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Old 01-27-2010, 11:48 PM   #124
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Default Re: how to build a T bucket for under $3000 book

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Originally Posted by ChestersAlive View Post
I've caught a lot of flak on the radius rods. In the book I mentioned you could use a rat tail file to taper yours. You must have sneezed or something when you passed that part. Chester
Love the E-book Chester. lots of good stuff in there. as far as the taper goes, the true "lo buck" trick is: before welding the tabs on the frame, heat the area around the hole red hot with a oxy torch. set the piece over an anvil hole. I keep an old tie rod end, still connected to a tie rod (makes a great handle) to stick in the hole and give it a couple heafty whacks with a hammer. forms the correct taper in the tab.

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