onenastyviper
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Hi huys, thanks to reading this forum (
) I can now stick two bits of metal together (
).
Welds look clean and I am getting good 'penetration'.
I am using a clarke 160TM together with a bottle of Argoshield light and practicing on small squares of 1mm thick mild steel and I can use the thin metal technique. I only get the odd small pin hole when I try to weld over a tack but I think I have to grind them down some more. The only problem is that with such small pieces, they distort and 'cup' upwards with the weld bead.
That's the background now my question, I am practicing so that I can weld my car - it has some rust holes on the bodywork and on the sill.
From what I read, MOT structural welding must be continuous, does this mean that I cannot use the 'thin metal technique' to patch the rust hole?
PK


Welds look clean and I am getting good 'penetration'.
I am using a clarke 160TM together with a bottle of Argoshield light and practicing on small squares of 1mm thick mild steel and I can use the thin metal technique. I only get the odd small pin hole when I try to weld over a tack but I think I have to grind them down some more. The only problem is that with such small pieces, they distort and 'cup' upwards with the weld bead.
That's the background now my question, I am practicing so that I can weld my car - it has some rust holes on the bodywork and on the sill.
From what I read, MOT structural welding must be continuous, does this mean that I cannot use the 'thin metal technique' to patch the rust hole?
PK