Re: Real world weight loss program and it` cost..........
[Re: moparx]
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Your welcome DW.
MoparX, I just simply hammered finger grips at the most, two times each while using the original wart holes as a centering guide. The trick was controlling my applied pressure to the swing. Sought of like knowing how much pressure to apply to a hand shake. You don't want to menacingly crush the other guys hand nor do you want to be fleetingly soft. I guess now thinking about it afterwards, I could have easily fabricated a hammer stop sandwiching the ring on both sides to act as a yield. The steel round bar was some left over piece from a grommet maker I had laying around which is hardened and the hammer was a rubber mallet. I didn't want to crush the wheel ring or I'd be out a cool whopping $16 dollars.LOL. I have formed quite a few things using found, discarded shaped objects that serve well as a tool.
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Re: Real world weight loss program and it` cost..........
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Here's the wheel as it was taking preliminary shape as far as the two leg cross bridge now replacing the original tripart bridges. I beveled the ends as to make way for more weld material with the ring. Joe welded both on top and underneath to come up with a solid weld. Here it sits naked next to its stock sibling at just a tad under 15-3/4" round. Also weighing a tad under 2 Lbs. The images forthcoming will show how the bridge itself started to take solid shape with add on gusset material to mimic the factory bridge and make it super strong. I have a tidy workbench, don't I?
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Re: Real world weight loss program and it` cost..........
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This was a Mickey Mouse way of finding center for the main shaft, but it worked. Necessity is the Mother of..........
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Re: Real world weight loss program and it` cost..........
[Re: mopowers]
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Thank you. Just on the wheel itself, saved 3-1/4 lbs. The horn ring is whole other madness in lard shavings and forming relative to what it weighs which isn't that much. I'll post those when I find 'em.
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Re: Real world weight loss program and it` cost..........
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Re: Real world weight loss program and it` cost..........
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Cool! Awesome job man.
I remember when you brought the start of what became the horn ring to that meet out on the Island, what, two summers ago? I believe there is actually a pic in this thread from that day. We all looked at you like, "what the heck izzat?"
Nice to finally see it getting completed!
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Re: Real world weight loss program and it` cost..........
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FMJ, that is sick
FYI, something was rattling in my dash, the ignition key stuff was rattling. Boom another 10oz of wasted weight
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Re: Real world weight loss program and it` cost..........
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Looked for that pic,,,,,,found these,,,,,,,,
HEMI-ITIS has no cure. My condition is fully BLOWN!!
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Re: Real world weight loss program and it` cost..........
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I have some of the aluminum keys too.
Getting old just means you were smarter than some and luckier than others.
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Re: Real world weight loss program and it` cost..........
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I have some of the aluminum keys too. Is 63 when the keys switched over? My 62's have aluminum keys with the Forward Look symbol on them.
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