Steel spider

[Dave Grispen]

Hello fellow members.

I was wondering if anybody on here made a all steel spider like the original ones.
I have a fibre glass piece, but am thinking about making it out of steel. For construction and safety reasons.
I will be using the fibre glass one as a Buck.
if anyone has done this do you maybe have some info as to how to build it?
i know the original ones were stamped steel. But i want too make it in parts, and weld it together.

any info would be great.

 

[Morten]

The roof section only consist of some 20 or so panels. There are no blueprints/ drawings for them, nor the A&B pillars, nor the lower front windshield inner / outer profiles.

You could contact GOX USA or Markus, who could possibly supply some bits, but those panels will differ from the fiberglas center section.

Best of luck mate.

 

[Dave Grispen]

So better make it from my fibre glass roof and use it as a Buck?

 

[Randy Folsom]

I have some steel B-pillars that I was told were going to be used to repair a steel spider back in the sixties. I have no documentation. The backs are steel plate. The tops and bottoms are open. Unfortunately, i don’t have a backside picture.

I sand blasted one of them because I was considering grafting them on to my RCR provided spider. I have since given up on that idea. I would be willing to part with them for the $500
I paid plus shipping.

I am in Singapore until Feb 26, so can’t ship them until early March. Let me know if you are interested.

 

[Ian Anderson]

R

Post in thread 'Steel spider'

Oct 18, 2014

Hi Ian,
I am still about, nice to see my panels popping up on the forum,
perhaps I will call in to Silvermere soon

• roy snook

Have a look here

 

[Markus]

Hello. I’d like to take the pillars. Best regards

 

[Douglas]

You could try and make press die out of BC-8655 Kwik-Kast II, it has a:
Tensile Strength: 4,120 psi
Flexural Strength, 5% Strain: 6,250 psi
Compressive Strength: 9,200 psi

Just need a big ass press.

 

[Randy Folsom]

Hello. I’d like to take the pillars. Best regards

I will give Dave first option to buy since it was his post I responded to. If he is not interested, then they are yours.

 

[David mono]

Hello fellow members.

I was wondering if anybody on here made a all steel spider like the original ones.
I have a fibre glass piece, but am thinking about making it out of steel. For construction and safety reasons.
I will be using the fibre glass one as a Buck.
if anyone has done this do you maybe have some info as to how to build it?
i know the original ones were stamped steel. But i want too make it in parts, and weld it together.

any info would be great.

I'd make the buck from MDF, save your fiberglass part for resale. Look into hammer forming and flow forming. To do a good job of this I can see this in the three hundred hour plus area, this takes longer than people think. What make of spider do you have?

 

[David mono]

I have some steel B-pillars that I was told were going to be used to repair a steel spider back in the sixties. I have no documentation. The backs are steel plate. The tops and bottoms are open. Unfortunately, i don’t have a backside picture.

I sand blasted one of them because I was considering grafting them on to my RCR provided spider. I have since given up on that idea. I would be willing to part with them for the $500
I paid plus shipping.

I am in Singapore until Feb 26, so can’t ship them until early March. Let me know if you are interested.
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Randy, when you are back home could you post more photos of the B pillar.

 

[Lee Patterson]

GOX -USA can provide the entire steel roof.

 

[Dave Grispen]

I have some steel B-pillars that I was told were going to be used to repair a steel spider back in the sixties. I have no documentation. The backs are steel plate. The tops and bottoms are open. Unfortunately, i don’t have a backside picture.

I sand blasted one of them because I was considering grafting them on to my RCR provided spider. I have since given up on that idea. I would be willing to part with them for the $500
I paid plus shipping.

I am in Singapore until Feb 26, so can’t ship them until early March. Let me know if you are interested.
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Thanks for the offer, but i want too make the spider myself, and it has too fit my body. Wouldnt want to buy them and then find out they dont fit my body.
Only thing i would like to know from you is, what it the thickness of the metal?
Thanks in advance

Regards Dave

 

[Randy Folsom]

Thanks for the offer, but i want too make the spider myself, and it has too fit my body. Wouldnt want to buy them and then find out they dont fit my body.
Only thing i would like to know from you is, what it the thickness of the metal?
Thanks in advance

Regards Dave

Dave, thx for letting me know. The pillars are strong, so guessing 16 or 18 gauge. I will take measurements and post more pictures when I return to Austin at the end of February. Cheers, Randy