Making a DIR Backplate (Streetsign & Stainless) (.DWG AutoCAD File)

[ams511]

The only issue I can see is the wingnut contacting your back. but is there some religious DIR ethos about not putting the wingnut on the outside and the nut/ carriage bolt head on the inside facing your back?

DIR is like a religion and there are different sects. I am an agnostic so I don't know for sure, but would assume it is a no-no because the protruding nut and bolt could get caught on something. Hopefully someone with more experience will chime it. The other thing I wonder about, is how the tank bands for doubles would fit on a plate like that. I would think at a minimum you would need longer bolts.

 

[lucca brassi]

You have almost original backplate , because original I think it was made from traffic STOP sign

 

[Couv]

....or perhaps.....

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Sorry to necro such an old thread, but do you still have the autoCAD files available for your version?

 

[happy-diver]

Fill your abrasives with chalk before tackling aluminium