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I have built a similar set up for a model T coupester, What is the maximum amount of travel that you are looking at? This model T will have 4...
Ulu That is the idea and I think that is why some guys with higher math and engineering skill are having a hard time with this, I understand where...
Through my personal experience with open wheel dirt cars this is common knowledge but not so obvious because the whole chassis is fabricated...
Not trying to be antagonistic or crappy but the load is different.... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Now imagine with one inch of...
The best example of weight leverage I can think of is the rear suspension pickup points on a dirt midget, on our car we had aluminum plates that...
Thanks a lot it means a bunch coming from you guys!!! Usually when I do metal work for someone I am their first experience and they just think...
Thanks guys!! I should talk about my roughing hammer a little bit, a couple years ago a friend of mine (Dan, Route56wingnut) gave me some really...
[ATTACH] making a replacement running board section running the beads it takes 3 passes to run the beads full depth [ATTACH] now is point and time...
[ATTACH] I like to pre stretch the seams just a little it makes it alot easier to get the weld to vanish [ATTACH] welded and planished and...
On to fender number two same treatment as the first rough out the fender reasonably well and start making the repair sections. [ATTACH] ok on to...
Hey guys haven't posted in a long time been neck deep busy but here are some 46 chevy pickup fenders that I fixed so lets get started. [ATTACH]...
Yes sir you have a nice reciprocating machine! Fay butler sells a very informative little booklet on how to use and make tooling for these types...
Just need to get some of those glasses with the fake nose and mustache then no one will know who you are haha. I think we will be up on the 2nd...
Looking forward to it Dan see you in a couple weeks! Pat
I think the only union stuff we have around here is the railroad and a bakery there is just not alot of poplulation out here. Traveling to sheet...
Gimpy I am at or above the target hours weekly but I work 6 days a week as some of my time is taken up by business stuff and wrangling suppliers....
I guess that is the thing that I am having a hard time with to Dino. I have no idea what it costs to live in jacksonvill but here we rent a...
We have the work in the shop right now and a waiting list its finding someone that can do the work. But a guy that I know nothing about that...
The reason that I have put the work trials in place is so that we do not get burned I have paid guys what they ask before for a work trial and...
That is very good food for thought Gimpy but I do not pay myself what you guys are talking for wages but that also is probably how we can afford a...
There are a couple of out of a box builders that charge over a hundred bucks a hour around here but they also have been sued several times and I...
I am not trying to make this into a advertisement I am just trying to show what we do so guys have a little bit of a idea what kind of work they...
Thanks for the comments guys was starting to get a little depressed haha. I just don't understand guys saying that 20 bucks isn't enough to get...
Bingo! Cost of living here is not much and starting wage here for a welder is 15 bucks a hour, as a younger man I walked into prototype welding...
If a guy has a good skill set and can pick up other things I would pay that guy 20 a hour any more and the shop rate has to go up and we are not...
Its Hard to get a point across on these fourms or it could be poor wording on my part all I want is for my guys to take pride in there work and...
HaHA I have thought about going to the uk to try and advance my skill set by working with a English panel beater you guys over there do some...
bump. Pat
We have a interviewed a few but Im not sure at this point, looking for someone to work with us NOT for us. In a interview I tell people to think...
Bump for monday. Pat
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