Progress with the frame and part problems

I ran into some problems with my parts availability as said in the previous post. On top of that they could not get the Nexus Prolong and the LEDs. I checked another shop for the LEDs and the same thing. Seems like red or white LEDs are not used in here for modding. Blue, amber and green are the only options. Darn! I hope I can get used ones from some guys at tehomylly.net forums.

BTW, the GFX card price has gone up again. I paid 430€ for that ASUS and after that they put the price up to 460€. Yesterday I checked the price again and now it was up to 499€. Gee-wiz! I'm making profit here!

Last weekend I managed to get some progrees in the frame. I got the wheel mounts done and also got the brackets for pump and "water tank" in place. Then I grinded all the welds done previously.

Here's one of the wheel mounting bits cut to length.


Then I grinded some chamfers to get better welds and less material to grind. I also grinded the corners because i need to mount one corner of the wheelbase over there too.


Welds done and the mounting piece in place. Pretty as a picture!


Mounts in place and corners grinded. All I need now is to grind the mounts flat and drill holes for the bolts.


The test fit of the pump and decoration tank mounting brackets. After grinding the paint off, I did small grooves in the ends so the brackets stay in place nicely and would be easier to weld.


Welds done.


All grinded and smooth. I need a new disk for my grinder now :)


Test fitting the pump and the decoration tank. Looks good to me.


Another view. I still need to make the mounting bases for those, but that's an easy job and will be done next time.


Testing the handle mount. I need to make spacers for those so they'll come on top of the cover plates. Short pieces of some tube should do the job. That's also for next time.