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I'm in the Garage! YEAH!
#400820 July 27th 2010 4:02 pm
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I finally have a place to work on my van. I Scored a 20x25 garage with a loft in the second story for storage. I’m almost done insulating and putting up walls (I’m on the last wall and the last section of ceiling). Built work benches down one side. The electrician has me all wired up for power - several normal circuits and 220. The 18,000 BTU AC unit is installed and running. Scored an air compressor, and picked up some air tools, bench vice and grinder. I got a sweet deal on a Mig welder, cart, tank, and regulator. I picked up a NICE, slightly used, auto dim mask at half price (that thing rocks). Moved the three tap kegerator into the garage and installed a stereo. Installed new lights – it’s nice to be able to see. I’m getting there…. I still need to save up and buy the heater (I’ll need that in a few months). I expect to be almost living in there. If I'm not at work, bed, or truckin - I'll be in the garage. Still need things. A high volume explosion proof exhaust fan would be nice. Definitely need inline an air filtration…. A real camera would be good, lol. But in the mean time I can cut holes in my van… and snap shots with the cell. Let the games Begin!

My Lincoln Pro-MIG 135
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Clover making a hole in my van (the first cut)
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One panel at a time
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Learning to weld
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Re: I'm in the Garage! YEAH!
HomeBrew #400830 July 27th 2010 4:45 pm
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Sweet Congrats
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Re: I'm in the Garage! YEAH!
Wizard78 #400837 July 27th 2010 5:02 pm
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nice!

Garages are always a good thing. I wish mine wasnt packed full of machines... i havent had a car in here in like a year and a half. I'm thinking of putting up a car port though.



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Sounds like you have every thing you need to finish tricking out your Early,Tire Smoking, Dodge.........
HAVE FUN !!!!!!!!!

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Re: I'm in the Garage! YEAH!
wookee #401016 July 28th 2010 7:02 am
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Sounds like you have every thing you need to finish tricking out your Early,Tire Smoking, Dodge.........
HAVE FUN !!!!!!!!!

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yeah Just be careful with those welds. Long welds on sheet metal can and will warp the sheet metal. Be patient. Looks good though.


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Re: I'm in the Garage! YEAH!
HomeBrew #401023 July 28th 2010 7:42 am
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Hey man congrats on getting someplace to work on your van , looks good so far , keep us posted and enjoy ~~ welds look good yay

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vanman2 #401049 July 28th 2010 9:35 am
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Congrats on the garage, always nice to have a place to play with the van.lol


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Re: I'm in the Garage! YEAH!
vanman2 #401071 July 28th 2010 10:52 am
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Thanks guys! I have no idea what I'm doing, but thats half the fun.

I'll try to keep the welds shorter. Being patient was never my strong point, but I'm working on that. I was working with the welder in one hand and the air hose in the other. Weld....air....weld....air...

When I'm done, it should be one smooth solid piece of metal right? No little pits anything like that right? Its taking me multiple rounds of welding and grinding to get there.

ya know, I over heard someone commenting at the NATS about how the young kids just want to go fast and dont care what it looks like. Made me chuckle, still does. (Damn young punks and their speed racing shit box's! LOL) After I got the rat fink-ish images out of my head I thought about it more on the way home from NY. I can always blow up my motor and build a new one, that part is easy. The shell is more difficult to come by.

Guess we will see how it pans out. :-)



Last nights progress...

ground down the first hole
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I never liked the seams anyway....
bare seam
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first round of welding
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First round of grinding
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Re: I'm in the Garage! YEAH!
HomeBrew #401073 July 28th 2010 10:59 am
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ya know, I over heard someone commenting at the NATS about how the young kids just want to go fast and dont care what it looks like. Made me chuckle, still does. (Damn young punks and their speed racing shit box's! LOL!


lol that's funny right there!

Your first patch looks great. You can leave the tiny 'pits' just make sure everything is really clean before putting any bondo over top. I personally like to always use fiberglass filler for the first coat of filler, even if it is only a very small area.

Using air to cool is a good idea also. Keep in mind too, though that excessive grinding can also build up heat. Your doing great so far.


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