Ryan's always upgrading his rig and I'm always finding probs with mine. We live a half mile apart. He's got a heated garage, 220V MIG, plasma, angle grinder and air tools. And I have.......... time. It's a symbiotic match made in Heep heaven
So today we work on his suspension and Ryan agree's to help me patch some rot on my frame / LCA mount, out back. Of course once I started cleaning it up, it was more work. Not real bad, ended up with a 1/2 inch gap in my frame, above the LCA mount, after it was cleaned and ground out. Used his plasma to cut a 1/4 inch thick steel plate to cover the hole (using plasma isn't as easy as Ryan makes it look!)
Then I cut another plate to bridge the LCA mount and frame patch, make it really strong. And welded the second plate on, all by my lonesome. May not seem like a big deal, except all that I know about welding, I learned in a 5 minute welding tutorial I found on the web
Welding 101.... on me Heep
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Welding 101.... on me Heep
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Re: Welding 101.... on me Heep
Thanks for the help Carl, glad we could get your heep patched up! For a "web-welder" I was quite impressed with your stitch welds! That mount isn't going anywhere.
Carl learning to plasma:
The "opened up" hole:
Patch plate #1:
Finished product:
Carl learning to plasma:
The "opened up" hole:
Patch plate #1:
Finished product:
"god had his sh!t together when he made boobies" -franky
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Re: Welding 101.... on me Heep
Looks great Carl. The best part of welding yourself is increasing your experience for trail repairs.
See you on Sat!
See you on Sat!
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Re: Welding 101.... on me Heep
Nice.. Ryan you planing on moving out this way anytime soon?
What is the make/model of the mig welder?
What is the make/model of the mig welder?
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Re: Welding 101.... on me Heep
Nice uphill "^" on the top plate.Baseshakers wrote: Finished product:
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Next up, you have to weld barefoot, in a T shirt, using two batteries and a US nickel.
BSJ President 2003 - 2005Carl McFly wrote:X2, I agree with Joe. And not just because he's man candy
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Re: Welding 101.... on me Heep
the bad uphill on the base plate was when my ratty, torn jeans caught on fire. good times.
chris, i ended up going with the hobart 210: http://www.tractorsupply.com/welding-me ... -_-3808902
i've welded everything from sheet metal to 3/8" and even aluminum with the optional spool gun. awesome machine.
chris, i ended up going with the hobart 210: http://www.tractorsupply.com/welding-me ... -_-3808902
i've welded everything from sheet metal to 3/8" and even aluminum with the optional spool gun. awesome machine.
"god had his sh!t together when he made boobies" -franky
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Re: Welding 101.... on me Heep
Did I LIE ! FjR68