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    Father/Son Desert Kart

    Thanks everyone. It was a great project together. Everyday, as soon as I would get home from work he would be begging me to go work on it. My son's cousin also helped. He's 15. I just picked up a VW Thing, so that's our next project. We added up all the receipts and it was $1200. We had quite a...
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    I want to start with metal working.

    good point, very well could of been the wire. :thumbsup:
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    I want to start with metal working.

    No disrespect but I disagree. I've welded with a HF 110, Craftsman 110, Hobart 110 and Miller 110. The HF and Craftsman did not get hot enough to penetrate good. The welds tend to look like bird poop. The material needs to be extremely clean. Your material should always be clean but the better...
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    I want to start with metal working.

    I have a Miller 175 230v MIG welder and love it. I used to have a 110v welder, I thought it was good until I welded with 220v. If you can save your money and buy a QUALITY welder. You will thank your self later. And your weld will have more penetration. Miller, Lincoln, Hobert all make good 110...
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    Father/Son Desert Kart

    The rear wheels go all the way up to 1" below the bar above them and still has 3" ground clearence. So a bigger tire would hit. Plus the tires/wheels where free. Jarcy- Thanks, we built it from scratch. We didn't copy anything. Started on the bottom and worked our way up. Originally it was...
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    Father/Son Desert Kart

    I was just told about this site and wanted to share a father/son project we built last summer. First off, my son was 6 years old when we started this. We just sold out desert car and my son asked me "Dad, now we have an open spot in the garage can we build me a car?" well there is only one...
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