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Ive always liked this section of the forum and thought might aswell start my own thread on some of the stuff I do in my spare time.

Ill start of with this chassis I built for FSAE race car at uni last year, designed by myself in CAD, laser cut most of the tubes with some hand ground and fully tig welded all in 4130 chromo, heat treated and torsion tested. Here are some pics.

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hey mate,

where are you located?

i would like a few things done on my race car pm me if your interested, im in campbelltown nsw

Hi, I tried to pm you but for some reason it didnt let me. Im in melbourne try sending me a pm of what you had in mind although might be difficult dpending on whether its a job where the car is needed or not.

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Awesome work !

What uni course did you do?

And what tig welding machine are you using ?

Thanks mate, I did mechanical engineering at swinburne and Im using BOC smootharc elite 230.

Oh you are the guy who did last years car? ;)

I'm a student at Swinny, always wondered who did the welds on the car. They look fantastic! I was actually going to contact you to try get some stuff done for my skyline (intercooler piping, front/dump pipe)

Good work buddy!

Oh you are the guy who did last years car? ;)

I'm a student at Swinny, always wondered who did the welds on the car. They look fantastic! I was actually going to contact you to try get some stuff done for my skyline (intercooler piping, front/dump pipe)

Good work buddy!

Yeah that was me mate I did last years car. Thanks for that, although I was pretty dissappointed by the welds on the frame wish I could redo the whole thing again lol.

Yeah if you do end up wanting anything made up let me know will sort you out.

Mate they were fine! Haha. Pretty nice little car that I was surprised I fit into so well! Hopefully this years car is good too!

I definitely want some stuff welded up! Hit me a pm and we'll see what we can come up with!

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