STAINLESS again plz You've changed man.... Donating Members 8,142 Member For: 14y 21d Gender: Male Location: 2 Fuchsia Court, Narre Warren. 3805 Posted 16/06/12 06:43 AM Author Share Posted 16/06/12 06:43 AM ok so heres actual build progress pics... no more fancy renders.rear corners...took me a bit of consideration between using mig or tig.... went with migweld material showing :( need a plan bdefinately will need plan bthought I just polish up a corner to see what final result will look like...can see weld material...decided to cut the weld back out and reweld with tig... the material showing after polishing was because it was different grade aluminium in the mig wire.so to attempt to remedy this I have cut some 2mm strips off ally sheet and using that as filler wire for the tig welds...ps. the side shown in all these pics will now be the underneath side... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STAINLESS again plz You've changed man.... Donating Members 8,142 Member For: 14y 21d Gender: Male Location: 2 Fuchsia Court, Narre Warren. 3805 Posted 16/06/12 06:51 AM Author Share Posted 16/06/12 06:51 AM now flipped over and using tig to do the top side staggered tig welds to try keep heat/distortion to a minimumfront corners now... tighter radius than the rear so as to match the cabbin...now assembling the frame....the join is right where I have to cut out to put the tubs in... so there will be no join...notched out to clear the back of the led strip taillights...now comes the tricky stuff.....method to the madness???wtf have I got myself in for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shyfrd Turboless Donating Members 5,992 Member For: 13y 10m 21d Gender: Male Location: Geelong, Victoria Posted 16/06/12 06:57 AM Share Posted 16/06/12 06:57 AM About time you updated this thread Have you grinded/polished back any of the tig welds to see if there's a noticeable difference with the welds? Would be good to see some pics of thatAlso looks like you're in for some fun welding the tail light surrounds hahaGood stuff keep it up master welder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STAINLESS again plz You've changed man.... Donating Members 8,142 Member For: 14y 21d Gender: Male Location: 2 Fuchsia Court, Narre Warren. 3805 Posted 16/06/12 07:04 AM Author Share Posted 16/06/12 07:04 AM (edited) I did a test weld using the method I mentioned above and polished it... came up 99%compared to before Edited 16/06/12 07:05 AM by STAINOnegger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shyfrd Turboless Donating Members 5,992 Member For: 13y 10m 21d Gender: Male Location: Geelong, Victoria Posted 16/06/12 08:21 AM Share Posted 16/06/12 08:21 AM sh*tcheah! Can just see the welds but fck me, alot better and probably invisible to the everyday person. Will be good to see how it goes judging at some shows, cos you will won't ya haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 16y 7m 17d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 16/06/12 09:11 AM Share Posted 16/06/12 09:11 AM looking good mate alot of work going into this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STAINLESS again plz You've changed man.... Donating Members 8,142 Member For: 14y 21d Gender: Male Location: 2 Fuchsia Court, Narre Warren. 3805 Posted 16/06/12 02:26 PM Author Share Posted 16/06/12 02:26 PM I cant wait till my next one 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossmang FREAKY Donating Members 12,433 Member For: 15y 23d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 16/06/12 03:17 PM Share Posted 16/06/12 03:17 PM there will be no next onethis thread should be changed to .....slowest fg custom tray build!!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henz Tampon inserted, Auto Acquired, next purchase a new handbag Donating Members 9,946 Member For: 16y 9m 28d Gender: Male Location: Vic Posted 16/06/12 10:38 PM Share Posted 16/06/12 10:38 PM Eta? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STAINLESS again plz You've changed man.... Donating Members 8,142 Member For: 14y 21d Gender: Male Location: 2 Fuchsia Court, Narre Warren. 3805 Posted 17/06/12 09:51 AM Author Share Posted 17/06/12 09:51 AM eta dick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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