Attend a Free Seminar with Guest Kelly Tanner

A free Quarter Midget Chassis seminar with Kelly Tanner of Tanner Racing Products/Mittler Brothers Machine & Tool will be held in June.  The free seminar will include a variety of topics about Quarter Midget racing, shocks and other parts.  Kelly Tanner will be available to discuss a variety of topics about Quarter Midget Chassis parts available from Tanner Racing Products, and to discuss a variety of recommendations regarding general maintenance, parts upgrades and driving Quarter Midgets in a racing environment.

Quarter Midget Chassis Seminar Topics

We have many topics related to Quarter Midgets to cover during the seminar.  For anyone involved in this racing circuit, or for the avid automotive enthusiast, the seminar should be quite informative.  Some of the general topics that we will cover in the Quarter Midget Chassis seminar will include:

• Car alignments
• Steering geometry
• Front end alignment (front end geometry)
• Setting vehicle/Quarter Midget ride heights
• Scaling the car without driver weight:  What Is Polar Moment and Proper Ballast Placement
• Rear axle alignment
• Left/right drive hub options including: locked, un-locked and ratchet hubs
• Tire placement on Quarter Midgets
• Spring designs and selecting the right springs
• Shock designs, selecting shocks, and re-building and re-valving shocks
• Driving style, driver position and posture

Learn more about Quarter Midget parts that are currently available from Tanner Racing Products.  We manufacture and sell Vision Shocks, Generation 2 Shocks, Platinum 4 Shocks, Quarter Midget springs, shock rebuilding tools and kits, shock service parts, Chassis Alignment Bars, engine plates, mounts, brackets, and many other automotive parts, and high-end parts for all of the major racing circuits.

Contact Mittler Brothers and Tanner Racing Parts

Call Mittler Brothers or Tanner Racing Products Toll-Free: (800) 467-2464 or at: (636) 745-7757 (St. Louis Area)

Seminar Location, Time and General Information

Please RSVP by Tuesday June 18, 2013, at: rdisterheft@laneautomotive.com, or call Lane Automotive at (269) 463-4113 for additional information about attending the seminar.  Please review driving directions to Lane Automotive in Watervliet, MI, for the location of the seminar.  The seminar occurs on June 22, 2013, from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm.  Facility tours of Lane Automotive are available from 9:00 am to 10:00 am.  Door prizes are available including a $100.00 gift certificate from Tanner Racing Products that is good towards the purchase of four of our Vision Shocks, one of the best shocks available for Quarter Midgets and this class of racecar.

Join us for the seminar with Kelly Tanner at Lane Automotive, 8300 Lane Drive, Watervliet, MI 49098.  The seminar is free for attendees.

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Mittler Brothers/Tanner Racing Products are pleased to stock new beadrolling instructional videos by two of the field’s leading authorities on sheet metal, beadrolling fabrication applications and sheet metal fine art.  Learn about the basics, machinery adjustments and selecting dies for a wide range of applications from the basics to complex designs.

If you are interested in the art form, have a customization project, auto body shop or racing team, or just want to learn from the professionals, then be sure to take a look at the new beadrolling instructional videos available through Mittler Bros./Tanner Racing Products.

Beading Machine Basics by Ron Covell

“…this program contains a wealth of knowledge about…the proper techniques used to make crisp and accurate features…You’ll see several different beading machines in action…giving you a good overview of the machines currently available, and showing which features are most important for specific types of work.”—Mittler Brothers website

Beading Machine Basics by Ron Covell offers an excellent overview of how to use a wide range of manual and powered bead rollers.  Considering that many people, even those that use them in shops, may not be aware of many useful techniques, Ron Covell’s DVD covers a range of topics including the best die selections for a task, machine adjustments, and even the proper techniques for accurate, crisp results in sheet metals.

Additionally, Covell shows users a range of machines from basic manual units to high-end motorized bead rollers.  Learn how to make easy and complex features including beads, curls, steps, flanges, grooves, and other shapes in sheet metal for fine art fabrications or for your customization projects for cars, motorcycles or other vehicles.

The Art of Beadrolling by Jamey Jordan

“With a fusion of technical artistry and metalworking wizardry, renowned artist Jamey Jordan shows you the basic tools and methods to begin creating fantastic imagery and patterns on metal.  Using the Jamey Jordan Signature Series Bead Roller Dies and…Adjustable Shaft Bead Roller from Mittler Bros. Machine & Tool, Jamey shows you how to lay out and execute basic designs as well as logos with this How-To DVD.”—Mittler Brothers website

The Art of Beadrolling by Jamey Jordan complements the Jamey Jordan Signature Series of bead rollers, bead roll sets and accessories brought to you exclusively by Mittler Bros./Tanner Racing Products.  You can learn the basics about bead rollers to advanced artistic techniques for sheet metal fine art fabrications.  This video launches a series of instructional videos from the Master Bead Roller Jamey Jordan to go along with our product line of adjustable throat bead rollers and art bead roll sets.

Mittler Bros./Tanner Racing Products stocks a wide range of metal bead rollers (manual, industrial, variable speed, power drive, high throat, etc.), bead roller product accessories, bead rolls and sets, rotary machines, and other tools, equipment, and machinery for automotive repair shops and machine shops, and for automotive applications and customization work.

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Bump Steer Gauges, kits and accessory Dial Indicators are available for racing teams, pit crews, automotive shops, repair centers, machine shops, and automotive enthusiasts direct from Mittler Brothers/Tanner Racing Products.  Our convenient-to-use shop equipment includes standard Bump Steer Gauge equipment along with our new One Step Bump Steer Gauge and accessory Dial Indicators.

Bump Steer Gauges Help You Maintain Front-End Geometry

Tanner Racing Products, a Midwest leader in manufacturing high-end automotive and racing equipment, sells Bump Steer Gauge Kits for motorsports teams, racing pit crews and automotive shops.  You can make sure that your racecar set-up is accurate.

With coil-bind and bump-stop automotive set-ups, particularly on racing vehicles, proper front-end geometry is crucial—crucial for performance and even safety.  Your front-end geometry is important for many reasons including improved, consistent and faster lap times.  Additionally, proper front-end geometry using a Bump Steer Gauge stops front-end tires from moving as your suspension travels up and down.  With racing speeds, a car can quickly become misaligned or even dangerous for the driver and other racers.

With front-end geometry so crucial to a team’s ability to win races, to afford the driver additional safety, and to prevent a team’s car from becoming a danger to other racecar drivers, it is essential that every team have the appropriate, portable equipment and read-out indicators available on-hand at every race.  Additionally, any business that performs front-end work, alignments, suspension work, or tire replacements should have Bump Steer Gauges and accessories in the shop.

The Right Equipment for Racing and for Shops

Tanner Racing Products is pleased to offer a new, very convenient and easy-to-use, One Step Bump Steer Gauge features the following specifications:

• Compact design
• Easily portable equipment
• Fits 5” x 5”, 5” x 4-¾” and  5” x 4-½” hubs
• Operation requires only one Dial Indicator
• Ideal equipment for track use or in-house at a shop
• Precision-Machined Aluminum Wheel Plate
• Trick Digital Dial Indicator available as well

We also sell a standard kit that is ideal for automotive shop usage.  Our standard Bump Steer Gauge from Tanner Racing Products features:

• Adjustable to any height
• Lightweight and portable gauge design
• Fits 5” x 5” and standard wide 5” hubs
• Measures 6” of travel
• Works at ride height or functions on Jack Stands
• Sold with two Dial Indicators (replacement 1” Dial Indicators available)

Download a FREE 2013 Mittler Brothers/Tanner Racing Products catalog or request the 2013 catalog by email.  You are welcome to contact Mittler Bros. and Tanner Racing Products or call us nationwide, toll-free at (800) 467-2464 or locally in Missouri at (636) 745-7757.

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The new 2013 Mittler Brothers/Tanner Racing Products catalog is available as a pdf file format download.  Businesses are are welcome to request a print copy, just fill out your contact information and we can mail a copy to your business.

Download the new 2013 Parts and Equipment Catalog or request a new 2013 Parts and Equipment Catalog direct from Mittler Bros./Tanner Racing Products

Our 2013 catalog has over 90 pages of information about new and current Mittler Brothers products and equipment, and over 30 pages of information about new and current Tanner Racing Products equipment and parts.

2013 Parts and Equipment Catalog:  New Instructional Videos

We are pleased to offer new videos about bead rolling and sheet metal fine art.  Our new videos include:

• The Art of Beadrolling, Volume 1—an instructional video by Jamey Jordan about fine art sheet metal fabrication techniques to go along with the new bead roller series
• Ron Covell: Beading Machine Basics—learn how to use bead rollers accurately, how to make beads, flanges, curls, steps, grooves, and many other shapes for sheet metal fabrication

We are also excited about other new equipment, tools, parts and accessories that are available for 2013.  The Jamey Jordan Signature Series offers versatile equipment for fine metal art and custom sheet metal fabrications.  This series includes bead rollers, power drive bead rollers, bead rolls, kits and accessories.

2013 Parts and Equipment Catalog:  Equipment, Tools and Accessories

We design, engineer and fabricate tools, parts, equipment and accessories in the U.S.A.  We manufacture products and equipment at our facilities just west of the St. Louis metropolitan area.

Some our new 2013 model equipment, tools, accessories, and other products for sheet metal fabrication tasks include:

• 22 Gauge Sheet Metal Brakes—this brake is ideal for .040 aluminum fabrications
• Bump Steer Gauges
• Quarter Midget shocks, parts and accessories—find Quarter Midget and Go-Kart parts or find shocks and accessories
• Racing/Automotive Scales—newly redesigned 1” tall weight scales that are more compact than previous models; accessories available
• Tire Gauges
• Pull Down Rig—computer controlled, highly accurate, the ultimate rig for race cars and automotive shops
• Pyrometers

We maintain a variety of useful documents and manuals.  Review our technical information or our product and equipment manuals for information about different equipment, shop math and equations, or for specific equipment manuals.

Contact Mittler Bros./Tanner Racing Products, or call us at (800) 467-2464 for additional information about our new equipment and products.  You can reach us by email at sales@mittlerbros.com.

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Choose the new, revolutionary 1” Tall RaceScales for your racing team.  Known for our dedication to designing, engineering and fabricating automotive and machine shop equipment for racing teams, auto body and repair shops, Mittler Brothers/Tanner Racing Products now offers newly designed weight scales.

Innovative, Newly Designed Racing Scales

Our new 1” Tall RaceScales have many innovative features that will help with weighing wheels, balancing, and aligning tasks in your shop.  We consider this new class of scales to be a revolutionary addition to our product line of racing scales and accessories.

Some of the new features include:

• Racing scales that are half the weight of previous models
• Scales have twice (2x) the strength of early models
• 1/3 the size of a standard RaceScale Pad—new 1” scales compared to 3” scales
• A 6,000 lbs. weight capacity
• Eliminating tortional twist from high camber loads
• A 60% reduction in deflection
• All billet aluminum construction
• A USB connector slot for handheld LCD or touch-screen hook-ups
• Smooth top construction
• Lightweight design
• A 1-Year Warranty

Additionally, our new 1” RaceScales are easy to carry and store.  These products are ideal for racing teams or applications or usage outside of a machine shop.

RaceScale Accessories for Racing Teams or Shops

Additional models and scale accessories are available including a Scale Control Box Case, a Portable Aluminum Scale Cart, wired battery packs, replacement chargers, handheld antennas (wireless), 10” risers, cables and connectors.  Wired and wireless monitors/displays are available for our racing scales and you can choose durable Billet Aluminum Roll Back Trays to meet your specific shop or racing requirements.

We also manufacture and sell aircraft scales for aviation applications.

We hope that your racing team, shop mechanics, or machinists will be thoroughly pleased with this new, revolutionary, compact design.  These portable race scale models make in-shop use or equipment transportation for racing teams a lot easier!

Download your FREE 2013 Mittler/Tanner Catalog! You can contact Mittler
Brothers and Tanner Racing Products nationwide by calling us at (800) 467-2464.

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