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Rail square

Postby novocaine » 25 Mar 2021, 15:44

Today i decided that i needed a rail square. Its been on the list for a while but I've been busy with other stuff. Not today though. Work had put me on reduced output so ill find my own jobs instead.

I took a nice big chunk of aluminum extrusion, normally reserved for exhaust end caps and lopped a chunk off. A few holes and a bit of some other aluminum I had and we are in business.

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(185.6 KiB)


I made it to fit on one of the joining strips but then in limited to 1 rail. So I've used some square nuts for now and will make a gib strip for it later.

Is it square? Its square enough. Its also adjustable.

is it as pretty as a 120 quid chunk of anodised aircraft grade (which would be all aluminum, just saying like), nope.
Last edited by novocaine on 25 Mar 2021, 16:31, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Rail square

Postby TrimTheKing » 25 Mar 2021, 16:27

Nice job mate. I imagine there's a market out there for those... :eusa-whistle:
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Re: Rail square

Postby novocaine » 25 Mar 2021, 16:32

TrimTheKing wrote:Nice job mate. I imagine there's a market out there for those... :eusa-whistle:


and if I thought I could sell them for what some companies are flogging them for I don't think I'd be posting about it here. :)

I dropped it a few times, so it's now flown and therefore aircraft grade. :D
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