Wobbly swivel seat is MOT failure

[gti mad man]

woho if not ive got one in the post atm

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OK we're all measured up, I've got CAD geometry and working on the machining sequence (to avoid ending up with something that you can't hold for the last operation) Reckon that a full seat set of 4 + 4 will be about £40.
Yes, a bit dearer than the originals but we're machining a few at a time from solid material, not injection moulding thousands per hour with thousands of pounds worth of tooling
When we've got the prototypes, we'll do a test fit on syncroand101's westy before ploughing on with a batch.
More later.

[syncroand101]

When we've got the prototypes, we'll do a test fit on syncroand101's westy before ploughing on with a batch.

Was good to meet the other week, just let me know when you are ready to test fit

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Progress! We've now got a basic blank for the 20a, just waiting on the post for a cutter to put the "barb" on the pegs, then work out how to nest them together to minimize waste (which looks like quite a lot in these shots)
Hoping to produce 8 or 10 at a time to save my elbow changing tools!

westy20a prototype.jpg

westy20a prototype2.jpg

Then it's on to the 20b which is a little more tricky 'cos of the peg in the back...

[gti mad man]

woho good ones guys progress

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This has come out a bit dark (turn up your screen brightness!) but it's a first off

westy20a first off.jpg

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Spot the deliberate mistake...

westy20a first batch.jpg

NO, it's not that they're white.
Clue:count them!
How many required per seat?

[silverbullet]

A good end to the day! I made a small batch of 20a's last week (got slightly carried away and have 10 seat sets finished + another 10 sets part-worked)
20b's are now coming off finished so we'll have a trial fitting (Jake!) before the final OK and put up a pic.
They are in white copolymer (aka delrin, not black as per original - like it matters ) so should be slightly harder wearing than the original nylon ones - machining nylon parts this small is not amusing!
I reckon that we can do them at £40+vat per seat set of 8 parts. Post is free - we recycle envelopes!

[syncroand101]

20b's are now coming off finished so we'll have a trial fitting (Jake!) before the final OK and put up a pic.
envelopes!

Great, will be over your way later in the week. We can take some pics of how to do it as well etc.

[gti mad man]

woho looking good dude

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And here are the 20b first off's (should start using the part number but we all know what we're on about!)
Will put up another couple of pics showing them fitted to the swivel, when Jake drops in.

westy 20b batch.jpg

Now:to get back to making those Double Square headlight lens protectors proving a bit trickier than expected...

[gti mad man]

something has me puzzled guys im sure there are 2 versions of these swivels early and late?
as the swivel i just got from posh buggers has no holes for these bushes to push into at all anywhere?

[Cruz]

My 83 camper has VW swivels with the holes

[silverbullet]

something has me puzzled guys im sure there are 2 versions of these swivels early and late?
as the swivel i just got from posh buggers has no holes for these bushes to push into at all anywhere?

Put up a pic and someone will know at a glance - are you sure they're VW/Westy ones?

[gti mad man]

put a pic up soon yup vw part numbers and even painted that westfalia browny colour