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[Eddie Fleming]

No Tony I did not know there was a hand held brake. I will look into that.

[MSwiss]

I think he means one of these.

Without a groove, in the brass, I don't think you'll get a very sharp bend.

[chasbeeman]

This is a Harbor Freight hand held brake for duct work in the hvac trade, note the 3 1/2 wide jaws. I've used it for bending lexan spoilers for D 3 cars ect.

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[Bill from NH]

The  hand held units are also sold in home centers for use when screening doors & windows.. The jaws are screw replaceable & come in several different widths.

[Eddie Fleming]

I found this on Amazon.

 

It is a Ving Handheld portable bender

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[Tony Powell]

Look on EBAY as well!

Also northern tool stocks them.

[Tony Powell]

Here is the manufacture of the bender I have.

Malco Tools  S3R Redline 3" offset hand seemer.

 

Hope this helps

[mjsh]

Mr. Swiss .      The idler gear car  advantages and disadvantages?  Added weight, moving parts, motor rotation, center of gravity/ rear traction change???

[MSwiss]

I tried it around 1986 or 87.

 

To get it out on the track, a particular Saturday, I put on the solid mounts.(5-10 years, before they got popular)

 

I honestly don't remember how it ran, but probably bad, because I wasn't inspired enough to try it again, with floating mounts.

 

The car I really need to try again, is the carbon chassis, with the aluminum internal spine.

 

I ran it in a 27 race, on a medium swoopy Ogilvie, won easily, but a few days later, in a real scientific test, on the Koford factory Ogilvie King, it seemed  2-3 hundredths slower than a comparable aluminum car, which was a bit lighter.

 

I should of narrowed the rails to get the weight comparable, but  despite telling Stu it was intended as a hobby project, he wasn't real excited about me developing a car, that was something we couldn't sell to the public, because of the complexity of building it.

[mjsh]

Thanks! 

[Eddie Fleming]

That idler gear car looks like it was very long? 

[Eddie Fleming]

Much longer that the one above it but some of the others look closer. the extended front adds to the long look.

Any trouble getting a body to cover it?

[MSwiss]

I don't remember a problem, but it was 30+ years ago.

[Ecurie Martini]

An old trick for forming square bends:

 

Scribe the bend line

Mark and drill 2 holes. as far apart as possible, on the scribed line.  The diameter is not important but must be 2X the diameter of available rod stock -e.g. 1/8" holes, 1/16" rod

Insert rods and clamp part in vise with rods restyle firmly on top of jaws

Bend - the bend will be centered on the scribed line

 

EM