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Gosford, NSW, Australia
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I can't weld for shit!
I've had some tuition in down-hand stick welding and I did a course on Oxy many years ago and I used to think I was a pretty fair welder. I've never had any formal training with Mig and it's all trial and error for me. Sometimes I get it right - most times - not.
This is a 'most times'.
After grinding:
The combination of failing eyesight, a 'cheap' Mig machine that has a dodgey wire feed and a "don't know WTF I'm doing' factor results in this.
Just as well the carpet covers it. One the good side I'm confident that it's solid - it just looks like shit.
Oh, you may be interested to know that the hand is coming along fine got the last of the stitches out on Friday and I'm still being careful with it but I'm starting to get back to normal, Still hurts like hell though sometimes and still stiff - can't make a fist yet.
The second one went a bit better, mainly because the cutting and fitting was better.
Cutting out, leaving a bit more overlap.
The piece fitted in underneath.
and the final weld, still not great but didn't bother too much with grinding.
As far as penetration goes - because of the thickness of the sheet or lack of it, I'm pretty sure I've got sufficient, in fact I had the opposite issue, blow through.
The rear support that was failing got the better of me and I was sick of fiddling with bits and pieces so I just welded up the crack. Well that didn't go very well and I spent a lot of time chasing holes. I shudder to think what the underside looks like. The top I just kept laying weld over and over then went nuts with the grinder.
A coat of grey undercoat and I called it done.
After everything was dry I laid the insulation and carpet back in and attached the seat.
I haven't got any photos of this but I did take the seat apart and put a layer of foam - 50mm - thick on top of the webbing. Turned out to be a little too thick but it'll compress down.
One issue that I'll have to revisit, annoyingly, when I was putting the seat back in the rear thread stripped. Yes the one I'd decided not to replace. It's holding, just but I'll have to fix that later.
I've had some tuition in down-hand stick welding and I did a course on Oxy many years ago and I used to think I was a pretty fair welder. I've never had any formal training with Mig and it's all trial and error for me. Sometimes I get it right - most times - not.
This is a 'most times'.
After grinding:
The combination of failing eyesight, a 'cheap' Mig machine that has a dodgey wire feed and a "don't know WTF I'm doing' factor results in this.
Just as well the carpet covers it. One the good side I'm confident that it's solid - it just looks like shit.
Oh, you may be interested to know that the hand is coming along fine got the last of the stitches out on Friday and I'm still being careful with it but I'm starting to get back to normal, Still hurts like hell though sometimes and still stiff - can't make a fist yet.
The second one went a bit better, mainly because the cutting and fitting was better.
Cutting out, leaving a bit more overlap.
The piece fitted in underneath.
and the final weld, still not great but didn't bother too much with grinding.
As far as penetration goes - because of the thickness of the sheet or lack of it, I'm pretty sure I've got sufficient, in fact I had the opposite issue, blow through.
The rear support that was failing got the better of me and I was sick of fiddling with bits and pieces so I just welded up the crack. Well that didn't go very well and I spent a lot of time chasing holes. I shudder to think what the underside looks like. The top I just kept laying weld over and over then went nuts with the grinder.
A coat of grey undercoat and I called it done.
After everything was dry I laid the insulation and carpet back in and attached the seat.
I haven't got any photos of this but I did take the seat apart and put a layer of foam - 50mm - thick on top of the webbing. Turned out to be a little too thick but it'll compress down.
One issue that I'll have to revisit, annoyingly, when I was putting the seat back in the rear thread stripped. Yes the one I'd decided not to replace. It's holding, just but I'll have to fix that later.
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