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#1 nicky 65

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Posted 01 March 2022 - 03:43 PM

The first person to tell me who’s company this is wins the package of braid.710519EA-135E-4B63-B095-013252CD7668.jpeg


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Posted 01 March 2022 - 05:26 PM

H&R Racing

 

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Posted 01 March 2022 - 05:54 PM

H&R Racing

 

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No sorry................but at least you gave it a shot


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Posted 01 March 2022 - 05:55 PM

C'mon guys .................nobody knows .


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Posted 01 March 2022 - 07:20 PM

Cox


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Posted 01 March 2022 - 07:39 PM

Bob Palumbi


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Posted 01 March 2022 - 08:53 PM

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Nope


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Posted 01 March 2022 - 08:53 PM

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Nope


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Posted 01 March 2022 - 09:46 PM

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Posted 02 March 2022 - 05:39 AM

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Nope


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Posted 02 March 2022 - 05:40 AM

It looks like im going to have to start giving hints ............starting tomorrow


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Posted 02 March 2022 - 07:44 AM

Isn't there a current supplier called CRP?


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Posted 02 March 2022 - 08:04 AM

That's Lee Roberts, from Alabama, who does balancing.

I guarantee, no connection.

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Posted 02 March 2022 - 09:18 AM

I wouldn't be surprised if there was some connection to O'Dowds raceway...but no clue otherwise


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Posted 02 March 2022 - 12:30 PM

1980's JK repackaged.


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Posted 02 March 2022 - 01:54 PM

I wouldn't be surprised if there was some connection to O'Dowds raceway...but no clue otherwise

Not even close 


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Posted 02 March 2022 - 02:08 PM

Considering the card and the corroded staple I'd say check the Wayback machine.  :laugh2: 

 

I've got no clue, just vague memories of many slot car companies named after car parts and small fast critters.


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Posted 02 March 2022 - 03:47 PM

Could this have been bought in quantity from REH and resold?


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Posted 02 March 2022 - 03:53 PM

Floyd at Make-All Enterprises most likely made those. He also made Parma braid forever (all strand sizes)... other than that REH had a braid machine and Associated Electrics had one too. Floyd retired 20 years ago and sold off his company. I believe his braid machine is now in Indonesia.

 

Floyd would knock out 150,000 to 300,000 pair at a time. He'd hold inventory and required a minimum 20,000 pair purchase.

 

All these brands were just repackaged product. I'm sorry to burst the bubble.

 

Things have changed however and several people now have invested into making braid instead of bulk buying and repackaging.


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Posted 02 March 2022 - 04:06 PM

Could this have been bought in quantity from REH and resold?

Steve,

 

Bob Haines once told he recycled all the little bits of brass that was cut out of the brass for the braids he made and I think it was in the neighborhood of $1500 that he got for it. That's a lot of scrap brass.


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Posted 02 March 2022 - 04:36 PM

Steve,

 

Bob Haines once told he recycled all the little bits of brass that was cut out of the brass for the braids he made and I think it was in the neighborhood of $1500 that he got for it. That's a lot of scrap brass.

 

If kept "clean" and sorted brass and copper bring very good money on the scrap market.


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Posted 02 March 2022 - 05:36 PM

 They were no doubt bought in bulk and repackaged ........................many years ago. These are OLD Braid ..............but are just as good as Parma Big Mama.

They come 8 sets to a pack.......................


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Posted 02 March 2022 - 06:13 PM

If kept "clean" and sorted brass and copper bring very good money on the scrap market.

Does having a bit of crazy glue on one end, qualify as "clean". Lol

That potato salad bucket would have 7 or 8 lbs. in it, if I didn't come up with a brass version with post support, and tungsten ones, that don't yield any scrap.

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Posted 02 March 2022 - 08:44 PM

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Posted 02 March 2022 - 10:27 PM

Does having a bit of crazy glue on one end, qualify as "clean". Lol

That potato salad bucket would have 7 or 8 lbs. in it, if I didn't come up with a brass version with post support, and tungsten ones, that don't yield any scrap.

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In the scrap metal industry "clean" means no mixed metals (aluminum & steel or copper & iron for instance), consistent size, no excess oils or coolant. The box you showed is "clean".

 

Make sure to save the tungsten! WC(tungsten carbide) is getting beyond $12/pound now and it doesn't take much to make a pound....


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