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[Beagle]

I sat in the back of one when I was six, and whined about it being too small... they aren't seats, they're grocery bag and beer shelves. ;)

okay, I was really thinking 3 cylinder yanmar. You got me.

[SuperBuickGuy]

Well, I needed to clear space on a bench so I chopped out the firewall that I laid out



and my new lay-out room

[milner351]

Looks like the Jet sheer is working just fine, your repair must be holding.

[SuperBuickGuy]

Looks like the Jet sheer is working just fine, your repair must be holding.

funny you should mention that - it is working (although, I've completely given up on the shear). Last night I needed more leverage, and the purchase price didn't include both handles.... It really is on my list of things to go get.... anyway, I was casting about looking for something to put on the other side, and noticed the "holder" for the shear had the same basic dimensions as the arm.... I'll take a picture later today, it worked, but it does look pretty funny.

I'm going to go look at another brake today - I need something with more umph.

[silver_bullet]

Improvise...Adapt...Overcome...not just the byline of the USMC!!! Hot Rodders and Shade-Tree-Engineers have done it for years! I do get the big-power/small-package idea, and I'm not a drag racer, just another gearhead!

[AFFORDILLAC]

Hell I thought I was building a small car...that thing is tight! Glad to see others who are gluttens for punishment. Very kool little hotrod!

[SuperBuickGuy]

I think, by the view of your rack, that you're is smaller.... I tell people with this one that I only cut the entire center of the car out...

but I did get a bit accomplished, I'd laid out and punched out the firewall, but needed to bend it... when I was in Portland my dad and I used his brake and bent it.... now to do the final fitting

[AFFORDILLAC]

The brake has a bullnose or you bent it around a pipe? I like the curve.

[SuperBuickGuy]

my dad has a 130 ton 12' press brake

so a qualified yes with the pipe - it's a 1 1/8" round bar welded to a 6" x 3/8" steel plate. We used a 1 1/2" 90* bottom die

and yes, I have been eyeing several in this area (it's a 7 hour drive to/from to use his brake)

[AFFORDILLAC]

Wow...what a nice machine to have at your beckon call...albeit 7hrs away.