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Ben Lipman
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Soarer TT manual, plus TT track car

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Sunday, March 14, 2010 - 11:11 am, by:  Ben Lipman (Ben12a)

I spent $20 and got a couple of meters of scrap pipe yesterday. Unfortunately all I could find was 48mm gal pipe, but it does have a wall thickness of 2.5 - 3mm which is about right for my practice.

I knocked up some of the joints that are found in the roll cage. Cutting the joints is way easier than I thought, requiring a steady hand with a grinder, and a little understanding of how the joins will fit together.

The welding is still developing. I'll make a couple of really good welds, and then do a shocker. I need to work on this consistency, especially when it comes to welding 'out of position'. (I forget which way I'm angling and moving/or find my head in the wrong spot to watch the weld puddle) I'll come with practice. I should have an interesting collection of metal 'art' when I'm done. I might sell it to an art collector from Europe for a million euros.



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