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M4wdFab

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Re: Big Lathe?
« Reply #75 on: August 28, 2014, 08:34:03 AM »
thanks for the tap loan matt!
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M4wdFab

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Re: Big Lathe?
« Reply #76 on: August 30, 2014, 12:07:52 AM »
only half my material showed up and the rest ups seems to have sat on for 8 days in MI.  awesome. 


turned out the two uppers i have.  ready to tap threads. 

about the labor intensive pain in the ass 3 hours to do two of them. 
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Re: Big Lathe?
« Reply #77 on: August 30, 2014, 01:27:53 PM »
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Re: Big Lathe?
« Reply #78 on: September 02, 2014, 10:45:39 AM »
ordered some more LH taps today.  should have full sets of 1 1/4, 7/8, 5/8's
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Re: Big Lathe?
« Reply #79 on: September 05, 2014, 12:48:27 AM »
got all the tooling in today.


finished up all links, sway bar links, and track bars for my car.


This thing will power thread up to 7/8" but no go on 1 1/4"  lol

tired arms but all is well.  time to assemble. 
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Re: Big Lathe?
« Reply #80 on: September 05, 2014, 01:50:18 PM »
doing work!
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Re: Big Lathe?
« Reply #81 on: September 05, 2014, 02:24:54 PM »
nice!
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Re: Big Lathe?
« Reply #82 on: September 06, 2014, 07:56:21 AM »
Seeing it in person gives one a whole new understanding of this beast.
Vintage awesome ness
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Re: Big Lathe?
« Reply #83 on: September 06, 2014, 03:22:07 PM »
nice work.       you putting any flat spots on them for wrenching
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Re: Big Lathe?
« Reply #84 on: September 17, 2014, 02:34:51 PM »
i put flats on the sway bar links the other ones i didnt.  it was a pain.  the car rides straight as an arrow now 50mph on road, have no idea why. 
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