On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 11:58, TerribleTom <silvereightynine@aol.com> wrote:
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> I appreciate the vote of confidence Barry and Mike... the fact of the matter
> is I know my level of skill with fabrication. I can do decent with small
> stuff but I would not trust myself to do well on a big project like a frame.
> Not to mention I'd probably never finish it. I failed high school
> drafting, twice. I can't draw a straight line, I can't cut a hunk of
> plywood straight... I think I may be too much a perfectionist perhaps... but
> I would rather drive and get a frame that I can bolt together, vs cutting,
> welding, measuring, swearing at etc etc...
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> Not to mention - think of the geocaching possibilities of a road trip to CA!
> At least 6 states to cache in! And you guys know I live for road trips :)
Six? I count 10, easy. If you make the loop big enough, a dozen is easy.
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>> Uhm, Tom, I am with Mike here. Fabricating a frame from scratch might be
>> a bit much, but you still have Christine's frame to use as a model. You can
>> do a decent welding job with a comparatively cheap welder. Actually you can
>> pick up a welderator for under a grand and you don't even need to re-wire
>> the swamp. The second component is skill, and that can be learned. Mike
>> and I are decent welders [Mike is probably better than me] and Josh is
>> better than both of us. Heck, you can't swing a dead cat on this list
>> without hittin at least two people that can weld. Even if you have never
>> done it before, if you are smart enough to swap a motor, you can teach
>> yourself to weld...
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