mmmmmmmm....toools.......

"sizzle sizzle splat splat"

So all I really need before I open the doors on the shop in FL:

Bridgeport
Metal lathe
(real ($6k)) tubing bender
(real ($5k)) tubing notcher
Hunter alignment machine
Tire machines
and overhead lift.

These total about $29k. I'll keep looking......

Tube bending, Plasma cutter... we are watching the same show aren't we?

i need to turn a aluminum clutch pulley on my next door neighboor's atlas metal lathe.

QUOTE (bd1308 @ Aug 14 2005, 08:34 PM)

i need to turn a aluminum clutch pulley on my next door neighboor's atlas metal lathe.

no one cares...cuz its got nothing to do with Joes new plasma cutter

I visit a chassis shop on a regular basis that builds many of the top front wheel drive drag racers. This guy is a wizzard in bending and welding tubing. He doesn't use any kind of expensive tubing notcher. Like I did when building a cage, he starts a fishmouth with a chop saw and fine tunes it with an angle grinder. Takes him all of 2-3 minutes for perfect fit.

5000 is a lot you can spend somewhere else. Only my .02.

cool joe. save your pennies. nice to see you around again milt.

k

I forgot the most important tool: a fermenter!

Well, Nico and Liz can take care of that....

Plasma rules!!! my dad uses one almost daily for roofing/construction, on a normal house, the plasma cutter takes a full day off the job...

decent plasma cutter: $1200
tips: $10

finishing all 5 day jobs in 4 days: priceless!!



I have his old one in my garage(cheap POS with built-in air source) it needs repair though... the cheap ones aren't meant for daily duty