Ah. I thought I remembered you posting that you bought a roller. *somebody* had posted a bunch of links to some nice ones.
Bill Cardell TurboDog's Dad www.flyinmiata.com www.fmwestfield.com Sales 1-800-359-6957 Tech 970-464-5600 Before you call, check out http://www.flyinmiata.com/FAQ/ -----Original Message----- From: Ashraf Farrag [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 12:57 PM To: Bill Cardell Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: Where to buy Aluminum radiator components? NMC Bill Cardell wrote: > I would have suggested angle cutting straight pipe, but I didn't think > you'd want to invest a few hundred bucks in a bead roller like Ashraf > ;-) Outsourced that to a local fab shop for a few bucks each bead. They are an custom exhaust/fabrication shop. I've seen some DIY approaches, though (google). I welded "nodes" on the turbo Miata radiator pipes but was not too thrilled with that. If I build another V-mount setup, I may end up copying that bead roller just because it is an hour's worth of driving to that shop (only one in the area I know of that has the small bead form tool) and inevitably takes at least two trips to get all of them done for a project (intercooler and radiator). There's nothing like being able to "just do it" whenever you want. My TIG welder has arguably been the best thing I've bought for the garage. Two turbo kits and numerous other projects and it has paid for itself. Heck, I built a replacement part for my futon frame out of $5 in scrap since the piece I repaired fatigued itself to death (cheap Chinese steel). --Ashraf _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
