hank_marvinson
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i dont know how many of you saw my other post but i was going to pay for someone to do a bit of welding on my project car... needless to say i have been persuaded to have a go myself i have been doing a course for a couple of months and will practise there for now, until after crimbo when i will purchase a welder.
the project car is a 106, ie metal thinner than foil. the roll cage it bolted in on top of thicker 'load spreading' plates approx 5mm thick... so these plates need to be welded to the .7mm (approx) floorpan.
how do you go about this? i have done some background reading and it seems you concentrate the arc on the thick plate, build up a pool then 'whizz' onto the thin stuff and back again.
does this sound right? is it as easy as that? any tips?
my welding class is tomorrow (monday) evening so any replies before then woul be appreciated. obviously i will seek the tutors help aswell but its always good to do some previous preperation...
thanks!
the project car is a 106, ie metal thinner than foil. the roll cage it bolted in on top of thicker 'load spreading' plates approx 5mm thick... so these plates need to be welded to the .7mm (approx) floorpan.
how do you go about this? i have done some background reading and it seems you concentrate the arc on the thick plate, build up a pool then 'whizz' onto the thin stuff and back again.
does this sound right? is it as easy as that? any tips?
my welding class is tomorrow (monday) evening so any replies before then woul be appreciated. obviously i will seek the tutors help aswell but its always good to do some previous preperation...
thanks!