Birth of Long John

[Snicklefritz]

hoping for an update and that all is well in old round fart's neck of the woods.

 

[old round fart]

I’m still plugging along. Trying real hard to make pretty welds on the round tubes. I’m a novice at TIG but now with cool weather I can get more done. I’ll send a picture later to show progress. Thanks for watching.

 

[Snicklefritz]

no pressure!

 

[Spanky]

no pressure!

Building these cars, the pressure comes from within. You just go nuts dreaming and longing to get the thing on the road, and when it finally happens, there's no feeling like it!

 

[old round fart]

You are right Spanky. This is my third scratch build. You can never tell somebody the feeling when you crank it up, put it in gear and it tries to move.

 

[fletcherson]

You are right Spanky. This is my third scratch build. You can never tell somebody the feeling when you crank it up, put it in gear and it tries to move.

Yep, that first run down the road hoping the cops aren’t close... no matter how much is yet to be done, there’s something about it.

 

[old round fart]

Went out in the shop today and got some seat time with my TIG. I recently got a tungsten sharpener. What a find! Making good progress with my welding.

 

[Snicklefritz]

Building these cars, the pressure comes from within.

i believe it and i figured the man doesn't need any green horn needling him along.

none of my projects have reached the level of accomplishment of a ground up build but even the satisfaction of fixing a daily driver rather than have a shop do it is bolstering; i can't imagine the result from a ground up project.

 

[T-Test]

I’m still plugging along. Trying real hard to make pretty welds on the round tubes. I’m a novice at TIG but now with cool weather I can get more done. I’ll send a picture later to show progress. Thanks for watching.

You building a SHOW CAR or a driver? Does it have to be ISO certified?

 

[old round fart]

This is goning to be a street car. I drove my avatar over 100,000 miles and plan the same for this one.

 

[T-Test]

This is goning to be a street car. I drove my avatar over 100,000 miles and plan the same for this one.

You need to hire Rick full time until you git er done so you can start driving.

 

[old round fart]

That would be nice but it think my work space clashes with his OCD and makes him crazy! He can only handle it in short doses! He comes every time I need another hand or 2 more eyes and I’m good with that! Lol

 

[2old2fast]

ORF , Are you familiar with Bill Fredrick's 427 DOHC Ford Street Dragster ?

 

[old round fart]

No. All I have seen is in magazines. It was impressive.

 

[Intrepid]

My Tig is coming shortly, I am looking at the Everlast PowerTIG 200DV.
How do you like the tungsten grinder ? I was going to buy one but I thought I would make one instead.
It would be nice to have something dedicated for the job.

 

[old round fart]

I love my grinder. I bought a grinder from eBay for $35 and a Dremmel from Lowe’s for $90 (its cordless. Corded was $50 I think) it does all 3 sizes but only one angle. I have seen grinders for 3angles for about same money. All I can say is practice and keep CLEAN! Let me know progress.

 

[Intrepid]

So far this is what I am working with





Now working on the bracket mount for the tungsten holder/cutter to get the angle correct.

 

[old round fart]

Is there a collar that screws on with a bushing that fits the tungsten?

 

[Intrepid]

Ya.. thats what I am working on. Its kinda like a grinder guard with jigs and a spot to cut my tungsten.
Even fixed an old foot pedal to operate.

 

[old round fart]

Have you done any TIG welding? I took a 8 week course at the local tech school to see if I could get hands-foot-and-eyes to work together! They kinda do but you burn up a bunch rods before you get consistant pretty welds. I make a lot of gorilla welds (strong but ugly) but no w and then they are unugly!