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Offline Jadecy

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Racing Kart frame
« on: January 25, 2009, 08:23:55 PM »
Here are some pictures of a racing kart frame I built. It is 1-1/4" .065 chromoly and TIG welded. The tubing bender is partly purchased and partly fabricated. This was before I owned or had even used a mill or lathe.









Offline Brass_Machine

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Re: Racing Kart frame
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2009, 08:51:45 PM »
Nice! I like to see stuff like this. What did you use to fishmouth the tubes?  What engine went in there? More info please.

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Offline Bernd

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Re: Racing Kart frame
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2009, 09:12:59 AM »
Is the square tubing your jig to properly hold the tube frame?

Nice job on the welding by the way. :thumbup:

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Offline Jadecy

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Re: Racing Kart frame
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2009, 09:52:25 AM »
Yes, the square tubing is the jig. Not a great one but it worked. The fish mouth on the tubing was done with a holesaw jig and some hand grinding and test fitting. Pretty time consuming.