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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 02:06 AM
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how much for 2?? =)
 
Old Apr 23, 2008 | 02:13 AM
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Yeah man, if you could sell them cheaper for what the major companies sell them for you would be making some mad cash. I would deff take 4 if your making more. Those look amazing.
 
Old Apr 23, 2008 | 08:12 AM
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I would certainly be interested in a set - how much?
 
Old Apr 23, 2008 | 09:01 AM
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jeff, i just sold mine at the atspeed meet. you should have picked them up...
 
Old Apr 23, 2008 | 12:13 PM
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^^ damn it!! Were they 4mm by chance? Not that it matters now
 
Old Apr 23, 2008 | 12:16 PM
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yeah actually they were probably too big for you, 8mm and 12mm
 
Old Apr 23, 2008 | 08:14 PM
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i was gunna make spacers out of this chunck of round alum. at my work. it looks like it wants to be made into spacers. how hard would this be with a band-saw and a drill press??
 
Old Apr 23, 2008 | 09:26 PM
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Eh just use cedar or ply wood.
 
Old Apr 23, 2008 | 10:30 PM
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i was gunna make spacers out of this chunck of round alum. at my work. it looks like it wants to be made into spacers. how hard would this be with a band-saw and a drill press??
They need to be very parallel and a bandsaw isn't going to getthat done.
 
Old Apr 23, 2008 | 11:11 PM
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You will need to use a harder wood like oak or walnut....screw it! just use some styrofoam
 
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