I thought that was the case. I cut one out of my parts van with the dremel. took quite a while. I am just monitoring those swivels on ebay to try to encourage myself to cut the other one out and sell it. (to get some $$ for other van toys) Edward At 10/16/02 01:47 PM, you wrote: >maybe easy to fab if you have a 5 ton press in your backyard. the circular >track in the bottom plate is embossed in the metal.. >if you have a radial die cutter / cutoff wheel (ie, a dremel on steroids) >you can cut the bottom plates off at the welds. not hard to do, just wear >eye protection and buy a few extra carbon cutoff wheels. i went thru 2 to >vut a pair of swival bases off. >FYI Sears has the electric radial die cutter/ grinder. these are super >high rpm and they are about $80 and theyre an awesome tool. i use it to >cut everything from metal to plastic because it makes a clean cut. >chris |
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