DervMafia Eddy Current Dyno Upgrade

[darrenjlobb]

Next little job now things were getting together and looking nearly finished was to make a cover for the retarder end of the dyno, sadly we never got the original, not sure what happened to it but the guy I picked it up from never had it either, so decided to just make one up from scratch.

So started by boring a hole out the pit for all the cables to tidy things up:



And then cut up some lengths of angle to form the outer frame / lip that will sit down in the dyno frame, idea being this cover will simply lift off for servicing etc.




Welded that up to form frame:






Promptly realised I had made epic fail with measurements (measure ID not OD of the hole!!) so had to weld in extensions on all four sides, so did that and then ground all the welds flat so sheet steel would fit flush:




Sits like so:




Welded some inch box in to strengthen it so you can walk on it without bending the sheet steel (not that we walk on it on purpose but just incase!...Regular people who visit my workshop will know the rules around the dyno hehe  )







Cut up some sheet steel and tacked corners to form the basic shape / check fit and clearance etc:




Torched some holes in the top with the plasma cutter for some fans to pull heat up out the hole:




And welded her around, not the best welding but got bord going slow and keeping it pretty so just blasted around to get the job done!:






And a lick of paint / fans fitted ended up looking like this, which has done the job nicely!:



Thanks for reading