A friend stopped by this morning for a visit while I was working on my Tumbler. Where I'm usually found anymore. While looking over my progress he asked me what king of clamps I was using. For anyone else wondering, they are 6" Strong Hand clamps. Once you use the Strong Hand clamp you will never use a regular C-clamp again, unless forced to. Why? You can manipulate these clamps into position with one hand and they clamp down with a half ton of pressure (about 4 Xs that of a same size c-clamp) with much less effort than a C-clamp. They also come with screw on/off V-block ends for round pipe and tubing. Run about 35.00 each on Amazon and are worth every penny. vertigo

So far, I have built my Tumbler without hiring anyone else’s labor(s). That said, I have been tempted to hire others when I have encountered difficulties. The most tempted so far in fabricating the front suspension’s main axles and sheaths. Tempted as I was, I could not bring myself to hire someone else, especially after a machine shop quoted me 1,500.oo each. So, I spent a thousand on a new heavy duty drill press and bits, and in the process saved 2,000.oo more by doing the labor myself. Now, I have a heavy duty drill press so I won't be out any tooling cost when I need a drill press again on my Tumbler build in the future. After all, so far, I have done everything myself. Hiring some else’s labor(s) now just seems like a defeat that I am not willing to accept, at least for now. Maybe in the future after enough frustration, but not now. vertigo