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Old 03-23-2006, 01:25 PM
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damn! wonder how much to build...
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Old 03-23-2006, 01:46 PM
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Wow i was seriously impressed with the alternator job but this just takes it to a whole new level
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Old 03-23-2006, 02:23 PM
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Holy ----. I have a bunch of the supplies for that laying around, maybe some day when I'm bored I should crack out the Circuit Etching kit and have fun!
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Old 03-23-2006, 02:32 PM
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Wow i was seriously impressed with the alternator job but this just takes it to a whole new level
HOLY FUCKEN SHEIT!

yeah i'm wondering how much that cost too, i might try the alternator one, but this is just crazy
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Old 03-23-2006, 02:45 PM
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i saw that a while ago and always wanted to do it, id do it if i didnt have acess to a machine shop and every tool i could need..... wtf im gonna try it anyways... ill take pics when im done
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Old 03-24-2006, 02:20 PM
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Yeah, that was floating around the fanglers and shed mailling lists last week. Cool stuff.

One of the fanglers has a programmable control circuit for building various waveforms with SCRs... cheap solid state TIG controller, essentially. I'm inclined to brush up on my welder theory and make a go of it, but I am a lazt ---- who would rather ----- message forums.
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Old 03-24-2006, 03:01 PM
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Want/could, yeah. Will actually ever get around to it?

I'm too slack to put together any of my cars. I no longer have grease embedded in the callouses along my index fingers + thumbs. I am a ------- pansy.
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Old 03-24-2006, 04:08 PM
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Want/could, yeah. Will actually ever get around to it?

I'm too slack to put together any of my cars. I no longer have grease embedded in the callouses along my index fingers + thumbs. I am a ------- pansy.

Come on Jd get out there Im actually getting my cars together Join the crowd
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