Funding

[Blitz]

And like I said, not a bad thing! Mine's rather low so I haven't built anything worth posting. That'll change soon now that I've gotten a promotion that allows me to work less for more money. Go capitalism!

[SpudBlaster15]

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[MrCrowley]

Spudblaster's got it right: you can do a lot for very little if you know where to look.

Case in point: my prototype hybrid.
-12" of 4" SCH 40 steel pipe - free from my school
-60 pounds of 1.75" normalized steel plate - free from my school
-2" steel pipe nipple - $3 from surplus at a hardware store
-2" steel union - $8 from same surplus
-welding and tapped threads on all of this - $20, because i told the welder that i'd send him the videos of it firing
-capacitor based ignition system - free from disposable camera and friend with relay and ignition coil
-current barrel for 5x and under - leftover from a previous project
-meter - $130 (but could have been done conventionally for under $30)

Total cost for a 150ci, 10x hybrid, without the fancy meter: less than $70

Its only expensive for me because I make it expensive.

You also have to remember all those free items are reflected by the price of them originally.

i.e. That 4" pipe is cheaper in Canada then here, therefore you are more likely to find it being given away for free.

That's like saying you found some 2" pipe in America for free, it only costs a few dollars so I wouldn't be surprised to see it get chucked. Here it costs about $17USD a meter.

Little bit exaggerated but you get my point.

[DYI]

The reason that the plate and pipe were free was that the school shop got them as leftovers from the welder, then realised that they didn't have any tools that could do anything to them

[MrCrowley]

Ah well you see in NZ, you're not allowed to weld until University. Even as a senior we're not supposed to use metal in shop, even though we have a bunch of arc and oxy/acetylene welders.

Horrible isn't it?

[MaxuS the 2nd]

It's like teasing.

We started welding (basic welding, but still welding) when we had just started secondary school. It differs alot throughout the world.

[Spuddin]

i didnt read the entire thread so this may have been posted already but one way to make money is in scrap metal, walking down the road picking up cans is a good start, i've done this many times. the aluminum prices round here is about 50 cents per pound, copper and brass much higher. even car battery's are going for about 4 bucks a piece.
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