Thread: How To: Notching tubing

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looks a lot better than doing it with a cutting torch.

Originally Posted by lt1s10

looks a lot better than doing it with a cutting torch.

Thats the way it used to be done.My Dad would probably frown at the use of these tubing notchers.

Originally Posted by BigTruckDriver

Thats the way it used to be done.My Dad would probably frown at the use of these tubing notchers.

they sure do make it pretty though. you're making it to easy for the welder.

We have a notcher and use it alot. It works great and other than use up a hole saw at midnite after the stores are closed no real problems. My son was amazed when I finished the job by using some careful cuts with a band saw. Kinda like "big truck driver's " dad. haha " how did you do that??" he says. We built whole cars with nothing more than a band saw and flame saw.

older than dirt.

When you think about the tools we have at our disposal today, it is amazing. Back in the "day" if you owned a set of torches you were high tech.

Kind of reminds me of my Dad and Grandfather. They built our house with HANDSAWS. Electric circular saws weren't even invented yet I think in the '50's. How the heck did they cut all those 2 x 4's and other boards with a hand saw? If I cut one board with a handsaw today I would need a nap after. The people back then must have been in better shape than we are. How do you build an entire house with hammers and handsaws?

I remember when I bought my first LIncoln arc welder. I thought I had died and gone to heaven. Then I bought some torches, but had to save up to buy the tanks because the $ 300 investment was a heavy hit for me at the time.

No wonder the quality of our builds are so much improved over past years. The correct equipment just makes the jobs so much easier and professional looking.


Don

Originally Posted by lt1s10

they sure do make it pretty though. you're making it to easy for the welder.

I know,my Dad tig welded fuel dragsters(joints had to be perfect),so you could imagine how time cunsuming it was with out the speed of the tubing notchers we have today.But I guess thats why he was a pro.On my best day I would not be half as good as he was.