Million Dollar Skunksworks Kirkham

[David Kirkham]

Hoofa,

I sure wish I would have had thought of that years ago in Poland! It sure would have helped. Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best.

Here is a picture of Joe. He is in charge of keeping the place going while I am buried on this car.

[Hoofa]

Joe is pretty cute, but lets stick to cars n tools. I see my tube is out, What does Joe think of it?

[db replicas]

Originally Posted by David Kirkham

Here is a picture of Joe.

He sounds much taller on the telefone.

[David Kirkham]

We fiddle with the tube all the time. Notice it is right out there to keep an eye on it. When we finish with this car we will get back to other fun things.

David

[David Kirkham]

Here we are lining up the variable radius rollers. All these tools have to be held in square in place in all 3 dimensions...it can get quite tedious. If they are not lined up, the bending machine is so powerful it will simply crush the tube at worst, and leave a nasty line in it at best. Nasty lines are horrible stress raisers.

Notice the collet I made last week in place and doing its job of holding the tube in place. It also orients the tube if we need it to.