The guy who is supposed to be doing my roll cage uses a williams l/b notcher
and it takes about two seconds per side to do a notch, six seconds for
angles. Wish he'd move that fast on mine! The machine is simple, strong, and
long lasting. BB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nafzger" <nafzger@vtc.net>
To: "Skip Higginbotham" <saltrat@pro-blend.com>; "Jim Webb"
<jwebb@mastnet.net>; "Land-Speed" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: Tubing notchers
> Skip,
> I also use the hole saw type notcher but I use mine in the lathe with the
> back gears to slow it down and use plenty of cutting oil. I built the
liner
> with the same two hole saws ( 1" and 1 5/8") and they are still sharp. I
> think speed and proper cutting oil is the secret.
> Howard
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Skip Higginbotham" <saltrat@pro-blend.com>
> To: "Jim Webb" <jwebb@mastnet.net>; "Land-Speed"
<land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 2:14 PM
> Subject: Re: Tubing notchers
>
>
> > Jim, I (like Mayf) use a hole saw notcher and I also use lots of oil
(with
> > Pro-blend in it of course) I cut all the notches in 4130 tube on my
> > liner/lakester and a dragster and pieces of a sprint car under repair
with
> > one saw blade (bi-metal). I like it!
> > Skip
> >
> >
> > At 06:48 PM 12/1/02 -0600, Jim Webb wrote:
> > >From what I have seen, the LowBuck Notcher is a real deal. The guy I
know
> > >that uses one has never had to swap the cutting die and he builds lots
> and
> > >lots of cages.
> > >
> > >The guy that built the cage for our truck used the joint-jigger type
and
> ate
> > >many, many hole saws - which he charged us for.
> > >
> > >I'm not sure what Joe Timney sells, but I'm always interested in
learning
> > >more...
> > >
> > >Jim Webb
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