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Re: [Fot] Scattershield - playdate with a welder

To: Kas Kastner <kaskas@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [Fot] Scattershield - playdate with a welder
From: Mark Eginton <markconsultation@twcny.rr.com>
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:02:40 -0500
Do I need to go a full 6" wide. I need more stock so narrower is easier 
to work with but no sense in scrimping if its necessary.

Thanks!

M

Kas Kastner wrote:
> That method works okay, I have used it in the past and also using heavy 
>belting.  three inches isn't very wide but two pieces welded side to side 
>should be great.  History of blows up in that area showed me that it was the 
>clutch that went away first and sometimes takes the flywheel with it. 
> ---- Mark Eginton <markconsultation@twcny.rr.com> wrote: 
>
> =============
> I was in Lowes and saw some 1/8" steel stock perfect for a scatter 
> shield 3" wide so here is how I spent my weekend:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/28599565@N04
>
> Think it will do the job or is there something I need to consider adding 
> or changing. I plan to run my dad's lightened flywheel which visually 
> has seen a lathe back in the '60s. I had it magnifluxed and it is fine 
> but I still feel the need for a shield - I like being ambulatory...
>
> The idea is to keep the car the way he raced it - drive it to the track, 
> pull the windshield and passenger seat - add a plexiglas deflection 
> shield and go have fun. So, I wanted it to hide under the carpet.
>
> Thanks,
>
> M
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