Hi guys and MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL ON SHOP-TALK !!!!! I'm in the fabrication stage of an engine run in stand... stand is built... "dashboard" is being fabricated... holes are drilled for tach, water
Aluminum can be cut with woodworking tools. Do you have a table saw? Clamp the aluminum to a table saw and raise the blade up to cut the slot. A carbide blade makes a kerf ~ 1/8" wide but it'd have s
The cleanest fastest way will be to use your router. For 3/16ths, I might make two passes. It'll be loud as hell, but it'll leave a nice smooth finish. Alternately, a plasma cutter would do the job,
Author: "Elton E. (Tony) Clark" <eltonclark@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:01:42 -0600
*I'll vouch for the router method; I used a carbide bit in a router *to make a carburetor adaptor and it* *was a piece of cake.* _______________________________________________ Shop-talk@autox.team.n
Where are you located? I might want to "rent" your run in stand once Tim Southern WI here. No snow for Christmas only fog and drizzle today with high in the low to mid 40s?!? WTF?!?! ________________
Tim... the delivery charge is gonna kill you ! I'm in Hueytown, Alabama... 'bout 12 miles SW of Birmingham. Right now it's a one engine design... strictly for a Ford BB 460. But maybe one day I'll ma
This is the excuse you need for buying a nice used Bridgeport......;-) _______________________________________________ Shop-talk@autox.team.net Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html Suggested annua
Gerald, if you could see my small shop... I couldn't get a Bridgeport in the shop unassembled and stuffed in the little available space... much less assembled. I'm literally stepping over 'stuff' to
Hi guys and MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL ON SHOP-TALK !!!!! I'm in the fabrication stage of an engine run in stand... stand is built... "dashboard" is being fabricated... holes are drilled for tach, water
Aluminum can be cut with woodworking tools. Do you have a table saw? Clamp the aluminum to a table saw and raise the blade up to cut the slot. A carbide blade makes a kerf ~ 1/8" wide but it'd have s
Author: hillman at planet-torque.com (David Hillman)
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:59:41 -0500 (EST)
The cleanest fastest way will be to use your router. For 3/16ths, I might make two passes. It'll be loud as hell, but it'll leave a nice smooth finish. Alternately, a plasma cutter would do the job,
Where are you located? I might want to "rent" your run in stand once ready. !! Tim Southern WI here. No snow for Christmas only fog and drizzle today with high in the low to mid 40s?!? WTF?!?!
Tim... the delivery charge is gonna kill you ! I'm in Hueytown, Alabama... 'bout 12 miles SW of Birmingham. Right now it's a one engine design... strictly for a Ford BB 460. But maybe one day I'll ma
Gerald, if you could see my small shop... I couldn't get a Bridgeport in the shop unassembled and stuffed in the little available space... much less assembled. I'm literally stepping over 'stuff' to