Very exciting! When I was a kid, I owned a 1/4 Midget Indy Racer. Watching this build is going to bring back a lot of memories.

No shortage of ambition. 👍🏻 I really look forward to this series as you progress through it. I am sure it will turn out great. Especially if you get the steering correct. 😉

I hope this is the project that will make it channel take off... Been here since the half way mark of the tank and can't wait to see how your channel will grow.. and I think I speak for your small community by saying that we all love this content and can't wait to see what else you may be cooking up... Great ambitious project to take on, keep going man!

@MacroMachines

6 жыл бұрын

great to have you watching!

@fynbo1007

Ай бұрын

6 years and still isn’t finished but if you wait 6 years more maybe you will be closer to finish

Oh man, this is going to be a monster of a build. Can’t wait to follow this to completion.

@CIeanhex

7 ай бұрын

ITS BEEN 5 YEARS

I hate you in the nicest possible way! your soo lucky to be able to do this MacroMachines. and yes before you ask I am totally jealous of your ability, space, and opportunity to be able to do what you do! Huge respect to you and hello from the UK!

right on looking forward to the next video...!

This project is gonna be fun. Not that the others weren't, but this one is closer to my wheelhouse.

This is perfect for you to do! Looking forward to seeing your progress. Thanks bro Anthony Kent

You seem to really enjoy TIG Welding and ya do a very good job too! ROCK-ON!

@MacroMachines

6 жыл бұрын

this was the first time I used TIG aside from a few little things and I'm enjoying it

@KODArunner

6 жыл бұрын

From what I remember from my days working in oil field construction, TIG is the cleanest bead weld you can put down.

@MacroMachines

6 жыл бұрын

yeah, it takes a lot more prep since the metal needs to to be really clean, but the result is much nicer

This is going to be awesome, I can not wait to follow the build! Keep up the awesome work👌

Oh wow! That will be pretty cool!

looking forward to seeing it finished keep it up love the work

Outstanding! Can't wait to see the next video.

Nice can't wait to see it finished.

Really keen to see where this goes. Keep up the awesome work!

Great start to an amazing project looking forward to following this one

I’ll follow this project with great interest. I’ve been interested in building a Bentley 3 litre replica, electric powered and mostly carbon bodywork with a few safety upgrades. Fair play to you. 👍🏻

This is awesome, I love watching your videos and seeing what you build, can’t wait to see this one come out!

You got skills there my lad. And clearly an inventive mind.

This may well be the coolest project on KZread. Good luck and God speed.

this video of yours is enough to asses & prove as to what a human desires is probably an ammount of the determination blessed with artistic craftsmanship in hands to pursue it- you have both fortunately !!!

just found your channel im planning a build like this in the future and this is just what i was looking for cant wait to watch the rest

Your best idea yet, looking forward to it

It's great to have you back! Keep up the good work!

Tolles Projekt. Von dir kann man lernen. Danke und weiter so.

9th June 2019 - Just found your channel, starting at part 1 of this build. His something I have always wanted to build, love it!!!

This is going to be a great build

stumbled across your YT channel yesterday! AWESOME!! Awesome projects, you've got some awesome skill! Thanks for posting!

Whoop whoop nice one bud love your channel dude keep at it 👍🏼👍🏼

A really talented young man, keep it up!

Awesome, can't wait to see how it comes out.

Glad to see you using the tig welder!

I love all the tig welding action!

@MacroMachines

6 жыл бұрын

this is the first time I've used the TIG welder very much and i'm really enjoying it. its nice to not have to worry about a shower of molten steel beads raining down on my feet lol.

Going to be another excellent build.

noice can't wait to see it!

Cant wait to watch this series be nice to have longer episodes tho

Just watched your latest upload 3rd April. Came back here to watch them all from the start again👍

Wow, this is going to be a nice project

holy crap yess ,cant wait to see this series

Downvotes? A good kid doing the dang thing and not good? Great job

Wow great to see you back with a BIG project....i shall be eagerly watching! Good luck my boy! Greetings from the UK!

@MacroMachines

6 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching!

Dis gonna be guuuuud!

Great video series. I am really enjoying it so far. This is something that I want to do in the near future after I finish my CycleKart project. Cheers

Nice work, as usual. Who else was hoping to see some sort of DIY hydraulic rig used to BEND these frame rails? LOL

I think this is gonna be the coolest project yet...and that's saying a lot!!!

Hey, young fella, you are amazing great videos

I want to do something like this someday! Except my idea is to make a rat rod style coupe and instead of using basic old school stuff, I’d just swap in the entire drive train and components of a modern Dodge Challenger SRT. 6.4 L hemi, AWD swap, supercharger, all the computers and whatnot. Old school looks, new school guts. Street legal and a beast of a machine on the track.

This is one of my dreams as well, hope i may ever build one myself

This ought to be a fantastic project.

great project good job

Really good video love the topic!

tell us you're like a third generation Blasksmith, ha ha - or are you just a Prodigy amazing work young man, simply amazing !!!

Sounds interesting , going to subscribe for now .

Nice project!!! Manda salve pro Brasil !!!

It’s fun to imagine you tig welding that fast.

Wow! looks like this is going to be a real fun project for you and the channel !! I did not know you can TIG too did you just get a TIG machine? you are so very talented I bet your dad is a awesome fabricator too for you to know all this at such a young age. What do you do for a living with those mad skills ,hope you are using those skills to make you some money , any fab shop would hire you in a second with your background LOL!! Keep up the good work bro i love watching you take raw steel and make it into something . love that you sponsor Go powersports what a great site never knew about this site cause im trying too get all the steel together for a go-cart project real soon . any idea where i can find a nice cut list for a go-cart like the blueprint you have for this project.

Now this is going to be cool

Nice job!

Nice idea

I've been fabricator for over 35 years, where did you get you skills, you are very talented

Glad to see this build I'm going to watching this on close I've been looking at the old school midget racers my self I was curious as to what engine your going to run in it are you going 4 cylinder or the 6 cylinder with the pipes through the hood or the header with the long 3 or 4 inch pipe from front to rear

You showed us the tank before and said that the project was related to that never the less i am happy to see new projects

Ooooh yeah!

Rather than weld that triangle pieces of plate on the inside as you did. Use two pieces cut to the angle that you want twice the width in its length each side of the pie cut. Each side can be placed inside the tube on each side and plug welded through holes in the tubing on the side to weld insert to outside of tubing ( called a fish plate and a lot stronger).

This is the best idea yet!!! I love the look of those older model Indy cars. Yeah this will be a big project, but you see to be having fun and you have pride of what you do, which makes these videos so much fun to watch! I have a couple questions though... What type of engine are you going to use and What type of transmission are you going to use for this Indy Car? But Great work and can't wait for this new series!!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@MacroMachines

6 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure on the drivetrain yet

whole car!!!

Glad I found this channel! Although I must ask why tig weld instead of mig?

Awesome project! Someday, I will MIG and TIG as good as you... What MIG and TIG machines are you using?

i am kinda watching these out of order, as in watching this one last. What a great project. I was wondering why you did not plan on plating your cuts from the start? rather than making a ton of tiny cuts? Just seems like it would have been much easier? Or maybe that is what you found out afterwards? Anyway, love it

A suggestion. You could use a Pontiac Quad4 engine for power. Its a four cyl, just like the Offenhousers they used back then, and when the plastic trim parts are removed, it has a simular look as the old engine. It makes about 165 hp. and is adaptable to any number of tranny's.

MacroMachines I like the way you made all those cuts in order to make the bend smooth, I do that on my builds but I only make one cut and bend it, the way you did it (with a few cuts close together) makes it look a lot better, I hope you don't mind me coping that on my future builds, cheers

love the video, but I would highly recommend you to get a portable band saw. it would make things way easier

Hey, looks like it's going to be an exciting build, just started watching it today. Love these old racers. I had a question... Are you working off of self designed plans, or pictures of a specific car? The reason I am asking, is that the frame geometry already seems locked into a very specific vehicle arrangement. Thanks for the videos... I've always wanted to do the same kind of build with a Morgan 3 wheeler as my muse. Certainly of the same iconic shape...👍

@MacroMachines

4 жыл бұрын

I pretty much just did research on a lot of cars that I liked, and used pictures to design the frame

Just watched ALL the videos over 2 days !! a basic question,how did you know the chassis/rails dimensions?

oh wow thats awesome. have you thought about what engine youre gonna put into it yet?

@MacroMachines

6 жыл бұрын

I'm not really sure. best case scenario would be an early ford v8, but I'll figure it out when I get to that point.

Now this is going to be a great project! would you consider maybe doing longer videos? you could upload unlisted videos just with less editing and link them in the description for those that want them. or not, your channel, Im still going to watch either way.

cool idea for a project , looks like youre going full size on it have you decided on the engine yet ? one option i think realy has the look of a classic racing engine is an old jaguar inline XK6 wish came in about every jaguar made from 1949 up to about 1992 and had a realy nice dohc head with smooth polished aluminium valvevovers the trans usually was a GM th350 or400 with a jaguar bellhousing , you probably whon't be able to find those cheap in the states though in europe these engines survive the cars by decades , they where realy whell made inlike the metal of the body (they rusted out ) another option would be a flathead mill , though these whont be cheap either too bad you done make a midget version of the car , those usually where powered by T ford stuff

Hi, I am a new subscriber and have watched a few of your videos and really looking forward to this build. There's a guy in New Zealand, he's dead now, but his name is John Britten, he had a dream, to build a motorbike. I see many comparisons in you two, take a little time and check out his documentary, I think it will inspire you and also give you an insight into what is possible for your future. Love your videos, great content, narrative and visuals. Many thanks from Australian viewer

Wow what a cool project. are you going to get it registered for the road.

@MacroMachines

6 жыл бұрын

yeah

Holy shit. I was thinking about unsubscribing after things like that sofa or the way the four wheel motorcycle turned out looking more like a toy than a motorcycle but this... yes, you definitely graduated from Go-karts and lawnmowers.

Nice welds. What was the reason you chose to hold the stick for some welds and wire-feed for others? thanks

@MacroMachines

6 жыл бұрын

the TIG welder gives a much cleaner better looking weld so i used that for most of it, but I went with the MIG for filling in most of the bend area because it's a lot faster and I dont have a ton of filler rod.

@Nderak

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Right On! Did you recently upgrade to TIG?

@MacroMachines

6 жыл бұрын

yep, and I'm enjoying it a lot lol

Hey why dont you use a flap disc and grind a Vee shape on all your cuts. That way you have more weld and penitration after you grind it flat!!!

I used to read boys books by William Campbell Gault and he had several books about guys building their own cars to race at Indy!

Oh yeah, have you decided on the engine and transmission combination? Just curious where you are going with the powertrain.

@MacroMachines

6 жыл бұрын

not sure yet, but a v8 would be cool

@joannehart9624

6 жыл бұрын

It would be cool! Just don't overpower your suspension. :-)

Make sure to keep track of all of the receipts for all of the materials that you are using for the build and document the entire process with plenty of pictures so that you can get a title for it when you are done and actually drive it on the road and have insurance. It is a huge pain to get a homemade vehicle titled but if you can tell them exactly what it cost to build and have proof in pictures it will make it a lot easier on you. Did you get the drive train yet?

@MacroMachines

6 жыл бұрын

yeah, my dad and I talked to a friend who registers titles on stuff like this to figure out what things to keep in mind and that was one of them.

Did you learn these skills some where or did you teach these yourself?

Always one down voter, just jealous of his talent I presume.

@mysterymete

6 жыл бұрын

The more you talk about them, the more dedicated the trolls become.

@nightster6378

5 жыл бұрын

I don't have an issue with a thumbs down, there maybe a genuine reason for it but at least have the balls to state why in the comments, in this case, I'm asking why?

@keizerain1197

4 жыл бұрын

@@nightster6378 I didn't dislike the video but constructive critisism, if you ever do a frame in the future, its just better to be safe then sorry, add some extra metal on your bends, thats where a lot of frames go wrong.

Any reason you didnt use an oxy to roll/bend the rails?

@MacroMachines this Type profile steel a500 grade? And what measurement and thickness Wall (mm)?

süpeer

just some advice. tack your ends and corners before start your first stringer.

What engine are you gonna use? Old flathead v8 from an ford f100 would be cool.

@MacroMachines

6 жыл бұрын

that would be my first choice too, but I'll figure it out when i get there

I'm surprised you cut the frame rail with a jig-saw :)

I’m designing something similar for fun. I’m also a Hoosier.

What engine you going to run?

@MacroMachines

6 жыл бұрын

I'd like to find and early flathead v8 but im not sure yet

Everytime i see a custom chassis I'm more concerned about toughness and saftey

Hello, what is the steel grade for the frame?

I want to build a indie racer as well

so the steel is 3mm thiccc ?