Merge Collector Fabrication

JimmyMac · 15th June 2009, 11:46 AM

I am currently looking for advice on headers and found this video which might interest some folk.

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Rick S. · 15th June 2009, 01:13 PM

makes it look easy...

Jack · 15th June 2009, 01:22 PM

nice toys to play with too!

Simon · 16th June 2009, 02:57 AM

As with everything...it's all about having the right gear!

Cliff Beer · 16th June 2009, 03:22 AM

Yeah, like how about some safety gear.... I wonder how many fingers they've lost in that shop on the band saw.

Where I worked in high school they used to nail the gloves with missing fingers on the wall right above the bandsaws....with inscriptions below....."Pete Schmidt, 2 fingers, 4-24-84" Ouch.

Randy V · 16th June 2009, 08:18 AM

Nice work.. I wish they would have shown the welding operation on the centre of the merge though.. That's the toughie...

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Originally Posted by Cliffbeer2

Yeah, like how about some safety gear.... I wonder how many fingers they've lost in that shop on the band saw.

Where I worked in high school they used to nail the gloves with missing fingers on the wall right above the bandsaws....with inscriptions below....."Pete Schmidt, 2 fingers, 4-24-84" Ouch.

My father had an accident with his table saw when I was a young boy. To this day, you cannot pay me to use a table saw. I'd rather rip cut a 10' board with a hand-saw...

I've worked and been in a lot of places that pretty well take all the safe guards off the equipment the moment it comes into the shop. Bugs me a bit - but I'm always free to buy and use my own equipment (which I do most of the time)..

Eddie · 17th July 2009, 03:17 AM

Jimmymac,
Try Rich @ Cone Engineering.com... very impressive stuff..& video info...Coming HOME next year.
Cheers Eddie.

roaldin · 17th July 2009, 04:56 AM

Re Big-Foot's comment about welding the centre - After several thousand dollars worth of turbo' were destroyed by a badly made merge collector, and then ongoing problems with cracking (crappy workshop kept telling me they were on top of it...), I ended up buying from Burns Stainless, no problems from then on (also have new mechanic.

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Not such a problem in a NA engine I guess.

Tim.

Jim Cowden · 18th July 2009, 08:05 PM

Or you could look in the how to forum.
Making a merge collector.