Sfi 25.5

[XJHEAD]

I need some practice with the tig..

[capitlj]

Should keep you safe when you hit 200???

[KA-T_240]

XJHEAD;300178 wrote:
I need some practice with the tig..

tig is worthless....

I heard wally world has those sweet 110 welders!!!! You don't even need to use gas with them...:icon_geek:

[DaveH]

XJHEAD;300178 wrote:
I need some practice with the tig..

Bring it. I need some shit tacked together so it quits falling apart as I work on other stuff. Duct tape ain't cutting it.

:bom:

[funky_monkey58]

DaveH;300217 wrote:
Bring it. I need some shit tacked together so it quits falling apart as I work on other stuff. Duct tape ain't cutting it.

:bom:

That is only because you are clearly not using enough...

[kylush]

duct tape>welds

[DaveH]

More pipes in, not too much more duct tape. Getting a couple bends made tomorrow, then maybe get at tack welding some stuff in.

[weshole]

looks uncomfortable to get in and out of. And, it's not even done.

[DaveH]

Yep, it gets worse as I add the funnycar cage. I plan on adding removable joints in my hips and knees to make it easier to get in and out. :icon_albino:

weshole;300567 wrote:
looks uncomfortable to get in and out of. And, it's not even done.

[XJHEAD]

DaveH;300572 wrote:
Yep, it gets worse as I add the funnycar cage. I plan on adding removable joints in my hips and knees to make it easier to get in and out. :icon_albino:

Hell, at your age I figured you already had more bolt-on parts than your car does.

[DaveH]

No bolt ons... yet.

XJHEAD;300573 wrote:
Hell, at your age I figured you already had more bolt-on parts than your car does.

[DaveH]

Made more progress, pulled the oem steering column out and getting ready for an aftermarket column with removable steering wheel. Practiced a bit with the tig and got one side tacked in, a couple of my tack welds don't even look like complete poo. Got part of the funny car cage fitted.

[63vette]

DaveH;301044 wrote:
Made more progress, pulled the oem steering column out and getting ready for an aftermarket column with removable steering wheel. Practiced a bit with the tig and got one side tacked in, a couple of my tack welds don't even look like complete poo. Got part of the funny car cage fitted.

If you can tack it you can weld it. Fire that welder up and finish it!
Good move with the removable wheel, its going to help you shoehorn in a lot. If you dont want your wheel to wobble get a MW hub.

[DaveH]

Eh, I'll let someone that knows what they are doing finish all the welding. I practiced enough that I feel ok tacking things together but thats it. I'd have to practice a lot more before I felt comfortable doing the welding.

The hub I got is competition engineering, hopefully it's decent.

63vette;301050 wrote:
If you can tack it you can weld it. Fire that welder up and finish it!
Good move with the removable wheel, its going to help you shoehorn in a lot. If you dont want your wheel to wobble get a MW hub.

[63vette]

DaveH;301053 wrote:
The hub I got is competition engineering, hopefully it's decent.

That one is decent not too wobbly. The loose ones are annoying as hell.

[DaveH]

Little more progress, got as far as I can with the material I got. Everything is tacked in, I'm starting to feel sorta comfortable tack welding with the tig. Note to self, don't forget to turn the gas on. lol

[63vette]

DaveH;301972 wrote:
Little more progress, got as far as I can with the material I got. Everything is tacked in, I'm starting to feel sorta comfortable tack welding with the tig. Note to self, don't forget to turn the gas on. lol

Looks good Dave, gonna do a little rewiring while you have it apart?

[DaveH]

63vette;301983 wrote:
Looks good Dave, gonna do a little rewiring while you have it apart?

Yep, no metal work to do so I started on the wiring today. It was a disaster.

[blackcherryTSi]

DaveH;301972 wrote:
Little more progress, got as far as I can with the material I got. Everything is tacked in, I'm starting to feel sorta comfortable tack welding with the tig. Note to self, don't forget to turn the gas on. lol

i have to commend you sir that looks like a mess! i would be lost with that pile of wires and dash ripped up. i take it youve had it apart numerous times?

[DaveH]

Wiring is almost cleaned up. I'm not sure where I'm mounting my switches so the little pile of wire in the tunnel is the switches/wiring for that. Otherwise it cleaned up pretty well.