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I registered for a look. Looks like a very helpful place.
You'll have no trouble with any kind of electric welding if you have already used gas. Gas is tricky. Much the same principle with electric welding but a whole lot easier to use once you've looked up the basics.
A friend sold a MK2 Escort on eBay a couple of years ago. Full service history and one owner from new. Went for quite a lot of money. It's good to see enthusiasm developing for the early Fords.
You'll have no trouble with any kind of electric welding if you have already used gas. Gas is tricky. Much the same principle with electric welding but a whole lot easier to use once you've looked up the basics.
A friend sold a MK2 Escort on eBay a couple of years ago. Full service history and one owner from new. Went for quite a lot of money. It's good to see enthusiasm developing for the early Fords.
Hi,
My passion is the good old MK2 Granada! I have one that is purely for track use that has at the moment got a 350bhp Cosworth YB lump in it.
It is my pride and joy. I need to start looking at body repairs as it is totally original with no welding to date but I know I will find if I look
I have just bought a Cebora 894 plasma cutter to help with cutting out bits and pieces. If anyone has any hints or tips on using this machine that would be great as I have never used one before.
My welder is a Clarke turbo 170. The reason I bought it was that the place I used to work had one in its maintenance dept and it ran for 7 years with only tips, shrouds and liners requiring attention/replacement. I have had mine for 5 years now and can't fault it.
I have a contract with BOC for my gas. I HAVE JUST SET UP FOR ALUMINIUM WELDING - THATS BLOODY DIFFICULT AND FRUSTRATING. i WANT TO WELD UP MY OWN BIG WING SUMP!
Thats it for now
My passion is the good old MK2 Granada! I have one that is purely for track use that has at the moment got a 350bhp Cosworth YB lump in it.
It is my pride and joy. I need to start looking at body repairs as it is totally original with no welding to date but I know I will find if I look
I have just bought a Cebora 894 plasma cutter to help with cutting out bits and pieces. If anyone has any hints or tips on using this machine that would be great as I have never used one before.
My welder is a Clarke turbo 170. The reason I bought it was that the place I used to work had one in its maintenance dept and it ran for 7 years with only tips, shrouds and liners requiring attention/replacement. I have had mine for 5 years now and can't fault it.
I have a contract with BOC for my gas. I HAVE JUST SET UP FOR ALUMINIUM WELDING - THATS BLOODY DIFFICULT AND FRUSTRATING. i WANT TO WELD UP MY OWN BIG WING SUMP!
Thats it for now
malcolm
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A Cosworth Granada would explain your username. That must go awfully well with 350hp - aren't the old Grannies about the same weight as a new Fiesta?
I'm a big fan of the Clarkes. My 155T has been going strong for 14 years, and I have the original liner on it at the moment for alu welding. It's not a perfect beatie but all the problems have been bodgeable.
What's your trouble with alu welding? Have you seen the all I know about MIG welding alu page? I've managed 2mm using the Clarke (with some difficulty), but understand it gets easier as you get thicker.
I'm a big fan of the Clarkes. My 155T has been going strong for 14 years, and I have the original liner on it at the moment for alu welding. It's not a perfect beatie but all the problems have been bodgeable.
What's your trouble with alu welding? Have you seen the all I know about MIG welding alu page? I've managed 2mm using the Clarke (with some difficulty), but understand it gets easier as you get thicker.
The car fairly goes
Aluminium welding seemed like I was welding at 90mph. It was extremely hot and wanted to hust completely melt the 1.5mm piece I was welding. The next project is to weld 4mm plate to a cast alloy sump on my Cosworth engine. This will be a little easier as it is thicker. I will just have to weld in short bursts.
Aluminium welding seemed like I was welding at 90mph. It was extremely hot and wanted to hust completely melt the 1.5mm piece I was welding. The next project is to weld 4mm plate to a cast alloy sump on my Cosworth engine. This will be a little easier as it is thicker. I will just have to weld in short bursts.
TBH I didn't really manage anything as it was just set up to see what it was like. The strips I had to practice one were just melted away really lol.
Do you think that I still need to heat sink using 4mm, bearing in mind that I will be welding it to a large alloy casing. I will, as I said, tack it initially and then rotate around the piece tacking a bit more & so on.
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I have no idea - I've only ever tried 2mm and the heat sink made life a whole lot easier. I've heard people talk about MIG welding 10mm aluminium being an acceptable procedure, so I guess you don't need a heat sink for that thickness. Someone else might have tried 4mm, though you should be able to get away with it without a sink with short runs - that was my initial approach with 2mm and it worked but wasn't tidy. Trial and error unless someone else has experience of that sort of thickness.
