Good Bendy Update
Jesse called on the phone earlier today and informed me that he and Grayson have worked it out so that we will have a new tube bender at the shop on Saturday. This is what we in the industry call very good news! Jesse also said that while they were at it they picked up a specialized fishmouth rig. This is not used to catch bluegill in the tank outside the shop, but rather works to cut the ends of the tubes where they meet. I didn’t get all the details about manufacturers, etc., as I was so relieved to hear the news that everything will be delivered by Friday. Heck, if Jesse would let me I would go out there on Friday to help get the new equipment setup and just sleep in the shop overnight so that we’re not working on tool setup on Saturday but rather can jump right on getting the cage done.
In other news, I re-ordered the seat mounting hardware today; it’s being shipped from someplace in Oklahoma so it’s a lock to be in my grubby hands before I go out to the shop on Friday/Saturday.
Not to get too optimistic or anything, but we could have this thing running and on wheels by Saturday night…
this is the bender
http://www.pro-tools.com/105.htm
this is the notcher
http://www.pro-tools.com/hsn500.htm
and this is the software that I have to get familiar with
http://www.pro-tools.com/bendtech.htm
The tarpblog (along with others) has been outted on Jalopnik:
http://jalopnik.com/5135935/opel-gt-mgb+gt-to-race-at-texas-gator+o+rama-24-hours-of-lemons-mustang-teams-worried