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| | | Re: I'm in the Garage! YEAH! | Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 114 member | member Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 114 | might want to lower your wire feed a hair. You only really want to add as much metal as you need to. Do you have an auto darkening shield? Even the crappy $40 harbor freight ones work ok, and it makes life ALOT easier.
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| | | Re: I'm in the Garage! YEAH! | Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,170 old hand | old hand Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,170 |
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.
Ya know, that's pretty much the way hot rodding always was. There were the guys building sleds and show rods, but if you look at the cars up into the 60's early 70's they were all about going fast and things like paint and bodywork were either quickly done with a brush or forgotten altogether. It's nothing new. | | | Re: I'm in the Garage! YEAH! | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 4,460 pooh-bah | pooh-bah Joined: May 2006 Posts: 4,460 | congrats on the new garage! Im building my van in a one car carport except the paint.
2003 Grand Caravan Member Vanatics Van Club-Spfld, IL Member Florida Van Council Member Central Florida Vans,-Orlando, FL | | | Re: I'm in the Garage! YEAH! | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,207 Likes: 1 veteran | OP veteran Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,207 Likes: 1 | For years I had been working in a gravel driveway. Didnt have to worry about spilling fluids, but its not very combfortable. It sucked working in the rain and snow. Having to lug the jack, tools, and crap all the way up and down the stairs each time. I feel your pain :-) I do have a nice auto dim face shield. I love it, works great you use it. My dumb ass pulled the tigger last night and forgot to put the mask back down. DOH! Scared the crap out of my self. I did backed off the wire feed just a little. Last night's progress... I think I should have ground this down a weeee bit more in one spot. Pizza Box's are good for more than holding pizza... Slapped a long straight edge on there - Much to my suprise it came out terribly straight. Found two spots I want to build up a little more and sand back down. I'll do the seam on other end of the panel next and make sure everything is still straight all the way across. I also want to make all those nasty looking spot welds go away. Any good tricks for welding up spot welds?
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| | | Re: I'm in the Garage! YEAH! | Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 868 Likes: 2 old hand | old hand Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 868 Likes: 2 | Not sure short of smoothing it with filler to compensate for the "sag" around the spot welds. Looking good man! Good luck
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| | | Re: I'm in the Garage! YEAH! | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 28,125 Madman! | Madman! Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 28,125 | Not sure short of smoothing it with filler to compensate for the "sag" around the spot welds. Looking good man! Good luck Pretty much all you can do. I use a piece of 3/8" thick tempered glass for mixing filler. When your done wipe off with paper towel and then when the film left hardens scrape it off with a razor blade. It's reusable and usually free. | | | Re: I'm in the Garage! YEAH! | Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 18,213 Likes: 2 Supreme Master | Supreme Master Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 18,213 Likes: 2 |
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