'49 Caddy Tail Light & Signal Buckets

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  1. garyhlucas

    garyhlucas Silver

     
    garyhlucas, Apr 24, 2019
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  2. garyhlucas

    garyhlucas Silver

    Glycol is funny stuff. A buddy piped a glycol system with 2” steel pipe and cast iron fittings. Had leaks everywhere, right thru the castings! I build membrane filtration systems. Did a deicing glycol job. RO rejects 99% of dissolved salt but just 93% of glycol, so we had to do it twice.
     
    garyhlucas, Apr 24, 2019
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  3. oldironfarmer

    oldironfarmer Gold

    Very interesting.

    Kelly suggested we cast cylinders and see if they leak. I plan to cast a filter...
     
    oldironfarmer, Apr 24, 2019
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  4. Jason

    Jason Gold

    little late.. been busy, NOT casting metal..:rolleyes:
    Andy, that's the beauty of suspendaslurry. I just had my first major slurry fail due to age. The days of mixing slurry 24/7 is gone unless you are running large scale production. I've had success with slurry that's over 2years old. Not too shabby really. A pail of the stuff is 200bucks delivered and the silicas are available cheap in Dallas. Then again, others like to obtain their foundry supplies at homedepot!:p:p:p:p:p
     
    Jason, May 11, 2019
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  5. Jack Meckes

    Jack Meckes Copper

    I just finished polishing and assembling the side view mirrors. They look good! Thanks for the help, Kelly.

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    Jack Meckes, Jun 22, 2019
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  6. Jason

    Jason Gold

    Nice mirror design. Good update to the popular bullet.

    Still don't like them on an E-type.
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    Last edited: Jun 23, 2019
    Jason, Jun 23, 2019
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  7. Al2O3

    Al2O3 Administrator Staff Member Banner Member

    Looks good Jack. I've been following along over at your build thread on the metal shaping forum.

    Best,
    Kelly
     
    Al2O3, Jun 24, 2019
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  8. Al2O3

    Al2O3 Administrator Staff Member Banner Member

    Jack is finishing up the tail light buckets. Thought I'd post the progress for posterity's sake. The link to his build thread is back in post #1 of this thread for those interested.

    54 LEDs Installed 2.jpg 55 Lense Installed.jpg 56 Bucket Installed.jpg 57 Bucket Installed 2.jpg

    Best,
    Kelly
     
    Al2O3, Oct 10, 2019
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  9. Jason

    Jason Gold

    Well, let's see it light up! That's a great line from the top of the light to the bottom corner of the bumper. Very slick.
     
    Jason, Oct 10, 2019
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  10. Redwolf947

    Redwolf947 Copper

    Nice!!:)
     
    Redwolf947, Oct 11, 2019
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  11. crazybillybob

    crazybillybob Silver Banner Member

    Those turned out a beauty!
     
    crazybillybob, Oct 11, 2019
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  12. Al2O3

    Al2O3 Administrator Staff Member Banner Member

    Jack polished the frames, made the lenses, and mounted turn signal housings.

    58 Signal Installed.jpg 59 Signal Installed 2.jpg

    Best,
    Kelly
     
    Al2O3, Oct 31, 2019
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