keith--
are you still on the baja team at univ of detroit mercy?

--- In offroadgokarts@yahoogroups.com, cooltoy <no_reply@y...> wrote:
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> Cool keith,Wish i had done something like that in school.Cant wait to
> see the pics.
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> In offroadgokarts@yahoogroups.com, "chemicalman04"
> <chemicalman04@y...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > hey guys. sorry its taken me a while to get to the point in school
> to
> > where i can not start being more active in the group again. i have
> > joined the mini-baja team here at my school (univ. of detroit
> mercy).
> > eventhough i am a chemist, all majors are welcome so i can continue
> my
> > love of this wonderful sport. i have taken some pictures of the
> build
> > that i will post when i can. i have to talk with Max (the team
> leader)
> > to see if this is ok because this is a competition.
> >
> > with our build we started with a steel table. we had some scrap
> pieces
> > of tube that we milled with a holesaw so that every length was the
> > same and we used this as a base for our frame. at first it was a
> pain
> > but it paid off in the end. last weekend max and myself (the only
> ones
> > that showed to work the whole weekend) took the frame off the jig
> and
> > placed it on the ground. no rocking at all. we measured some lengths
> > from a few places and everything seems to be in place completely to
> > the design that we have in autocad. this is just a thought for
> anyone
> > that has a table big enough for this jig. the table has to be bigger
> > than the frame itself. i plan to use this same idea for next years
> > frame. max will not be returning since he is graduating so i will
> most
> > likely be the team leader. something that i would like to try for
> next
> > year is an independant rear suspension. no one has had the time to
> > work on this so i plan on spending part of my summer to design
> > something. if anyone has some pointers go ahead and email me.
> >
> > schradkw@s...
> >
> > ill get some pictures up as soon as i can.
> >
> >
> > keith schrader