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Slamfest
Slamfest
21 September 2014
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Nice amount of tuck - not too much. Just right.
21 September 2014
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Beam installed. Nice and narrow. Still needs to be dropped a couple of inches though
21 September 2014
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Steering arm pivot welded back on
21 September 2014
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Next, mark out the holes for the adjusters and weld them on. (mark the position of the original holes on the beam before you cut the center out to make this step easier)
21 September 2014
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Onc the end plates are welded on you can take the beam out of the jig and weld the insides
21 September 2014
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With the beam cleaned up you can fit it into the end plates and assemble it in the jig.
21 September 2014
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The Jimp cleaning up the beam (lots of work)
21 September 2014
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End plates mounted up in the jig we made earlier
21 September 2014
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Using a plaza you get left with a pile of stuff that looks like this
21 September 2014
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Both end plates off
21 September 2014
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brace the tubes and cut the end plates off
21 September 2014
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Beam TIG'd back together
20 September 2014
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Having a CNC plasma comes in very handy
20 September 2014
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Cutting out end plate number 2
20 September 2014
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The Jimp stopping for refreshments
20 September 2014
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4" gone
20 September 2014
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Half way there
20 September 2014
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Measure twice cut once
20 September 2014
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Cutting the beam
20 September 2014
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Finished jig
20 September 2014
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Marked out ready to cut and building a jig
20 September 2014
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The Jimp taking some time-lapse video
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20 September 2014
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Cutting out the end plates on the CNC plasma
20 September 2014
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Waiting for slammage
20 September 2014
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The Jimp
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20 September 2014
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