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Misc Forums => How To Section => Topic started by: Glen on February 06, 2010, 11:55:00 AM
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There has been a lot of questions on fabrication equipment in the past. Two companies that have lots of neat tools for chassis and sheet metal fab are.
www.trick-tools.com
www.lowbucktools .com
Both have on line catalogs. I sent for the trick-tools and it's great.
Both are good sources check them out.
May Jon could get them to place ads on the web site.
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This company sends me catalogs, etc. Most of the smaller things I can afford are made in C and the American made items are too big and expensive. Their stuff gets a cursory look and into the fire the catalog goes. Unusual, this is. It is smaller industrial equipment made here. One is a pipe bender, the other is a brake, and the third is an English wheel. Perfect tools for a home shop.
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The E wheel.
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Thanks for the suggestion, Glen. I'll get in touch with them. In the meantime, when you shop at those two - how 'bout telling them that you're a land speed racer and you spend lots of time with other builders here on landracing.com? I couldn't hurt...although if you're just browsing I'm not sure how you'd get your message across to them. Still - - :roll:
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This company sends me catalogs, etc. Most of the smaller things I can afford are made in C and the American made items are too big and expensive. Their stuff gets a cursory look and into the fire the catalog goes. Unusual, this is. It is smaller industrial equipment made here. One is a pipe bender, the other is a brake, and the third is an English wheel. Perfect tools for a home shop.
Baleigh, good stuff even their imports. They advertise on the Garage Journal and HAMB. I'll get you the guys contact Slim
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Indexing heads are hard to find. The one I use is an Ellis and it comes in handy for all sorts of stuff, like making hex bolt heads. There is one for sale a Lost Creek Machine, Item K2108, "Ellis 8-inch dividing head w/plates." www.lostcreekmachine.com (http://www.lostcreekmachine.com)
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This is something I did tonight on an Ellis indexing head. It is an example of what they can do. The dial is used to turn the part and pins stick into holes in a plate to get the correct position. The head bolted down to a drill press table and the table is rotated around under the mill cutter.
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This is the part. It is a gas cap and the flats are milled on the edge using the index head. The flats make the gas gap easier to grip and turn during fuel stops.