So , Slim was at my home , we were out looking at my T bucket frame , well Slim thought something out of whack with it , asked if he could take it and check it out , before you know it its at his house on a jig , sure enough its out of whack , well 5 days later it just arrived back at my house , he did amazing work ,
guys he knows it $hit , both on on rods , trucks , and old bikes . if you got questions and want no B S answers , this is 1 of the guys out here you can trust .
Thanks for the kind words kev .Glad to help you straighten out a problem you inherited from the previous owner. really a good example of why its sometimes cheaper and easier to let some of the fine professional builders on the site make some of the more critical parts of your build. Not even getting into what was wrong. A small bucket frame that I could easily pick up myself maybe a couple hundred bucks in steel turns into something resembling a full sized caddy frame that 2 guys can barely lift buy the time its supported well enough to weld. Toss in 30 or so clamps and some extras a good 10 to 16 hours of your time and you wonder what kind of masochist would do this for the price there asking.
Sorry not one to take pictures but I think most can figure out the left and right rail should start and finish within 1/2 " of each other and be on somewhat of the same plane. Lacking the 10 ft x 20 ft x 2 "steel plate that really should be used to assemble a frame I improvised with 3 jacks to level the base 6 pc of 3 " sq tube to sandwich the rails 2pc of 2" x 1/4 x 10 angle to extend the rail base past the kick up for measurements some 6x6x 1/2" plates tacked into the mix for rigidity. and a hole lot of measuring. move from end to end side to side top to bottom when welding not to get to much heat in one area or nothing is going to stop it from pulling . Some may think its overkill but Ive seem 4" plate bow with welding. Treat it the same as you would a patch panel in sheet metal it will act the same.Its really worth letting one of the guys on here that do this for a living and are set up for it spend a day and do this for you .
-- Edited by slim on Thursday 19th of September 2013 10:01:49 AM
Three cheers for Slim, great to hear !!
Guy here is going through the same similar thing. He bought a rolling Altered in the US, and the PO had changed a few things on it. Built by SW race Cars, so he contacted them , and bought the original blueprints off them , and i putting it back to the original SW print specs.
Post up some pictures Sid. if I remember right stock frame with a 216 or 235. lots of guys to the east Cobourg ,Newcastle,Cambleford, Candys down by Kingston. Start a thread with some picks and your plans for it and before you know it you will wish you never ask.
-- Edited by slim on Friday 20th of September 2013 09:40:58 PM
