actually.. its partly due to not cleaning the mill scale/may have dipped the tungsten/gas flow issue... its been judged by welders on the miller forums and another welding forum... but for less then 2 hrs with a TiG it aint bad.. thin stuff is a bitch.. anyways.. hopefully see you fellas friday night
I think you mis-understood me.. even with it being your bday and all the next day.. I dont float that way
cool, me and Karen are coming up. Shes getting tuned Friday and Im bringing my STI to Matt, drink and eat thursday evening?
wow.. you guys got a bunch done today... kudos... looks totally different from when I was over last night
You need a passenger seat for a camera person. That way you can video tape my tail lights when I am passing you.
yes a tube notcher. picked a new one up today along with a new drill at harbor fright today both adding up to under 100$
ok, just wondered cause a lot of guys sweat by notching with a grinder...but that seems like it'd take forever.
Not really, but it is a lot more tedious than using a hole-saw notcher like the HF one. Mostly because you don't have to worry about getting the profile right. The HF one is pretty much crap, but it gets the job done, more or less. I've used it (own one) and better models and the main difference is that the HF one has more slop in the bearing and as a result the cuts get a little rougher than with a good unit. But there's a good chance either way that you'll be doing a little dressing with a grinder anyhow, so it's no big deal.
every notch gets cleaned up with a grinder and then a wire brush wheel. don't have the thousands of dollars for the nice ones so the hf one works great. i got about 200 notches out of the last notcher i had before the bearing got to sloppy to use it any more. 40$ later i have a new one.
Well, a decent one only runs about $175 or thereabouts, not talking about the end mill notchers though, which can run $$$$
if i was in the market to build tube chassis cars i would dish the money out on a nice end mill one. but with a garage project like mine and the budget i have 2 hf nochers do the job real well. out of curiosity though what notchers are you talking about?
or this one http://www.southern-tool.com/store/Baileigh_TN-200E.html how about this one?? http://www.southern-tool.com/store/Baileigh_TN-300.html
not if you are on a production scale and are doing constant work.. think if you were to spend $100 each week doing what you do it would pay for itself quickly ah ha a... I have been all over the boards looking at equipment... drooling, dreaming.. was even going to take a tour of Baleighs factory over in Wisconsin but ran out of time last year... (back when I was looking at investing into a mandrel bender)
what's the stall at on the converter? That's a pretty big scatter shield I know you initially hoped for an April launch, do you still have a lot to finish or is it getting close?
its a powerglide not a TH350. picked it up from a guy that works at a dragstrip outside chicago, same guy that sold him the wheels & tires.
I was debating if it was a glide. Most glides that I have seen built you can change the bell housings. Good choice. The thing will haul ass with that. One shift for the win.:woot:
