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A. Dalton's camber tool
« on: July 13, 2010, 05:01:35 »
A few years back A. Dalton described a $5 camber tool that he made (http://www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=2661.0).
Unfortunately the link to his picture is dead. Anybody out there who has a copy?
The tool was copied also by Jim Villers (http://www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=3903).
Jim do you have a photo of your tool that you can post?
I would like to make one and check the suspension on my car.
Thanks!
Alfred
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Re: A. Dalton's camber tool
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2010, 15:42:33 »
This one Alfred?

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Re: A. Dalton's camber tool
« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2010, 15:53:06 »
Thank you Naj!
Now comes the task to learn how to use it.  ???
Alfred
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Re: A. Dalton's camber tool
« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2010, 16:09:13 »
Hi Alfred,

I made one and it's easy to use.  Using a level I notched the copper with a razor blade where the plumb bob rested to mark 0 degrees.  Similarly I placed a marks at 1/8 inch intervals to act as the half degree references.

Simply place the tool against the edge of the steel wheel to read positive or negative camber on your scale.
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Re: A. Dalton's camber tool
« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2010, 20:05:32 »
Hi Jeff,
thanks for the encouragement. Unfortunately, it isn't just the tool but there is also a translation problem.
Where do I find a "plumb bob" .. should I talk to MacDonald customers.  ???  For sure it cannot  be Bob P.  ;)
Seriously, sometimes these technical phrases act like monkey wrenches for me.  So, what is it?
Alfred
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1966 230SL automatic 334G light blue (sold)
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Re: A. Dalton's camber tool
« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2010, 20:25:23 »
Hi, Alfred,

You can make one or get one from your local hardware store:

A plumb-bob or a plummet is a weight, usually with a pointed tip on the bottom, that is suspended from a string and used as a vertical reference line, or plumb-line.
The instrument has been used in since at least the time of the ancient Egypt[1] to ensure that constructions are "plumb", or vertical. It is also used in surveying to establish the nadir with respect to gravity of a point in space. They are used with a variety of instruments (including levels, theodolites, and steel tapes) to set the instrument exactly over a fixed survey marker, or to transcribe positions onto the ground for placing a marker
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Re: A. Dalton's camber tool
« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2010, 20:36:04 »
Hi Naj,
that thing is known to me in English as a "plummet".
Now I understand -  when a plummet is hollow and air tight then it becomes a bobber and is useful for fishing!  ;D
Alfred
1964 230SL manual 4-speed 568H signal red
1966 230SL automatic 334G light blue (sold)
1968 280SL automatic (now 904G midnight blue)

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Re: A. Dalton's camber tool
« Reply #7 on: July 13, 2010, 20:49:09 »
Alfred,

I don't know if any MacDonald's customers would know but you could ask SpoungBob about a PlumbBob.
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