[python] Re: Python Trike
- From: <spartansmoke@xxxxxxx>
- To: python@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 14:11:13 -0500
Here in snowy Cleveland, I am also thinking about a trike,
if I can find someone to help with the welding. :-)
Hi Hilel,
The welding issue seems to be one of the major hold backs for many people
wishing to homebuild. If a person is only planning to build a single
project, perhaps the most logical approach would be to cut and prepare
eveything for assembly and then contract it out to a professional welder for
final assembly.
TIG welding is perhaps the most desireable method depending on the material
used, but the cost of a TIG welder is cost prohibitive for most of us. As
you stated a few days ago, you suffer from DIYS :-), so I am reasonably
certain it is your intent to do the welding yourself.
I saw a small MIG welder at Harbor Freight www.harborfreight.com. They has
the welder on sale last month for $99. They normally sell them for $159.
There may be a retail outlet in Cleveland. If you order online, they pay
the shipping for anything over $50. The machine operates on 110 volt house
current, uses flux core wire and is very messy. The material "spatters"
quite a lot, but it does weld rather well. I found it best to weld then
grind down the bead a bit and weld it again.
MAPP gas is another "inexpensive" alternative. I found one of those at
HomeDepot for $49. It works quite well for brazing booses and other small
things onto a frame, but the cost of the oxygen for it ($8 per tiny
cylinder) makes it cost prohibitive for major brazing project. A cyclinder
of oxygen lasts about 20 minutes and that works out to about $25 per hour of
welding. You should be ble to hire a skilled welder for that amount.
As for my own projects, I finally completed building a Mach 2 recumbent
clone last week and will begin construction of a python this week. I plan
to build a convertible version of the python which can be switched from a
bicycle to a tricycle. We'll see how it goes.
I wish you well with your project.
Michael
Fresno, California
Best of luck,
Michael
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