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[Gator Bob]

These are made by Great Plains. Heavy duty feel to it. Side load vs. end load model with locator pin for linkage to servo alignment.

FEATURES: Heavy-duty all metal construction (Black in color).
Rubber comfort grip reduces hand fatique (Red in color).
Alignment pin puts the Z-bend exactly where you want it - everytime.
(see COMMENTS) Makes Z-bends in line with the pushrod even in
limited space installations.
Makes 90 Z-bends in wire up to 1/16 in diameter.
One year quality guarantee.
SPECS: Length: 9
COMMENTS: The alignment pin is on the top of the pliers and is lined up with
the section on the pliers jaws that make the bend. Simply put the
pin in the servo horn hole that the pushrod will connect to.
Next lightly hold the music wire where the bend will be placed.
Then remove the pliers from the servo horn and squeeze the handles
together to make the bend. You can remove any excess wire with a
pair of diagonal wire cutters.

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[MantaRay]

These are a couple of Before pics of an F-1 I built for Bernie Schatz after taking a wall shot in a race yesterday. I will post some pics soon of the After......

[Dominator]

Ouch! Looks like it came into contact with a pretzel maker!

[tonyp]

Ray rules require motor to be centered in chassis. lol..

[Bernie]

I am still "smarting" after that one !


P.S. That car is actually my Grandson Ezra's car..... he does not check these sites often so hopefully we can get it fixed before he finds out !

[S.O. Watt]

Ray rules require motor to be centered in chassis. lol..

I thought it was 90* to the rear axle....... That may make it then.....

Definitely not square to the world.

Looks like it was hit with a wave machine.

[MantaRay]

Well I finished making Bernie a new chassis before fixing the bent one.
It is a Swiss design Z-Railer. This one has been tightened up a bit.

[S.O. Watt]

As promised I'm posting a pix of my recent thrash. Would you believe a dozen chassis in a month? There are 4 not pictured here, another angle winder, and 3 customer chassis. The upper left two are a Warmack Twistamon and a Slick 7 and are my players (I hope) for the Checkpoint. The right top two is a JK (I named it "Baseline"), the 1st inline I built since 1968. And my 1/32 Warmack kit built up with a shaker pan.

The middle row pair are my flat track racers, the anglewinder is still a virgin, a Warmack nose and rail with a Chicagoland motor bracket. It will see track time later this week. The inline is a JK nose with a Chicgoland motor bracket stuff, a sweet car on our flat track at Pacific raceway (as if we know what a "sweet" car is yet). And of course the Lawn Darts... another Warmack kit and a JK.

I'll do a few detail shots later.

thanks

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[tonyp]

Only 12 in a month, may you are slow. Lol..... They look great. I have to beat out a few anglewinders for the east coast guys heading out for the checkpoint. I hate building them and the lawn darts. Lol...

[S.O. Watt]

Thanks, Tony,

I'm not retired yet, still doing my day job (nights) and I had to set up a shop......

I always left the production work to others such as you and Lee. I still have an adversion to getting Carbondiscosis....

[MSwiss]

Tom,
Good job knocking them out. It looks like you have a nice mix of stuff to try to figure out what's going to work for you.

Every time an oldtimer gets back in, a smile comes over my face.

Speaking of which, I've heard of recent rumors of another prominent ex-wing racer jumping into Retro.

[S.O. Watt]

Mike, Thanks for the pat on the back. This is good stuff, this retro thing. For all of us.

And remember that wing racing wasn't where I started, I adapted to it sort of...... But is was a gas most of the time.

[JohnnySlotcar]

Csaba on the comeback trail??????

[Ron Hershman]

Csaba on the comeback trail??????

EP

[MSwiss]

Csaba on the comeback trail??????

No,not Csaba.

[S.O. Watt]

Another new chassis. This one gets back to an old familiar form to me

It weighs spot on 100 grams ready to race

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[Mopar Rob]

Tom:

Scratchbuilt with a Warmack guide tongue? Just curious are the sides of the motor bracket .200" high? Not sure if it makes a difference in the D3 world, but it does in the IRRA.


BTW:

Nice build

[S.O. Watt]

Rob,
Yup, had a Warmack tongue sitting here and not sure of the brand on the bracket. I still haven't found my box of spring steel bits. It's a little funky. I got my band saw blades so it much easier to scratch these out now. Next is setting up a brake.

Over .4" high. The rules don't say anything about a "hole" and its position in regards to bracket height on the sides. By whacking the top off the motor mount face, well, that may be a sticking point at a IRRA tech.

thanks for the kudos

[JerseyJohn]

Tom, it looks fit for a KING. very nice work....

[Mopar Rob]

Over .4" high. The rules don't say anything about a "hole" and its position in regards to bracket height on the sides. By whacking the top off the motor mount face, well, that may be a sticking point at a IRRA tech.

Oh, I see it now. On top of the hole has solder and kind of blended with the slot in the block. I thought the bottom of the hole was the top of the side of the bracket. Nevermind.

[GearBear]

Rob,

The rule is stated as such...

3. Chassis Construction:
3a. Each car must have a one-piece brass rear
bracket consisting of at least three sides (vertical
or horizontal), with each connected side having
a minimum width or height of at least .200".
3b. The motor bracket must support the motor
and extend to touch the rear axle tube.
3c. The axle tube does not need to travel
through the motor bracket.
3d. The motor can be screwed to the motor
bracket and/or can also be soldered in place.

So as I read it, that means that only one of the two dimensions needs to be .200 inches. And we know that each side is longer than .200" so I think Tom should be OK even for IRRA as the rule is written. As a programmer, I have to be VERY careful of how And's and Or's are used.

Now, if it said "with each connected side having a minimum width AND height of at least .200" it would be a different story.

Hey Tom, Nice chassis!

[S.O. Watt]

Yup. John, targeting a very specific King- BPR for the Checkpoint. Thanks

And thanks, Gary

[Mopar Rob]

So as I read it, that means that only one of the two dimensions needs to be .200 inches. And we know that each side is longer than .200" so I think Tom should be OK even for IRRA as the rule is written.

I'ts all good, I just didn't see the hole in the bracket and the top of it since it blended with block it was sitting on. No big deal, I thought material under the hole was the complete side. Tom's chassis looks nice

[Cap Henry]

Some new builds

CHR Cars #028
Hybrid Samurai/ Chicagoland Car
Samurai Sides, Chicagoland Steel Tongue, Chicagoland Bracket
2 rails of .062, 2 rails of .055
Plumber Hinge
Car was awesome at Washington on the UK Black!


CHR Cars #029
JK/ R-Geo Tuning Fork Car
Inner "Fork" rails are .055, Outer rails .062
JK 3/4" Bracket
Floppy Pans
Mine copy of the VanPeenen Chassis that so many of the Michigan guys run

[MantaRay]

A new Lighter Z Railer.......Hope to try it out at this weekends IRRL Race