Author Topic: Stupidly Bad Rot And Some Cracking Welding Skills  (Read 12081 times)

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Re: Stupidly Bad Rot And Some Cracking Welding Skills
« Reply #1 on: 10 February 2011, 23:47 »
Respect to them both, the black one was almost beyond saving.
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Re: Stupidly Bad Rot And Some Cracking Welding Skills
« Reply #2 on: 10 February 2011, 23:54 »
Respect tothem both, the black one was almost beyond saving.

My thoughts exactly.. I posted before but couldn't remember where.  That's some patience right there, I love to see this rather than scrap.

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Re: Stupidly Bad Rot And Some Cracking Welding Skills
« Reply #4 on: 12 February 2011, 01:07 »
Cheers, forgot about that one, stuck it at the top :afro:

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Re: Stupidly Bad Rot And Some Cracking Welding Skills
« Reply #5 on: 12 February 2011, 13:09 »
Ive done much worse than no1 but then I have restored british cars which have a habit of rotting  :grin:
From the small screen im currently using it looks like to me.
1: his welding skills are quite good considering the Clark welder and its limited adjustment he has available.
2: He has the settings incorrect and not good penetration.
3: From the pics looks more like large spot-welds rather than continuous welded seems, the rest of his thead does make me feel i really need to do mine as the rest of his work is really nice.
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Re: Stupidly Bad Rot And Some Cracking Welding Skills
« Reply #6 on: 14 February 2011, 14:34 »
Ive done much worse than no1 but then I have restored british cars which have a habit of rottingĀ  :grin:
From the small screen im currently using it looks like to me.
1: his welding skills are quite good considering the Clark welder and its limited adjustment he has available.
2: He has the settings incorrect and not good penetration.
3: From the pics looks more like large spot-welds rather than continuous welded seems, the rest of his thead does make me feel i really need to do mine as the rest of his work is really nice.

I'm no welding expert so wouldn't know about point 2... However I think the spot welds were only temporary to just liine it all up.