After all the input on welding, I was starting to
get very leary of my own welding. I certainly
can't pass up an offer like this. Skip, it'll be
late summer, or even next fall, but I'll be
calling on you.
Thanks
Dick J
--- Skip & Joyce Higginbotham
<saltrat@pro-blend.com> wrote:
> 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.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >=====
> >> >* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> >> >* Dick J *
> >> >* (In East Texas) *
> >> >* # 729 *
> >> >* C/GRS E/STR *
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> >
> >
> >=====
> >* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> >* Dick J *
> >* (In East Texas) *
> >* # 729 *
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