it so it will need a bit of mucking around when it comes back to blend it back in.

Dropping it off this weekend so I'll report back when done. 

[RXFORD]

My 2c on the matter having done a fair few of them.

I highly recommened spending a bit of extra money and having him run a test panel in the form of a strip. To be honest I would be surprosed if he doesn't already have some made for this purpose.

That way you can sit it over you bonnet and make sure you are 100% happy with the layout/spacing before turning a bonnet into a cheese grater. Just marking out the punch lines isn't enough. Its really hard to visualise.

Yeh it can get expensive with the extra time, but so can buying more bonnets.

 

[dmulally]

 

$343 all up. Happy with that. Now to go pick it up!

 

[Tiger Tamer]

So the Imp engine is out of the rear and you have louvers in the boot which you call a bonnet, so it must mean you are going front engine ?.  Front wheel drive ?.