Custom bottle bracket fabirication begins. LARGE pictures
06-17-2006, 05:54 PM
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Custom bottle bracket fabirication begins. LARGE pictures 
So I got really tired of my hetto setup I previously had. And I have some pretty good experience with fiberglass and molding, so I decided to make my own custom bottle bracket. And this is how far I got today I plan on stretching some fiberglass over the whole thing so it will sit flush and smooth. I also ordered some sunset orange metallic paint to give it a nice finish. Ill keep the pics coming as my work progresses guys.
06-17-2006, 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by reject
sweet! how you going ot keep the bottle down when you stop?
06-17-2006, 07:04 PM
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If the bottom the tube is closed off you could JB weld some short studs to the bottom of the bottle. Then pass them through the tube bottom . Then plate or washer the ouside with wing nuts and be done. 
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06-17-2006, 11:14 PM
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Originally Posted by 227Hawk
If the bottom the tube is closed off you could JB weld some short studs to the bottom of the bottle. Then pass them through the tube bottom . Then plate or washer the ouside with wing nuts and be done.
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Yes I plan on doing something quite like that but a little more neat than that. Im taking my time with it making sure I have every little part planned percisely. Dont want any mess ups. Also Another problem ive thought about is a bottle heater/warmer obviously theres no way to make that work. Except do what I do now and carry a small propane torch and heat that bitch up to around 1100 PSI..LOL
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06-17-2006, 11:54 PM
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even just real lightly? Thought I seen a post on here where some guys said it was ok....hmm well Ive only done it once so I guess im okay. No more of that then gotta be on the safe side.
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your not supossed to heat the bottle with a heating element such as a torch. A torch has such a low surface area of heating that its too concentrated and not heating the circumfrace of the bottle such as a bottle heater. Also a bottle heater doesnt get as hot as a torch. The torch will make the metal expand in the one area you are heating and that lead to cracking and I dont wanna be around when a metal bottle with 900-1000psi of gas within it springs aleak.
P.S the mounting is pretty cool though, maybe you can mount it with the brackets and make something that encloses the whole bottle like a seprate compartment for the bottle, that way u can have the heater on it
P.S the mounting is pretty cool though, maybe you can mount it with the brackets and make something that encloses the whole bottle like a seprate compartment for the bottle, that way u can have the heater on it