Recent content by Jkarisny

I need to find someone like that!!! Very cool he was excited about it! Make sure and give him a ride when it's all done, you'll have an "in" for all time after that! Great work.

Wow. Talk about making me feel inferior....sheesh. Very cool.

Nice. Good work! Very cool!

6061 is the base material

Ha ha ha. That’s funny stuff right there! ---------- Post added at 10:03 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:57 PM ---------- Lol. I’m using 1/16” 5356 filler material.

Not sure I follow?

You are right about that one! It's been years since I've done that! I actually have one, but I like having more control over amperage with the foot pedal. I have some pillow blocks I'm considering, or I may order something. No set in stone plan yet. Still hoping someone will offer up a...

Did a little work today. Apparently TIG welding aluminum is NOT like riding a bike. It has been some time since I have done it, and it has shown. Here is a little preview of the front end.

Thanks! Yeah, I'm excited about it! It won't see much abuse... I hope. I guess if it does it gives me another excuse to work on it :) This .120 wall square tubing is surprisingly stout.

Aluminum in the correct use is very strong, and obviously lightweight. I have not seen too many builds from aluminum and I really love the look of it. That and I have 3 sticks of tubing in my shop from another project which I can easily build 2 frames. I think it will be a fun and interesting...

So here starts my all aluminum beer crate racer build. In my typical fashion, I design my builds as I am building them for the most part. I have modeled my initial frame design after Chancer's awesome build. I will be tweaking as I go to suit what I have in mind. I started out in the shop today...

Thanks guys! Yes, I find I usually just design as I go on my projects. I openly take constructive criticism and abuse :)

Hello Everyone! I'm Jon and I live in Appleton Wisconsin. I just started an interesting build. I am building an all aluminum square tube beer crate racer. I have seen them around the internet and an have seen a few on here as well. I just started welding up the frame and I will try to start a...