Frame building specialty parts!

Hi Maniac what have you dragged home lately???? good source for a hearty bank account

said it before- will say it again
want heavy duty bits and pieces for your latest creation- for the best price on this planet round up a good old bmx bike- thrift shop- scrap yard -garage sale- your teenage sons
and cut it to smithereens with your angle grinder- reciprocating saw -circular saw with a metal abrasive wheel or a good old hack saw wear heavy duty work gloves -heavy duty long pants- boots so sparks don't burn your ankles - and a full face protection shield and have fun...

want to put a bend in any of it for tubing extensions/design- make cuts with your cutting device a little more than half way through use a cheater pipe and bend -then cut -then bend- add your desired angle for extension tubing etc,
-weld when done

I drag them home from the scrap yard at 20-25 cents a pound about 5 bucks a piece !!!!!

of course maniac-- that is why i said good source...

forgot to mention long sleeved heavy duty shirt- be mindful of your sparks

and obviously- but will say it anyway- exercise good safety procedures and precautions for whatever you are doing and whatever you are using as your work space...

I have a serious question. How is it that every time I drop something it rolls under a bench or a shelving unit or a machine, or something? How come it never rolls out in the open where I can easily retrieve it? Ok, that's two questions...

my experience with dropped /fumbled whatevers is to always investigate/look first at the most obscure place the object could possible be -- usually it is there!!!

I work on an old short pile carpet, That helps, but doesn't stop everything from disappearing under ...
But it does help.

Theon said:

I work on an old short pile carpet, That helps, but doesn't stop everything from disappearing under ...
But it does help.

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Straying WAY off the topic of frame building parts I work on carpet as well, the whole room, but one of my helpers had a great idea...

Just put one of those thin but wide magnetic sheets they print business signs you can stick to the side of your car or van on, like a frig magnet, under your work area.

3'x4' would be big enough under a bike I would think.
Just food for thought regarding parts and tool escape attempts ;-}

Havn't seen one in years, they don't stay on your car long from memory, before some one pinches them for a similar purpose no doubt.
I do like all the shiney bits on the web site, but I got most of that stuff already just needs trimming to suit.

maniac57 said:

I get most of my exercise stomping out welding fires in the shop area.
That, and chasing hardware under the workbench.

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