Ariel & Commander Owners

Ariel Association => General/Off-Topic => Topic started by: frank durant on July 10, 2009, 07:27:27 PM

Title: wanted...spreaders for ariel
Post by: frank durant on July 10, 2009, 07:27:27 PM
The mast and boom on 215 are intact but missing spreaders. Any available?
Title: wanted...spreaders for ariel
Post by: Rico on July 10, 2009, 07:58:17 PM
Frank - If you cannot find any available they'd be very easy to fabricate...

They are just plain aluminum pipe. (Sorry I cannot provide the dimensions!) The hardest thing would be the tip, but you can easily 'improvise' for that...

I can see pressing the end of the pipe not-quite flat and grinding a groove for the wire, a hole for the retainer bolt at the bracket, a couple of small holes for the seizing wire... this would work just as well.

It maybe even cheaper to get a small piece of scrap 'Al' round stock to match the pipe and grind your very own genuine imitation spreader tip from scratch... It would not take long at all...
Title: wanted...spreaders for ariel
Post by: CapnK on July 10, 2009, 11:33:12 PM
Franklin -

I'm pretty sure I can shoot you some measurements tomorrow.
Title: spreaders?
Post by: ebb on July 11, 2009, 01:11:40 AM
Frank, haven't seen them around for awhile.
but I may have the originals  here someplace.
I think the aluminum castings were of a piece, too.
But they were smeared with  some black s....
They're yours.
Title: wanted...spreaders for ariel
Post by: frank durant on July 11, 2009, 01:07:56 PM
Thanks....let me know.