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12-23-2019, 12:04 AM
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Solving an age old problem with the horrible factory armrests.
I have been working on this project for a few months. Hours and hours of modeling and a few prototypes later we have a completed concept.
6061 2 piece armrest. the top is removable with .020" of quench clearance to lock down whatever material the top is covered in. I chose Alcantara for the top and will polish out the lower to match the rest of the NOS parts in the pictures. Tell me your thoughts. |
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12-23-2019, 12:26 AM
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Re: Solving an age old problem with the horrible factory armrests.
Daaaaang. That's cool 😎
Heluva nice job. |
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12-23-2019, 12:50 AM
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Re: Solving an age old problem with the horrible factory armrests.
Stellar work man!
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12-23-2019, 12:52 AM
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Re: Solving an age old problem with the horrible factory armrests.
Thanks guys, we also made these
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12-23-2019, 07:45 AM
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Re: Solving an age old problem with the horrible factory armrests.
Nice job
 That some good machine work there. .
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12-23-2019, 08:03 AM
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Re: Solving an age old problem with the horrible factory armrests.
It's beautiful...but what was so horrible about the originals?
K
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12-23-2019, 10:34 AM
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Re: Solving an age old problem with the horrible factory armrests.
Wife says not deep enough to close door with wrecking her nails. I thought of machining a 3/8" aluminum spacer for stock pads myself.
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12-23-2019, 12:36 PM
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Re: Solving an age old problem with the horrible factory armrests.
Roger. I guess my nails were never long enough to notice.
K
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12-23-2019, 12:39 PM
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Re: Solving an age old problem with the horrible factory armrests.
Great job!
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12-23-2019, 01:10 PM
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Re: Solving an age old problem with the horrible factory armrests.
Looks good. Possible minor nit: make sure the exposed edges on the metal in the hand area are rounded to avoid fingertip cuts.
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12-23-2019, 01:27 PM
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Re: Solving an age old problem with the horrible factory armrests.
Saw these on one of the FB pages, very nice work!!
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12-23-2019, 02:33 PM
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Re: Solving an age old problem with the horrible factory armrests.
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12-23-2019, 10:45 PM
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Re: Solving an age old problem with the horrible factory armrests.
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G1 G3 G2 then R0.063 or R0.125?  Great Job. .
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12-25-2019, 05:22 PM
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Location: Haines City FL
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Re: Solving an age old problem with the horrible factory armrests.
Those look awesome. I like the attention to detail!
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12-25-2019, 08:26 PM
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Re: Solving an age old problem with the horrible factory armrests.
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Any thought to making some for the earlier version arm rests like my 75 has? |
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