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Hobson

Post subject: Stainless Bracket bending.

Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 11:12 am

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I have a RHS bracket for a seam mirror, what is the best way to "adjust" it to suit the left hand side?

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Gordo

Post subject: Re: Stainless Bracket bending.

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2015 3:00 pm

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Rectangular hollow section? Difficult to bend nicely... Squishes the sides in

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cd_design

Post subject: Re: Stainless Bracket bending.

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2015 6:33 pm

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I was waiting for someone to mention rectangular hollow section.

Post a picture of the bracket Hobson, might make it easier to figure out how to modify it to suit LHS

LHS is left hand side, just incase anyone thinks its Lozenge Hollow Section

*I couldnt think of any shape that started with L, google gave me Lozenge - A diamond shape

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Hobson

Post subject: Re: Stainless Bracket bending.

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2015 6:55 pm

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I should have known better than to call it a RHS, being a structural draftsman, but It was Friday and I was procrastinating.

refer attached image borrowed from minisport.

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drmini in aust

Post subject: Re: Stainless Bracket bending.

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2015 7:09 pm

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That looks pretty simple, if it really is SS, just clamp the vee bracket flat, then cold bend it the other way.

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1310/71

Post subject: Re: Stainless Bracket bending.

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2015 7:12 pm

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Little piece of trivia for cd_design, the Renault diamond emblem is called losange in French.

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Post subject: Re: Stainless Bracket bending.

Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 7:50 am

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Doesn't it just go on upside down???

You will need to distance the mirror from the bracket to allow clearance at the inner edge.

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cd_design

Post subject: Re: Stainless Bracket bending.

Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 8:02 am

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You could just draw a center line and use the mirror component tool?

On a serious note Im going with Ian, looks like you just need to turn it upside down to fit,

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drmini in aust

Post subject: Re: Stainless Bracket bending.

Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 8:57 am

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If you just turn it over the mirror's mount won't be vertical. may not matter...

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VanMorrison

Post subject: Re: Stainless Bracket bending.

Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 9:18 am

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if your only running with one ( so theres no comparison on the opposite side ) id just turn it upside down..

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Hobson

Post subject: Re: Stainless Bracket bending.

Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 5:50 pm

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haha, if you notice when you flip the image the bottom bar stick out (towards the rear of the car) when you flip it, the mirror pretty much faces the ground.

I will give Doc's option a go and see how I go.

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