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Thank you. I've plenty of rust and some acid.

Can you dilute the acid to just remove light, surface rust, but not the plated or painted surfaces?

Hold the steel in tension while you make your vees. The vee expands and isn’t allowed to move, so it swells. When it cools, the vee shrinks.

Pretty cool.

I wonder if you can do a corvette like that

I saw a picture of this car 20 years ago and it has stuck with me all this time. I have searched high and low for this car trying to get the right algorithm Joe. I'd love to see this design do a 7 or 6 second pass on the quarter mile , ( with a full roll cage of course ).

Great video. Rest in peace Joe.

Instead of using water to dilute the acid use white vinegar and emidiatly dry them off. Your still gonna get a little rust but no where's what water does

Love this one. Can make many versions of it and sell the heck out of them

If you have a price of galvanized you want to weld, it will remove galvanized coating 😊

There are a lot of misunderstandings about cooling. The main thing to know is that (for mild steel, in ordinary situations) it doesn't matter if you use water (preferably from a sprayer) or let it cool over time, but what IS important is that every time you heat a spot, the surrounding metal must be cool for that spot to cause maximum shrinkage. This means that all but the smallest jobs will take considerably longer if you don't accelerate the cooling process. In this particular case, the second row of spots in between the first ones would have had little or no effect, because the surrounding metal had become quite hot. What is needed for maximum shrinkage is a very sudden difference in temperature around the boundary of the red-hot spot (and the spot needs to be small for sheetmetal, maybe 12-15 mm diameter). You want the surrounding metal to stay in the same plane, and fight the expansion of the red spot. This forces the metal to thicken at the spot, then when the spot cools, it has to go back to its original volume. Some of this shrinkage comes from the thickness but most of it comes from the diameter (the latter being what you are aiming to achieve). If your spot worked, you will feel it is thicker locally when you lightly run your fingertips over the surface after it has cooled. It the spot is too large, the sheetmetal will go out of plane (buckle) instead of fighting the diameter expansion, and if the metal is too hot around the spot, it will be too weak to fight it, so in either case you won't get enough thickening (also called "upsetting") which is the key enabling factor for this method to work.

Amazing car I got the privilege to meet a gentleman that owns one. Got to see it up close and personal and bought a set of rims from him. They were on the car.👍🏻👍🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

I hate to write this. It is very painful. Our friend Joe Pinkston, one of the coolest guys I ever met, passed away this morning while sleeping. He was an exceptional man. A builder, a talented wood worker, a master mechanic and car builder and a man who could ride a unicycle indoors while drinking a beer. He would bring rockets over for our grand kids & put on a fireworks display. He would solve any building problems and answer any car, truck or car questions you could come up with. He was a kind, funny and innovative man and we're going to miss him terribly. Sleep easy Joe. Harry

Dude tripping about the light 😂

Man I played a huge concert in the late 90's at Lone Star Park where i was training race horses. I saw the Z Rod there. It was mind boggling..

Tem o projeto dela? Excelente

Very nice, very cool ❤😎👍

Where is part 8 .?.?.?.?.?

What a waste!

The old 67 toronado is neat .

Cat just drank some 😱

Removes metal too.

Awesome rig Joe...awesome!

Thank you for warning your viewers about galvanized steel. Muriatic acid is extremely dangerous. I soaked my straight pieces in capped off PVC. Works great.

Hey Joe if you use acid to clean rust or Mill scale you have to neutralize it on the steel or it will flash rust. All you need is baking soda and water. This will stop the reaction and keep it from oxidizing. You can also get a weld film which is like a thin pV glue to wipe over the steel with a sponge. This will stop any oxidation and when you get ready to weld you can just wipe it off with a wet rag just prior to welding. Tips and tricks and share the wisdom with others it's all part of the journey of life.

Joe,did you get outta the wrecking business ?? I miss my trips to Texas.. You were one of my favorite stops !! I should have hauled that Cheetah back here to Canada.. What was I thinking... Hope all is good... Getting cold up here in Ontario.I might be building a 1967 Camaro Z rod... Nothing much has changed... I still love getting a rise outta people..Cheers my friend.

Joe Pinkston,,how the heck are ya ?? Duane from Canada here buddy..Long time.

JOE MMATE I MISS YA WHERE DID YOU GO MY MATE YAS FROM AAS LOVES A A SIK CAMARO MATE

Did I see it right that you used straight argon for MIG?

The bike at 1:05 Is a Suzuki GT ? My guessGT550 Ram Air.

Cool .

Your woodwork is terrific, but your video really needs more details before it can be helpful for beginners.

Almost a roller, I still enjoy watching your videos Joe

Can I have one and ho w can I get one

Talking about front wheel drive, you can bolt them up to rear wheel drive layout transmissions using factory bits.

Hoping you're well Joe. All the best.

It's okay with you Eduardo / BRAZIL

You need to neutralize the muriatic acid with a base like baking soda and water slurry or else it keeps on eating away and and reacting with the metal to form that surface rust. Rinsing off with water isn't enough. First neutralize for several minutes, then rinse with water.

Damn thats freaking genius the R&P will move precisely with the axle But the problem i see is the steering shaft will move as the suspension flexes which may well cause a bump steer like effect i think you can minimalize this by strategically placing universal the steering shaft though Edit:good call on the universal joint

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Have not seen an update in a long time and getting a little worried. I’m not too far from you so don’t make me drive over there to check up on you.

Let me know if you buy it

what rack and pinion is that? I need one just like it. thanks

I'm sure I'm not alone in worrying about how Joe is doing. Can someone give us an update please! Not too much to ask I don't think. Harry Wagner...any info?

The first bike was a Suzuki triple 2 stroke. I'm busting a nut. Amazing.

Really missing the project updates………

I’m thinking “package deal”. I’d bet you could easily build one good bike from all them beauty’s. 😂

Hey joe how can i contact yu for yamaha xt 225cc engine that's in a good condition