la bombe citroen
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Afternoon all,
My first post...
First of all, many thanks to the founder of this site and the resident experts – the tutorials and tips are an enormous help to beginners like me.
I have got a specific question that I was hoping you could help me with – this weekend I’m going to weld in a repair panel to my Citroen 2CV to replace the rotten rear seatbelt mount.
After a few weeks of practice, I think I’ve got the hang of welding the Deuche’s gossamer-esque bodywork: I’m no longer blowing the body to pieces every time I approach it with a torch.
The difference this time is that the seatbelt mount repair panel is 2mm thick (compared to the 0.8 mm or so of the 2cv body).
I’m worried that I’ll obliterate the 2cv while doing little more than warming the repair panel – is there a technique for welding thick plate to thin? Would clamping an extra bit of metal behind the 2cv body (to act as a heatsink and to give it something to blow through to) help at all?
Thanks in advance – any tips appreciated
My first post...
First of all, many thanks to the founder of this site and the resident experts – the tutorials and tips are an enormous help to beginners like me.
I have got a specific question that I was hoping you could help me with – this weekend I’m going to weld in a repair panel to my Citroen 2CV to replace the rotten rear seatbelt mount.
After a few weeks of practice, I think I’ve got the hang of welding the Deuche’s gossamer-esque bodywork: I’m no longer blowing the body to pieces every time I approach it with a torch.
The difference this time is that the seatbelt mount repair panel is 2mm thick (compared to the 0.8 mm or so of the 2cv body).
I’m worried that I’ll obliterate the 2cv while doing little more than warming the repair panel – is there a technique for welding thick plate to thin? Would clamping an extra bit of metal behind the 2cv body (to act as a heatsink and to give it something to blow through to) help at all?
Thanks in advance – any tips appreciated