Forum: Automotive Projects
06-05-2016, 05:04 PM
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Problem is I'm building a new 70k car, used...
Problem is I'm building a new 70k car, used engines aren't any good, and the rebuild cost would take it past the 5k cost of the chevy. Having been mucked about in the past I now either build engines...
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Forum: Automotive Projects
06-04-2016, 03:22 PM
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Forum: Automotive Projects
06-04-2016, 03:19 PM
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Forum: Automotive Projects
06-03-2016, 04:32 PM
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Forum: Automotive Projects
06-03-2016, 04:31 PM
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Forum: Automotive Projects
06-03-2016, 04:29 PM
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Forum: Welding Sheet Metal
04-24-2016, 04:08 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 5,691
Another thing to bear in mind ( it affected my...
Another thing to bear in mind ( it affected my decision when looking at a syncrowave 350 in the uk) is power supply. Do you have a suitably large supply. They draw a vast current! I'm sure with the...
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Forum: General Discussion
04-20-2016, 02:16 PM
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Replies: 14
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Forum: General Discussion
04-19-2016, 03:52 PM
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Forum: General Discussion
04-15-2016, 04:16 PM
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Big thumbs up for Peter Tommasini dvd's
Having watched a lot of metalworking videos online I liked Peter's approach so recently bought the full set. I can thoroughly recommend it. While the first 3 dvd's are covering fairly basic stuff,...
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Forum: Basic questions and answers
04-15-2016, 04:03 PM
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Forum: Automotive Projects
04-11-2016, 07:34 AM
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Replies: 26
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cheers! Yea we try to do stuff right!
You...
cheers! Yea we try to do stuff right!
You can still get all the parts for the metco guns although they are extortionately priced! Need either high speed gun or high speed gearset to spray zinc or...
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Forum: Automotive Projects
04-09-2016, 02:10 PM
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Forum: Automotive Projects
04-09-2016, 02:06 PM
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Replies: 26
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Me too!! I'm VERY slowly building a truck for...
Me too!! I'm VERY slowly building a truck for myself, 1940's light truck cab on Mitsubishi canter chassis with cummins 6bt diesel and wartime wrecker crane on the back. Another slow burner though!
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Forum: General Discussion
04-05-2016, 05:31 PM
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Replies: 5
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Actually they were from ebay
One of these...
Actually they were from ebay
One of these for the bottom tool http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=360705060717&globalID=EBAY-GB
And these for the top, made an intermediate...
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Forum: Automotive Projects
04-04-2016, 04:06 PM
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Replies: 26
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Forum: Automotive Projects
04-04-2016, 03:53 PM
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Forum: Automotive Projects
04-04-2016, 03:46 PM
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Forum: General Discussion
04-04-2016, 08:46 AM
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Replies: 5
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I have a very old Pels machine which also has...
I have a very old Pels machine which also has oddball tooling. I removed it and fitted er25 milling collet chucks with backstops inside to prevent the tooling pushing through. I used 5/8 collets in...
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Forum: Automotive Projects
04-04-2016, 07:56 AM
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Replies: 26
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will revisit this later and change things....
will revisit this later and change things. Limited on what I can do on Ipad so will fire up laptop. I think I have sorted a simpler way to post the actual pictures on here so will give it a go this...
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Forum: Automotive Projects
04-03-2016, 04:11 PM
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Forum: Welding Sheet Metal
04-03-2016, 01:32 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 5,348
Certainly can say that it's nice to work with...
Certainly can say that it's nice to work with some old American steel sometimes! That does weld nicely!
We repaired some '39 Pontiac deluxe rear fenders for a guy locally (very rare car in the...
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Forum: Welding Sheet Metal
04-03-2016, 01:26 PM
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All great information thanks!
I certainly...
All great information thanks!
I certainly try and join on a higher crown area but a lot of the stuff we work on has little crown so quite tricky.
Marty-I'm glad it's not just me that finds...
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Forum: Automotive Projects
04-03-2016, 10:19 AM
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Replies: 26
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Jaguar XJC project
Another one we are working on at the moment, which has involved quite a lot of metal shaping along the way.
It is a series 3 jaguar xjc which we are rebuilding as a new car, with various custom...
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Forum: Welding Sheet Metal
04-02-2016, 03:54 PM
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Replies: 5
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