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    Wow!! That's a lot ot steel. You sure don't mess around with small stuff. Is it your design Stan?
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    their idea, my design, my patent...
    Torchmate 5 x 10 custom built CNC table
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    800 ton break
    400 ton shear
    MM350p
    xmt 304
    (do i REALLY need to keep going?)

    nothing fancy, just a few hot glue guns for metal

    www.sicfabrications.com

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    That is a serious build! Nice work!
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    When you said this was your biggest, I had to check it out cuz I have seen some of your other work... You definitely are making a mark in this world! Nice.
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    nice job stan, looks like a bunch of work...



    is that thermal arc machine the 252i or 180i, and how are you liking it?
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    How you bend the sections

    How did you bend the long flat sections?
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    Dang, that is some BIG stuff you got going on there!
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    Very nice work Stan!
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    Quote Originally Posted by brucer View Post



    is that thermal arc machine the 252i or 180i, and how are you liking it?
    250i machines.... i effin love em.... ive finally found a machine that can handle the rigors that we put a machine through.... in some areas of the concrete molds, there is up to 80 ft of continuos weld.... other machines have melted down in the past couple weeks....

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    Quote Originally Posted by tigqk View Post
    How did you bend the long flat sections?
    the long flat sections (the mold skins) are made of 4 by 10 ft sheets of 7 ga (3/16) material... if ya look in my signature and see the 800 ton break... it'll do 1/2 inch thick the same way, but only 10 ft long is the longest i can do... 2 pieces spliced together
    Torchmate 5 x 10 custom built CNC table
    6 (each) Thermadyne 252i mig/ stick/ tig
    Thermal Dynamics a-60 automated cutter
    Thermal cutmaster 52 handheld cutter
    '07 pro300 miller
    '08 275 trailblazer miller
    '99 250 trailblazer
    12vs extreme suitcase feeder
    2 (each) xr-a 50 foot push-pull feeders (for aluminum mig)
    800 ton break
    400 ton shear
    MM350p
    xmt 304
    (do i REALLY need to keep going?)

    nothing fancy, just a few hot glue guns for metal

    www.sicfabrications.com

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    Quote Originally Posted by SICFabrications View Post
    their idea, my design, my patent...
    Nice. ^_^
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