CNC Cutting & Welding Wizardry for Insane Hot Rods! How one man designed precision CNC machines!
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Get ready for an inside look at some truly wild automotive fabrication by a real-life CNC genius! In this episode, we visit Ian Eliason at his shop Lilow Auto Tech and geek out over the amazing computer-controlled machines he's built himself for cutting and welding hot rod chassis.
First up, Ian walks us through his plazma cutting beast - a custom CNC table he engineered from scratch after seeing the crazy price tag on commercial models. This thing slices through steel like a laser using Ian's own height-sensing tech for ultra-precise cuts every time. No dross, no drama!
But that's just the start. The real showstopper is Ian's one-of-a-kind 3D CNC welding machine. Yeah, you heard right - 3D welded chassis rails! He'll blow your mind explaining how this 7-year passion project can follow the complex curves and contours of vintage Ford bodies with incredible accuracy. There's nothing else like it in the world.
Throughout the shop, we'll check out Ian's current hot rod projects, including a wicked 1934 coupe getting the full-tub treatment and a curvaceous '32 Ford chassis he's putting the perfect period-correct radius into. The dude's an absolute visionary when it comes to blending classic hot rod style with modern fabrication tech.
So strap in and get ready to have your assumptions about cutting, bending, and welding steel turned upside down. Between the innovative machinery and insane hot rod builds, this is must watch stuff for any gearhead obsessed with doing things the raddest way possible. Let's get learning!
00:00 Introduction
01:51 Hot rods under construction
10:45 CNC plasma cutter
15:11 CNC 3D TIG welder
20:46 1932 chassis swage roller
22:09 CNC precision design test
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12:36 The Lilow Hi-Lo THC is a wonderful device that he designed using that Crazy Auzzie-Dingo-Engineering. I know for a fact how great it works as I was his US Test Mule in the R & D stages of it. PELE' Is proud to have his device giving the up and down commands (although the STRINE is confusing at times) to the ever changing plasma torch height. The Lilow Hi-Lo & the "Orange Box" from yet another Auzzie Co. has changed the way you burn metal. It goes from thought to completed part in record time. Now for my critique on the rods...Where the heck is the Cummin's Powered Rat Rods??? How many cases of TED is required for that design modification?? Ian, I'm glad to see you getting the credit your hard work and products deserve. Signed, The crazy old guy in the Out Back of Colorado USA!
@GreasednGassed
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Hey, thanks for sharing your thoughts on Ian's Lilow Hi-Lo THC! Pretty cool that you got to be the US test subject during development. Sounds like it's working great with PELE, even if the Aussie voice throws you for a loop sometimes. Pairing it with that "Orange Box" seems to have really sped things up in the metal-cutting world. Going from idea to finished part in no time, huh? Now about those Cummins-powered rat rods - where are they indeed? Wonder how much TED it'd take to spark that idea into reality? Glad to see Ian's hard work is paying off. Keep rocking those CNC machines out there in Colorado!
Ian turns out some great work, he's pretty good to talk to as well. thanks to Lilow for the workshop tour
You're a very clever man Captain
Awesome!
Good video, great subject matter!👌🍻
They have electricity in Shepparton? Crazy. Next you’ll be telling us they have indoor plumbing!