Thread: Project $ 3 K Is Underway

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Thanks again Denny. Yep, I do want to learn more about how to run this computer and do some of the neat tricks you guys do on it. I will try that program you gave me.


I mentioned I was starting on the driveshaft loops yesterday. Today I went over and did some more work on them. Didn't get a whole lot done as I had a little flu bug last week and still don't have all my strength back. I figure I will go over tomorrow since I am off for Labor Day and , well, labor. We hot rodders must like pain, because we could be cooking some hot dogs or fishing, but instead we use holidays to work on stuff made out of steel.


Today I bent up the hoops that are going to surround my driveshaft. They are going to serve two purposes. First of all, I am sharing space with a driveshaft spinning at 2-3000 rpms going down the road. If the driveshaft decides to break (I've had it happen) I want it contained by more than a fiberglass floor. Secondly, the hoops will help form the shape of my driveshaft tunnel. I will lay fiberglass up over the hoops and form them into the plywood floor.

Here are what the finished hoops that I bent up look like.


They are made from 3/8 inch x 2 inch flat stock that I bent up.