I'm looking for someone to fabricate flanges

**iranana** · 10th February 2014, 20:41

Hello everyone, I have a pair of expansion chambers here that I need flanges/exhaust manifolds made up for. The flanges will bolt to the cylinders, with a sleeve that inserts into the pipe, with springs to hold the pipe in place. The few places I've called are quoting me around 100/150 dollars (almost as much as the pipes!), which seems a bit steep for something that is essentially quite simple. I'd make them myself I had a sheet metal roller to make sleeves of the right diameter, but unfortunately I don't and I can't think of an effective way of rolling em myself. Would anyone here be interested in fabricating a pair for me in exchange for a case of beer, a bottle or spirits or cash to take you and the missus out for a nice dinner or anything else of a similar kind? Cheers

**Foxx** · 10th February 2014, 20:51

You can find a fabricator on great south rd takanini. Opposite pak n save. . Nice guy

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**FJRider** · 10th February 2014, 21:16

Originally Posted by iranana

The few places I've called are quoting me around 100/150 dollars (almost as much as the pipes!), which seems a bit steep for something that is essentially quite simple.

I'd make them myself I had a sheet metal roller to make sleeves of the right diameter, but unfortunately I don't and I can't think of an effective way of rolling em myself.

You can't make them and can't afford them ... so you don't get them ...

Compromise ... pay the asked for amount. And you get the sleeves you need.

Everybody wins ...

Quality Motorcycle repairs are seldom cheap ... and 2 strokes will need more than most ...

**Akzle** · 11th February 2014, 17:09

sheet metal ehhhh...

and you want flanges with nipples ehhhh...

yeah, nah, why dont you get bigger pipes? get some steel flanges, put em on teh pipe and flare the ends like a fucking pro. you can do that shit with a pein if you're that much of a fucking pauper.

**caspernz** · 11th February 2014, 18:22

Mate! The 100 to 150 quoted is fair enough...just chalk it up to do it once and do it right, and if you ain't got the tools to do it yourself...

**AllanB** · 11th February 2014, 18:31

Post a pix of what you are looking at - sounds like more than a bit of pipe - the 'pipe' will need a bracket to bolt to the head, tabs welded to it to hold the springs, starting to sound like a hundy is fairly fair .......

**iranana** · 12th February 2014, 08:17

Got it sorted - fabricating the flange base myself (easy with an angle grinder and drill press...) and managed to source pipe that is almost the right diameter. Now I can built them from metal scraps I have lying around for a tenth of the price eh. 100 - 150 is a fair price to have them built at a shop, considering they have to pay for overheads, staff and equipment but the flanges themselves are not worth that much (what I mean is, a pair of flanges doesn't make the pipes worth 150 dollars more). That's all I was getting at, hence I was asking if anyone might do it as a favour in their spare time in exchange for something...

**Foxx** · 12th February 2014, 08:22

Nice work. That's the kiwi way. Clever man . On the other hand though we have to let go now & again .Have fun

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**imdying** · 19th February 2014, 11:27

Originally Posted by iranana

Now I can built them from metal scraps I have lying around for a tenth of the price eh.

Yes, because your time as you have valued it, is worth nothing.

Odd attitude to take, given time is the one thing you can't buy.

**iranana** · 21st February 2014, 08:49

Originally Posted by imdying

Yes, because your time as you have valued it, is worth nothing.

Odd attitude to take, given time is the one thing you can't buy.

Knowledge can't be bought, either...I built flanges that work (heck, they even look pretty darn good) for a greatly reduced cost, and I learnt a few things in the process. No need for anyone to get their feathers ruffled...

**imdying** · 23rd February 2014, 12:22

You can pay somebody with that knowledge, you can't buy time.

**Scouse** · 23rd February 2014, 12:29

Originally Posted by iranana

Hello everyone, I have a pair of expansion chambers here that I need flanges/exhaust manifolds made up for. The flanges will bolt to the cylinders, with a sleeve that inserts into the pipe, with springs to hold the pipe in place. The few places I've called are quoting me around 100/150 dollars (almost as much as the pipes!), which seems a bit steep for something that is essentially quite simple. I'd make them myself I had a sheet metal roller to make sleeves of the right diameter, but unfortunately I don't and I can't think of an effective way of rolling em myself. Would anyone here be interested in fabricating a pair for me in exchange for a case of beer, a bottle or spirits or cash to take you and the missus out for a nice dinner or anything else of a similar kind? Cheers

Im looking for some flange too.

**Drew** · 23rd February 2014, 12:31

Originally Posted by imdying

Yes, because your time as you have valued it, is worth nothing.

Odd attitude to take, given time is the one thing you can't buy.

It took me a very long time to realise as a self employed contractor, that I could make more money per hour than most services I required would cost.

I'll never pay a mechanic for what I can do myself still, but if I'd gone and built stuff in the time I spent fucking around with some shit, I could have just bought a new one most of the time.