Dick,
Rather than stick weld them I'd rather you brought the car over here to
Bastrop and I'll TIG the cage for you.......or show you how to do it.
Skip
At 08:03 AM 1/17/01 , you wrote:
>That's what I was looking for. Somebody who was
>running with older technology welding. I've got
>all the tubes on my roadster cage bent and tacked
>in place. I would have to take a long day and
>drive nearly five hundred miles to get the guy
>who started the thing for me to finish weld it.
>I've been leaning towards just running the beads
>myself with my buzz box. I keep thinking: "This
>ain't no 200 mph car. It's prolly not even going
>to see 150." The rules only require a roll bar,
>so the cage is just frosting (the kind I like -
>-safety stuff). I dunno, I'll lay down some
>practice beads in the spring - if they look good,
>I'll go after the roll cage. If they look
>crappy, I'll pack a picnic lunch and make the
>drive to south Louisiana. Could take another
>look at Phil Landry's car anyhow.
>
>
>--- Richard Fox <v4gr@rcn.com> wrote:
>> Dick; My Vega cage was done with my buzz box
>> and looks OK to me. But I
>> haven't tested it yet and hope not to. Rich Fox
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
>> To: The Butters Family <bbutters@dmi.net>;
>> ARDUNDOUG@aol.com
>> <ARDUNDOUG@aol.com>; land-speed@autox.team.net
>> <land-speed@autox.team.net>
>> Date: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 02:40 PM
>> Subject: List Police - Back to LSR !
>>
>>
>> >Let's not beat the poor guy to death. I'm
>> sure
>> >that by now he get's the idea that the post
>> was
>> >inappropriate. He is into LSR, and we are
>> into
>> >LSR, so let's drop all of this and get back to
>> >LSR. I don't think there are many among us
>> who
>> >haven't made some off-color remark, at some
>> time
>> >in our life, only to realize a second too
>> late,
>> >that a wife, preacher, teacher, or somebody
>> was
>> >present to make our face turn red and wish we
>> >could hide under a rock.
>> >
>> >So, about this welding stuff. Back in the
>> olden
>> >days, were roll cages and chassis welded up
>> more
>> >with gas welding, or with buzz boxes? i.e.,
>> >since it ain't gonna be mig or tig, which of
>> my
>> >antiquated devices should I be using for this
>> >kind of work? I personally like working with
>> the
>> >torch, I can melt that stuff right to the
>> point
>> >of burning through, then start feeding rod.
>> With
>> >the buzz box, I sometimes burn holes, then
>> have
>> >to get the torch out and start melting in
>> order
>> >to fill them back up.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >=====
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>> >* Dick J *
>> >* (In East Texas) *
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