"Z" progress.
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Solid Rock
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I welded up the welding table tonight. I cut the supplies kinda' close. I have 1/2 pc. of filler rod left, 20 PSI of argon in the second tank & the 20''x20'' table top was the biggest pc. I could get out of what's left of a 4'x4'x3/16'' sheet of steel.
Bracing under the table. Gettin' low on that stuff too, but I got er' done.
Bracing under the table. Gettin' low on that stuff too, but I got er' done.
15th Annual DRAGLIST Nationals Sometime in 2020. Somewhere in the USA.
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Solid Rock
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Sorry, Rocky....but I don't....I will "try" to get some soon...just don't expect em' to look as "polished" as Gary's stuffBilly, Do you have any photos of your brake????
You DO do some good work there ProZ!!
Long Live Draglist!
Thank You Vets
In God we Trust...(all others pay cash)
Billy Mac Signs-West/Pegasus Race Cars
Thank You Vets
In God we Trust...(all others pay cash)
Billy Mac Signs-West/Pegasus Race Cars
I got looking at the parts and pieces of my radius brake contraption...and I have no idea how I made things work 
There are 4 different parts to the deal....and I "think" I did things in two separate steps...1, to get things started in the right direction and 2, to finish it off to the desired bend (hence the rachets) I has been quite some time since I made one of those type dash's and I may have slept a time or two since then
Also in my arsenal of homemade toys is a 10ft long brake, that utilizes a motor grader blade, some really heavy 3/4 thick angle iron, a piece of 8 inch "I" beam, a pair of 3/4 rod ends and a couple of chain binders to produce a relatively easy (one man operation) 90* bend in a 10 foot long sheet of .040 aluminum. (On that long a sheet, I have to have a minimum of an inch for the 90, because it just wants to kick it out when I try to put the bend in....On smaller pieces, it's no problem getting down to a 1/2 inch 90. I have bent 90's in some .080 diamond plate aluminum, but I had to have some extra help to get it to do it...those pieces were about 6 foot long...I made a custom set of fenders for a semi...[the guy sold the truck before I finished the fenders
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Sorry to derail, Pro
So....How's the "Z" coming along??
There are 4 different parts to the deal....and I "think" I did things in two separate steps...1, to get things started in the right direction and 2, to finish it off to the desired bend (hence the rachets) I has been quite some time since I made one of those type dash's and I may have slept a time or two since then
Also in my arsenal of homemade toys is a 10ft long brake, that utilizes a motor grader blade, some really heavy 3/4 thick angle iron, a piece of 8 inch "I" beam, a pair of 3/4 rod ends and a couple of chain binders to produce a relatively easy (one man operation) 90* bend in a 10 foot long sheet of .040 aluminum. (On that long a sheet, I have to have a minimum of an inch for the 90, because it just wants to kick it out when I try to put the bend in....On smaller pieces, it's no problem getting down to a 1/2 inch 90. I have bent 90's in some .080 diamond plate aluminum, but I had to have some extra help to get it to do it...those pieces were about 6 foot long...I made a custom set of fenders for a semi...[the guy sold the truck before I finished the fenders
]Sorry to derail, Pro
So....How's the "Z" coming along??
Long Live Draglist!
Thank You Vets
In God we Trust...(all others pay cash)
Billy Mac Signs-West/Pegasus Race Cars
Thank You Vets
In God we Trust...(all others pay cash)
Billy Mac Signs-West/Pegasus Race Cars
"Z" firewall should be the next project Billy.
Worked on the bead roller today. I got rid of the hand crank and put a bicycle wheel in its place. Local bike shop gave it to me, it's a little bent, but it works for this deal. I figured the bigger the wheel the better control. I had to try it out, works a whole lot better now. . I made an aluminum table for the exit side. Loosen 1 thumb screw at the bottom and it lifts off a couple pins on the top. I scribed some lines every 2" as guides. no fence yet. I think I'll use it this way first and add a fence later.
Got the Vice mount done. I made a knee brace for those times when I feel the need to beat on the vise. Same brace will work on all the attachments.
....and I got the rack finished up tonight. Everything in easy reach, tucked away behind the door. Oh, I bent up some scrap sign aluminum also, to protect the wall.
I think I'm ready to start on the "Z" firewall now. I have to put a quick disconnect in the planishing hammer air line so I don't have to drag the foot pedal around. It's a pain in the hose this way.
Worked on the bead roller today. I got rid of the hand crank and put a bicycle wheel in its place. Local bike shop gave it to me, it's a little bent, but it works for this deal. I figured the bigger the wheel the better control. I had to try it out, works a whole lot better now. . I made an aluminum table for the exit side. Loosen 1 thumb screw at the bottom and it lifts off a couple pins on the top. I scribed some lines every 2" as guides. no fence yet. I think I'll use it this way first and add a fence later.
Got the Vice mount done. I made a knee brace for those times when I feel the need to beat on the vise. Same brace will work on all the attachments.
....and I got the rack finished up tonight. Everything in easy reach, tucked away behind the door. Oh, I bent up some scrap sign aluminum also, to protect the wall.
I think I'm ready to start on the "Z" firewall now. I have to put a quick disconnect in the planishing hammer air line so I don't have to drag the foot pedal around. It's a pain in the hose this way.
15th Annual DRAGLIST Nationals Sometime in 2020. Somewhere in the USA.
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