Patching up the old girl !
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Re: Patching up the old girl !
A Little more work to the passenger side. What a mess !
Randy
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Re: Patching up the old girl !
Prime through on and now to making the tube.
Randy
Randy
Re: Patching up the old girl !
Maybe it is just the picture but it looks like that rail is bent down where the weld went across.
1964 M151A1
1984 M1008
1967 M416
04/1952 M100
12/1952 M100- Departed
AN/TSQ-114A Trailblazer- Gone
1984 M1008
1967 M416
04/1952 M100
12/1952 M100- Departed
AN/TSQ-114A Trailblazer- Gone
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Re: Patching up the old girl !
Rick it is more the photo ? Hope.
So you start with a 6" x 36" x o.o6o" and do some bends. Then come cutting. And next will be alot of welding.
Randy
So you start with a 6" x 36" x o.o6o" and do some bends. Then come cutting. And next will be alot of welding.
Randy
Re: Patching up the old girl !
You are going to have a LOT of distortion when you weld up all of those cuts. It is probably going to pull in to tight and make your radius to small. A shrinking machine like those available from Eastwood would be perfect for that bend without cutting the metal.
1964 M151A1
1984 M1008
1967 M416
04/1952 M100
12/1952 M100- Departed
AN/TSQ-114A Trailblazer- Gone
1984 M1008
1967 M416
04/1952 M100
12/1952 M100- Departed
AN/TSQ-114A Trailblazer- Gone
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Re: Patching up the old girl !
Because its a "U" and not a "L" the shrinker will not work. No way to get it in. So I will take my time,control the heat,keep it clamped and use my TIG. Well I only us my TIG, its all I have and love it. The big reason for the cuts is to keep the nice bent edges formed with the bender. That would be hard to recreate with 3 welded pieces . The bends will also help with holding the shape when welding .
Randy
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Re: Patching up the old girl !
All spotted in.
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And then weld up.
Then some grinding.
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And then weld up.
Then some grinding.
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Re: Patching up the old girl !
After the finish welding its time to install.
Lots of spot welds!
Not bad ? That is for a welder from Chernobyl ?
Randy
Lots of spot welds!
Not bad ? That is for a welder from Chernobyl ?
Randy
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Re: Patching up the old girl !
Looks fantastic! the light gray I see on the repairs is that a primer or bead blasting?
slowest mutt east of the missippi..
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Re: Patching up the old girl !
Weld - through primer. Everyone was yelling at me for not using it.
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Not everyone, just me. Us welders can be kind of anal about stuff like that.
1964 M151A1
1984 M1008
1967 M416
04/1952 M100
12/1952 M100- Departed
AN/TSQ-114A Trailblazer- Gone
1984 M1008
1967 M416
04/1952 M100
12/1952 M100- Departed
AN/TSQ-114A Trailblazer- Gone
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Re: Patching up the old girl !
Rick you know what they say? " Rust Never Sleeps" and they body shop motto," You bend em we mend em " also " cut to fit paint to match "
slowest mutt east of the missippi..
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Re: Patching up the old girl !
Closed uo the drivers side. Now on to the passenger's side. I hate unibodys !!
Randy
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Re: Patching up the old girl !
One more !
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Re: Patching up the old girl !
Here are the last steps and the closing for the old wound.
And some paper cut outs.
[imghttp://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh232/schiada/DSC07833_zpsccc567d7.jpg][/img]
Randy
And some paper cut outs.
[imghttp://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh232/schiada/DSC07833_zpsccc567d7.jpg][/img]
Randy