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Offline turboguzzi

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piece of cake
« on: March 11, 2010, 08:08:28 AM »
probably the best ever DYI video ive seen


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Offline Laminar

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Re: piece of cake
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2010, 08:33:27 AM »
Wow, fantastic craftsmanship.  :o
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Re: piece of cake
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2010, 10:33:11 AM »
Quote from: Laminar on March 11, 2010, 08:33:27 AM
Wow, fantastic craftsmanship.  :o

makes you want to buy an english wheel, no?
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Re: piece of cake
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2010, 10:42:21 AM »
Quote from: turboguzzi on March 11, 2010, 10:33:11 AM
Quote from: Laminar on March 11, 2010, 08:33:27 AM
Wow, fantastic craftsmanship.  :o

makes you want to buy an english wheel, no?

Yes. And a TIG welder. And some body hammers. And...
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Re: piece of cake
« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2010, 10:53:01 AM »
Wow! Great video!!
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Re: piece of cake
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2010, 11:53:18 AM »
I like it.
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Re: piece of cake
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2010, 12:26:50 PM »
i believe that guy has what the kids today would refere to as "mad skilz"  :o
  very impressive
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Re: piece of cake
« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2010, 12:30:11 PM »
Quote from: Laminar on March 11, 2010, 10:42:21 AM
Quote from: turboguzzi on March 11, 2010, 10:33:11 AM
Quote from: Laminar on March 11, 2010, 08:33:27 AM
Wow, fantastic craftsmanship.  :o

makes you want to buy an english wheel, no?

Yes. And a TIG welder. And some body hammers. And...

sheesh, i was sure my stick welder would do.... back to zero then   :)
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Re: piece of cake
« Reply #8 on: March 11, 2010, 01:57:53 PM »
Very impressive, what bike was that going on? hard to tell.
If you want to see some more mad Frenchmen, check out the video below it with the red car in picture.....turboed Citreon CV! ;D
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Re: piece of cake
« Reply #9 on: March 11, 2010, 02:34:02 PM »
this video is really cool.  it makes me want to go back in time 16 years, find a metal working master like this guy, and beg him to be his apprentice.
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Re: piece of cake
« Reply #10 on: March 11, 2010, 03:14:21 PM »
mmmm. cake
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Re: piece of cake
« Reply #11 on: March 11, 2010, 03:23:22 PM »
I want to be able to do this :o
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Re: piece of cake
« Reply #12 on: March 11, 2010, 04:08:41 PM »
That is the type of metalworking you rarely see. Jesse James does some of that and the machines he uses comes from Europe, where skills are taught from childhood.
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