The excitement is building

Maybe next time cross your fingers when plasma cutting.



Or try closing your eyes and looking the other way ......



Or just smile and bear it.


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So another little baby step farther along . . . .

After drilling the shock mount plates with high quality drill bits from McMaster and finding that working with the 316L stainless wasn't as difficult as it is with Home Depot or Ace Hardware quality tools, I splurged on one of those high dollar, ($76) titanium aluminum nitride, (TiAlN) coated bi-metal bandsaw blades from McMaster to tweak my shock mount plates into shape.. . . . . It was a worthwhile purchase . . . a little patience and cutting oil, and it was time for some grinding and flap disk. I did have to improvise a little work surface for the bandsaw which seemed to be exactly what I needed.

Encouraged by the results to that point, I got the little dings welded up and a little more time with the grinder and flap disk had them looking ready to install.

Getting new longer wheel studs that I have confidence in, re-engineering the front end to accommodate the added weight of the big block and add a little ground clearance for the grill shell chin has been a lot more of a task that I was expecting it to be, but it looks like I have it finally all ready to assemble and see what it looks like with the new wide wheels and tires in place . . . . now I'll probably need power steering . . .

 

And in another blast of good news . . . .

Just got an email from Speedway that my stainless steel front axle assembly all just shipped!!! . . . . . No More Fugly Rust!

 

Woo-hooo! You go, girl . . . Nice work on those brackets.

 

Top Job Island Girl, that's looking a treat.

 

Very, very nice work on the brackets !

 

Play yer piana gurl fren !

 

I've been a little AWOL lately, waiting for stuff to come in, and then finding time to assemble it.

Anyway, my Stainless Steel front end and my new workbench arrived and I got the bench assembled, put some never seize on the front end threads, and mocked it up.

I haven't bolted the vice down yet, I want to put some aluminum plate under it and under the bench, sandwiching the bench top, to add rigidity.

Was planning a 12" X 34" piece of 1/2" or 5/8" aluminum plate on top and a 12" X 12" piece underneath.

Wanted to have the bench assembled and the vice set in place, so I could get some good measurements before ordering the aluminum plate . . . I'm sure McMaster will be .proud of it $$$

Also got the castor kit so it wheels around nice and easy . . . . .getting to the stuff behind it is no problem.

 

Now that's a high performance bench to be proud of !!!

 

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And expensive, after you buy those aluminum plates!

 

Front suspension pieces are bee-u-tiful! I can't wait to see this one on the road . . .

 

You go girl. I love your workbench. Your radius rods are beautiful too.

 

Thanks guys !

I had to go with something that could ship flat-packed and that it was available with a stainless steel top kinda clinched the deal.

You've seen how bad anything else goes to crap in the local environment, especially as it has to be outside on the porch.

They have different widths and lengths, but the 72" is only a few dollars more than the 60", so 20% mote bench for less than 5% more $$ was pretty much a no brainer.

I ordered the 5/8" aluminum [late last night, it may get here in time for next weekend, but McMaster usually takes a full 7 to 8 days to get here, even using Priority Mail.

 

Did you source the workbench from McMaster?

 

That's a great bench! and 12 x 34 x 5/8 plate isn't fooling around!
FWIW, even though you already ordered...I've had great service and prices from these guys, with pretty much any custom cut sizes, shapes, and materials you need. They usually ship within 24 hours of the order placement.

 

I got it from Amazon . .

Free shipping to the freight forwarder in Miami and it's made in USA.

Here's the whole Borroughs line on Amazon:

Amazon.com: borroughs workbench

Looks like I ordered just in time too, all the prices took a big jump.

The one I got is almost $200 more than when I ordered it last month.

 

Island Girl - Been almost a year since you've posted anything on your build thread. Lest we forget . . .

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