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hi there, we made these for a racing team, the ring in the centre locates the first wheel then all the other tires stack on top, we made the second 1 with a stainless steel centre pole.

Hi Bulletpruf, Its been very interesting reading your posts about your Alfa all very well documented, Just give you the heads-up ref the head studs, they will not unscrew from the block. They are welded to a large steel plate that sits under the cylinder liners and is cast into the aluminium...

yep I have a lens inside my welding hat, i wear glasses to see normaly but found that i need a bit more when im welding, so a cheater lens has been a god send, don't get me wrong i'm still a crappie welder, but i like to think im a bit better cos as i can now see what im doing wrong.

My God where is she going to put it?!

awesome job, just luv the doors, did you make them?

Hi Schmokie, My oven is about the same size as your's. I use 2 X 2500 watt cooker elements, which I run from a 32amp single phase supply 240V. the oven takes approx 25 mins to get up to temp. hope that helps

Try DP490 glue, takes about 12 hours to fully cure, but man it will stick diamonds to grease!!!

Oh man you ruined it! I was impressed that you could weld on the celling!

Let me throw this in to the ring, maybe the stripped gears are related to the stripped bolts, if the 8/32 screw are not man enough to hold the cover in place then the screw elongates the hole, the top cover moves then the gear strips. are the two holes in the centre of your pic dowl holes? I...

I have pretty much the same gun that i got from a company here in the UK. It works fine, however i have found it very difficult to get rid of the orange peel effect, some colours are worse then others for this. I always shot blast the parts to be coated, then clean them with acetone, then let...

well i've dated worse

:D:D I had 1, made a cool $20 off it:lol_hitti

Well I will stick my two cents' worth in here as well. The overriding advice seems to be get a system, it's very good advice. You need to find a system that works for you; ok people may come and rib you for it but if it works for you then they can go hang. What works for me is a camera phone. A...

Hey Nonhog that was a great link to find. Thankyou for sharing

In the UK they sell it by the roll. so if you want straight lengths you have to unwind it (No Sh*t) But the best way to get it really straight is to place it between 2 sheets of plywood and roll the top sheet back and forth with the pipe in-between. Works like a charm.