B&M Hammer - Console mods

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Jhenry70 said:
So what did you guys use to cut your top plate? I was experimenting at the house (most of my tools are at the shop) with my dremel this weekend. I tried a 2-1/2" cut off wheel and a smaller Diamond Tip cut off wheel and that chrome plate just laughed at them. Was thinking I will have to get the big grinder with a 6" cut off blade to do the job and just take it slow for the big cuts but I'll need to figure out some thing different for the smaller more precise cuts. Maybe the die grinder or saw with the air tools....
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I bought a metal cutting blade for my bandsaw. Worked good but I should have figured how to slow down the speed on my saw, cause by the time I had my top plate cut I had over heated the blade and it was toast.
 
Got away to the shop for a bit today. Used a cutoff blade on the grinder and cut the top plate hump out. Drilled the ends of the slots for the shifter plate and used the cutoff blade to finish the cuts. Drilled holes for the shifter mechanism to mount directly solid to the top plate and then the shifter cover just snaps on from the top.

Pretty pleased with how it turned out. Now to clean up the chrome and the console base and paint it. Going to make my own mounting brackets as well.

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cwirth7 said:
any updates to this?
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Unfortunately not to the console. I did get the Shifter mounted in the car and made new brackets to mount the console but then got distracted with some metal work on the rear quarter. Haven't been back in my shop since June... life's been busy.
 
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