A '54 named Busty

[Gregski]

... and now Metal Fab Advice from A Guy Who Should Not Be Giving Metal Fab Advice

if you want straight / even cuts when cutting with an angle grinder, anything thicker than sheet metal, so something like square tubing or pipe, only cut through the surface on each edge, then flip or rotate the piece and cut the other side only through the surface, reason being is that as you cut downwards the blade will go slightly at an angle either one way or the other way depending if you are right or left handed, this is a common problem as you try to stare down at the cut, it's a natural bad habit, but if you only penetrate that wall then rotate the piece then you will not cut far deep enough to skew your line, kapish?

[Gregski]

so now we had two 9" pieces, whooptie doo

oh wait...

[Gregski]

second verse
same as the first
but a whole lot sharper
and a whole lot worse...

[Gregski]

growing up on a farm we threw nothing away, knowing some day we might find a use for it...

[Gregski]

now that's what I call getting your moneys worth out of the wheel of death

[Gregski]

what the hewk is he making? he's just cutting, and cutting, until there's nothing going to be left...

[Gregski]

and now we make the one for the other side....

[Gregski]

after drilling crooked off center holes for 47 1/2 years, tonight... I put my foot down

[Gregski]

... and now more Metal Fab Advice from A Guy Who Should Not Be Giving Metal Fab Advice

when drilling always use astro glide or super lube of some kind, any motor oil will do, don't listen to guys who swear by cutting oil only, that is nonsense, my godfather is an amazing blacksmith and I'm telling you motor oil is fine, you can even use WD-40, water even, hewk beer, no wait that would be crazy talk, not beer, don't do that

first of all use a corded drill, corded drills are for ... wait for it... DRILLING, but but but, my wife got me a sexy cordless drill, yes, that's awesome, cordless drills are for guys who drive trucks with leather interiors and never put anything in the beds of their trucks so they won't scratch them up (tongue and cheek people, I'm just kidding, but seriously corded drills may be more torquay and help you out)

and when you start to drill a hole don't press down on the drill like a gorilla just hold it steady and let it do it's job, ie drill under it's own weight, then as it starts it's hole then put some pressure on it, and most importantly if you see smoke give it a splash of lubricant, I just dip my tip [enter dirty joke here] in a small can of oil or what ever I have near me, and your drill remnants should look like curly long strands of pubic hair, not tiny glitter pieces, tiny glitter pieces means your drill bit is dull and most likely you drive a truck with leather interior, ha ha

[Gregski]

so holes done on one side...

[Gregski]

and holes drilled in both brackets

[Gregski]

de·burr
/dēˈbər/

verb
verb: debur
neaten and smooth the rough edges or ridges of (an object, typically one made of metal).

[Gregski]

well it's getting dark, so let's see if we can get these welded by nightfall

[Gregski]

I have no idea how they are going to get mounted yet, but I know they will be rubber mounted in some way

shown with old core support rubber bushings from my '74 square, (these OEM rubber mounts were really really nice and well made, I wonder if any of you know where I can find them, and please don't say LMC truck, I bought the random garbage they sell, it seems like they just went to ACE Hardware and grabbed a handful of grade 5 nuts and bolts, ha ha)

[joedoh]

nice fab! people dont realize how hard it is to visualize something that doesnt exist and then make it. I knew a guy that would think about a loft (3d term for a wing chord or fuselage feature) for a week, smoking cigarettes and just staring out the window. then he would make a point in space and just draw the loft in one line. it was a fine skill i recognized then and now, so nice work!

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by joedoh

nice fab! people dont realize how hard it is to visualize something that doesnt exist and then make it. I knew a guy that would think about a loft (3d term for a wing chord or fuselage feature) for a week, smoking cigarettes and just staring out the window. then he would make a point in space and just draw the loft in one line. it was a fine skill i recognized then and now, so nice work!

thank you, sounds amazing, speaking of drawing lines I started studying drafting and wanted to be a mechanical engineer but our first year drafting teacher was a tyrant - we are talking early 90's here and where my colleagues were using AutoCad he insisted on us learning how to draw everything in pencil cause when he went for his first job interview in the late 60s he was asked to draw free hand, what a total jerk that guy was !!! and so I became a keyboard jockey ie IT guy instead, so when ever I get to work with my hands, I jump on the opportunity - solving software issues by day and laying down horrible beads by night, ha ha

[Wide Open]

Originally Posted by Gregski

thank you, sounds amazing, speaking of drawing lines I started studying drafting and wanted to be a mechanical engineer but our first year drafting teacher was a tyrant - we are talking early 90's here and where my colleagues were using AutoCad he insisted on us learning how to draw everything in pencil cause when he went for his first job interview in the late 60s he was asked to draw free hand, what a total jerk that guy was !!! and so I became a keyboard jockey ie IT guy instead, so when ever I get to work with my hands, I jump on the opportunity - solving software issues by day and laying down horrible beads by night, ha ha

I wonder if he had a twin brother??!?
He sounds exactly like the drafting instructor I had and why I also landed in IT.
Smarter not harder is a motto he never heard of I guess.
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[Gregski]

Originally Posted by Wide Open

I wonder if he had a twin brother??!?
He sounds exactly like the drafting instructor I had and why I also landed in IT.
Smarter not harder is a motto he never heard of I guess.
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Oh no! however if we get a third, we can officially start a support group that says we meet at IHOP but somehow always ends up at a local brewery instead!

[8man]

Curious about the idle issue. When you figure it out, let us know.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by joedoh

nice fab!

Oh snap, I just realized who you are, Russ?!, your build is amazing, as are your skills, the brackets you design, and cut out are mind blowing, so the fact that you are even looking at my thread blows me away, not to mention that Aces High Iron Maiden wallpaper, ha ha.

I better clean up my welds, the Pros are watching.

pics stolen from here: Project "Bickle" 1948 1/2 ton 4.3 4l60e

[8man]

Those are substantial! Nice work. Good tip on the drilling too.

[joedoh]

haha thanks, but dont straighten up on my account, I like the process of making mistakes and then making it better too much.

[LT7A]

Run, live to fly
Fly to live
Do or die

Run, live to fly
Fly to live
Aces high

This relates to metal. But not necessarily the fabrication thereof.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by lt7a

run, live to fly
fly to live
do or die

run, live to fly
fly to live
aces high

this relates to metal. But not necessarily the fabrication thereof.

scream for me lifemates !!!

[LT7A]

You guys just derailed a good portion of my last hour with a stage dive into British heavy metal. Aces High. Hell Bent For Leather. Green Manalishi... I hope you're happy. I should be working in the yard.

"Many have tried to prove that they're faster, but they didn't last and they died as they tried." JP/HBFL