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Kevin Crowley  
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 More options Oct 5 2012, 11:25 pm
From: Kevin Crowley <caoha...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 22:25:23 -0500
Local: Fri, Oct 5 2012 11:25 pm
Subject: Re: [MakerSpace] Oh Piffle!!!!

I just got back from work and have to return there at 0430 so I don't know
that I can do that.

I was going for fully babbitted bearings for the axles. The test casting
worked fine.  Should have nailed the wheel fairings and splitter on instead
of recasting to attach them.

On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 6:15 PM, Have Blue <haveb...@airsoldier.com> wrote:
> JB Weld it and race anyway!  Or bring the silliest looking root vegetable
> you can find, stick 4 wheels on it and enter in the 'edible' class...

> My own chances of finishing my car are unknown, so I may just enter a
> wheeled banana.  It may not have much top speed, but you should see it peel
> out...

> On 10/5/2012 4:39 PM, Kevin Crowley wrote:

>> My car will not be ready for the nerdy derby.  I just broke the casting
>> from the mold and the front axle is off 5 degrees to the right.

>> This is what I get for, at 0400, hand drilling the mold instead of
>> bringing it to the space and using the drill press last night.
>> So I am out of plaster and time for doing this.

>> Kevin
>> --

> --


 
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