13/01/2013 - Back into my garage and concentrate on the roll bar

It takes a little while with the file to get the back sections at the right width and height.  I found a little at a time and take it steady gets a good fit.

I was glad I read Mike Bullocks site as he pointed out that the joining plate sits low in the frame and not the centre and sure enough on the plans a position of 9/32nds is called out.  Measure that and aligned the plate making sure of hole distance etc then clamped and drilled away.

Time for the first strap, so I measured a centre line and two furthers lines 1/8th either side of the centre line.  If I have this strap central and in the right place then this should show as the gap all the way around the bar. The strap requires a little trimming to fit and a lot of clamps to hold it in place.