{"id":2539,"date":"2013-11-24T19:13:23","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T00:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/?p=2539"},"modified":"2014-01-05T20:42:24","modified_gmt":"2014-01-06T01:42:24","slug":"even-more-rollbar-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/?p=2539","title":{"rendered":"Even more rollbar fun&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Thanksgiving! \u00a0Here&#8217;s a Turkey Day rollbar update&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the top strap drilled into place on the rollbar&#8217;s rear half. I did it the same way as the bottom strap (see the last post). As is usually the case, this one went a lot faster than fitting and drilling the bottom strap. Sharp-eyed observers might notice that the top strap is held in place with #40 clecos&#8230;I pilot-drilled both the top and bottom straps to #40, then enlarged the holes to #30. \u00a0So there.<a href=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8633.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2540\" alt=\"Upper strip drilled\" src=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8633-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8633-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8633-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8633-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>Here&#8217;s another view of the rear channel and straps match-drilled. A thing of beauty&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8635.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2541\" alt=\"Upper and lower strips\" src=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8635-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8635-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8635-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8635-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>Another picture? Sure, I knew you&#8217;d want one&#8230;enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8637.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2542\" alt=\"Fitting the forward rollbar half\" src=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8637-e1386029803859-768x1024.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8637-e1386029803859-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8637-e1386029803859-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8637-e1386029803859.jpg 1944w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>After laying out and pilot-drilling rivet holes in the front channel halves, I fitted them into place on the rear channel assembly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8636.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2543\" alt=\"Measuring rollbar height\" src=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8636-e1386029885703-768x1024.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8636-e1386029885703-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8636-e1386029885703-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8636-e1386029885703.jpg 1944w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>Apologies for the fuzzy pic, but what you&#8217;re seeing is me checking the overall rollbar thickness to make sure it&#8217;s 1.5&#8243; per plans. There&#8217;s more to follow in the next exciting installment, so stay tuned.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Thanksgiving! \u00a0Here&#8217;s a Turkey Day rollbar update&#8230; Here&#8217;s the top strap drilled into place on the rollbar&#8217;s rear half. I did it the same way as the bottom strap (see the last post). As is usually the case, this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/?p=2539\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fuselage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2539"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2578,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2539\/revisions\/2578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}