Hello but I'm not building a Haynes roadster, quite

[Bonzo]

I saw your post earlier Davy

To be honest, I had not really given the foot control a fair go .... Me legs were playing silly beggars when I first got the welder

Inspired by your post earlier, just had to give it a try.

I had a root about in my bins, found a bit of 50mm X 50mm X 3.25mm alloy box section & a bit of 5mm alloy plate.
Quite badly Oxidized, been in my bins for a fair few years, I gave it a quick token rub with a wire brush & heres the results.

3.25mm thick box section



A lap joint in some 5mm plate



Not too bad at all in view of the fact that the material is well past it's sell by date !!??

Foot controll works really well & welder was giving a good degree of penetration.
I thought it might struggle with the 5mm plate but to my surprise, coped easily & still had a fair bit of current left in reserve

[spud69]

Looking Good Ronnie,

Definitely a market for fuel tanks if your up for collecting some pennies.....

AndyH

[Bonzo]

Hi Andy

I did give some thought's re fuel tanks

A couple of the major drawback's for me, one would be the very high cost of alloy sheet in this neck of the wood's, the last sheet of 1.2mm cost me £47 & I dread to think how much the 2mm is per sheet now but by far the biggest drawback is the lack of a suitable sheet metal bender

My own tank was made out of sepperate pieces, this meant 3 extra seams to weld & greatly increases the fabrication time, not to mention the extra Argon consumption.

Been scouring ebay for a decent locost box folder for years .... Allways fetch silly money or are a gazillion miles away

[Enoch]

Wow, that's some skill you have there Ronnie, can't say I have ever seen better than that. My Chinese arc jobbie doubles up as a tig but I think it needs some accessories eg gas bottle and regulator. I hope to look in to it and give it a go when I have a bit more time. Keep up the good stuff
Enoch

[Davey]

Nice work Ronnie, one day I hope to turn out welds as neat as that. All I've done so far is stitch up some brackets for work with it welding 3mm wall 50mm dia tube to 4"x2" 1/8" angle. Its not the prettiest welding but for what these brackets need to do its fine, maybe I'll take a photo or two tomorrow and post it up for public ridicule . Northern Tool do a combination shear roll and folder with a 3' bed length, its the one I got last year and works well on light gauge metal, I've bent up to 3mm thick ali at 50mm wide with it today. http://www.northerntooluk.com/metal-...e_143342E.html

D.

[David_17]

looks fab ronnie. if you do decide to make a few fuel tanks, give me a shout.

[Davey]

I had a few hours at the TIG set this morning gluing the bits of my inlet fanimold together till I ran out of rods . Anyway here's a couple of photos of my dodgy welding, it aint pretty but the fanimold will need some attention from a die grinder and a flap wheel when its all glued together anyway.

D.