Aluminium Clip Board

[Jigantor]

This is a very simple project that has no welding.
This project will be very boring for an expert but it is a project that just about anyone can do with a minimal tools.
A clip board is a must for a workshop, it holds the plans of your job or some paper with your chicken scratchens.
I tried to purchase a metal clip board but again no one here sells them any more.
They do sell the ones with a masonite board but I don't like any wood products in my welding bay. That said I bought one just to use the clip part.

Ji

[Jigantor]

I paid for a piece of 1.6mm aluminium 6060 T5 cut to size.
This cost $2.00.

The problem with the masonite clip boards is that they don't support the full length of an A4 page.

Ji

[Jigantor]

First I grabbed a coin that I wanted to use as a corner template.
I traced around the coin on all the corners

Ji

[Jigantor]

With a pair of tin snips cut out the square corners.
Then with a file remove all the material to the template line.
With some sand paper and a sanding block smooth off the corners.
If all has gone well it should look like this.

Ji

[Jigantor]

Select the correct size drill and drill out the existing rivets holding the clip board together.

Ji

[Jigantor]

I placed the old masonite board over the ali board and marked where the rivet holes where I then drilled the holes and rivetted the clip onto the new ali clip board.
With some sand paper and a sanding block I removed most scratches and burrs.

Job done

Ji