Help, heat distored my frame!

[tom_eberhard]

You might be a weldor if....

If you have a BBQ Brush that says "Stainless Only!" on it, you might be a weldor.

Tom.

[tom_eberhard]

I welded up my first frame for an electric go-kart and ran into some
distortion problems. I made a page summarizing what people said:

http://www.kamoyatic.com/electrathon...ame/Index.html

[tom_eberhard]

Hi,

Thanks for all the answers. I've summarized other people's emails and posts from other newsgroups here:

http://www.kamoyatic.com/electrathon...ame/Index.html

Thanks again.
Tom.

[tom_eberhard]

Hello,
I'm working on building a frame for an electrathon, which is basically an electric go-kart. I used cheap black pipe for the prototype, and had a simple design: two long pipes, and two short ones.

pics here: http://www.kamoyatic.com/Welds.html

I fitted things...