S&W race car builder welding on a new dragster tube chassis

Rory from S&W Race Cars welding the first parts of a new chrome molly 27" wide 235" dragster

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Dragster
• drag
• race
• S&W
• TIG
• molly

[Whitehorze]

Actually, in modern manufacturing the jig is actually a wagon on the assembly line. the vehicle then receives the parts as it travels down the line.

My most recent job was working at the plant that manufactures most of the garbage trucks you see. In fact, if you've seen the "Waste Management" commercial where the front loading truck is driving down the street with the street lights coming on behind it... I assembled and installed the tailgate on that truck...

designing jigs is easy...

[kahvas]

Oh i got it. Most of your stuff is for personal use. I was asking more in the lines of making jigs for huge trucks or cars, etc

[Whitehorze]

Most of the fab work I've done has been for personal use. I've made Leaf trailers for my garden tractor, ramp for my larger trailer.

The thing to remember about vehicle chassis is that they need to be 1) Very strong (even if your not going very fast).

2) with a few exceptions, perfectly even.

That's why you use a jig to assemble the frame. so that everything is even and level. Otherwise the vehicle will pull to one side or have suspension bind.

I'm building a sand rail next year...

[kahvas]

Do you design a lot of jigs? I design weld jigs, although most of them have been for construction eqpt parts, never designed a jig for a chassis. All of my jigs are assembled using cap screws. Never made a jig for a chassis and would like to make one. I see that the tubes were welded to each other here.

[Whitehorze]

I always wondered what the jig looked like for a rail. Thanks...

[32spitzer]

wish you guys had the time to put more vids like this on here! you guys build some nice rides!

[impalakungen]

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