Hi, fellow rotary enthusiasts.  I finally finished assembling
     > all the pieces for my intake manifold. I'm looking for a welder
     > for final assembly.  I'm afraid that if I take it to a local
     > welder, that the tubes will be out of alignment by the time I get
     > it to the welder. I seem to recall that Ed Klepis (spelling)?
     > said that he has a 13b engine, so he might be able to tack weld it
     > in place, then remove it for finish welding, then it will fit
     > properly. How about it, Ed?  Sure could use a professional welder.
     > Attached are a couple of photos showing what is involved.
     > Thanks for any and all assistance.  Paul Conner

You could try making story marks with a scribe. You would make a mark 
circumferencially(sp?) around the joints and one or two
marks to show where the tubes align with each other. Then 
you could take the whole shebang to a welder. If you doubt that this
will allow repeatable alignment, do it, dissasemble the whole thing
 and then re assemble it using the marks to assemble it. I
think that you will find that this method works out pretty well. . 
It's used to weld up headers.

Brian Trubee

 
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