I have never seen anyone weld as professionally as you. How to make a difficult job look easy, watch you and the weld joints are meticulous. Thumbs up from me.
Top stuff, excellent that you made the point about grinding, it drives me bonkers when people bring me stuff to weld up and "Ive run the grinder over it to save you time" grrrr. And I agree on stitching rather than spot welding, its quicker, but not only that, I've found that spot welds are easy to get wrong. That panel work is mega, even more so when you did it with the basic bead roller, ace stuff.
I'm curious why you don't let the shielding gas do its job to protect the weld pool at the end of each weld? The welder starts and stops the gas flow before and after the trigger is pulled. You're seen here letting off the trigger and immediately moving off without letting the shield gas protect the cooling joint. Am I missing something here in your technique?
I agree with opening the seams gently with a chisel. But you make alot of work for yourself. Use an mbx to clean out. Shouldnt be doing long welds, as it'll warp the steel like a friggin quaver, as it goes, lol. But very informative video, for people learning at home.i dont like when folk use brass/copper behind sheet, as you really dont want inclusion.
Its up to you, if I'm making full panels then I stitch them in if I'm doing a rust repair patch then its welded all the way around. there's no problem tig welding it its just gonna take you longer. Cheers
Urchfab idk how to attack it because every video I see they are mig welding it should I tack everything first and then weld it up or should I work in different places. I'm trying to avoid blow threws and flexing the metal with to much heat
I have never seen anyone weld as professionally as you. How to make a difficult job look easy, watch you and the weld joints are meticulous. Thumbs up from me.
Your fabrication skills are fantastic. Great work
“So I don’t have to go through the misery you will have to go through.” Classic!
Welding starts at 8min mark.
That floor and firewall look awesome nice work!
Cheers
Excellent!! I am building a vintage Datsun 510 Rally Car and will be putting this to use. Thank you so much for taking the time to make the video.
Thanks, mate! I've watched a few of these videos from other folks and yours contains the most relevant information
Good to see an old car welded properly and with a b204 Saab engine in 🤘🏻😁😎
Love your work. And love the cars you choose to make drift. So unique and awesome
Cheers
Nice work on that car at the end. Looks really tidy.
Top stuff, excellent that you made the point about grinding, it drives me bonkers when people bring me stuff to weld up and "Ive run the grinder over it to save you time" grrrr. And I agree on stitching rather than spot welding, its quicker, but not only that, I've found that spot welds are easy to get wrong. That panel work is mega, even more so when you did it with the basic bead roller, ace stuff.
Yeh its always great when people do there bit to save you time and it makes it take twice as long. Cheers
thanks for this tip.. i am going to make a new tunnel for my alfa romeo spider, with many diff. peices of steel.. this will help, thanks again
Thanks man, great "Ali G" impression
Thanks for sharing your top tips...
Awesome work fella
Cheers
Great video, great info. Thanks for sharing. Cheers
The ratio for voltage to wfs is also depebding on thickness of wire
How was the floor in the car made with those grooves? Pretty good work btw
To clean out the sealer i use a Bosch Multi-cutter set to finest setting
Saw you ready to drop the F-bomb at the noisy rain :D great vid!
Great stuff thank you. Didn`t catch what size wire you were using please? thank you
Some good tips there, thanks.
Yes, urethane sealer is definitely a beast to remove 😅
If you stitch it what are you putting on the backside
Fantastic vid Matt. Thanks for sharing mate.
Cheers
1. Why don't you seam weld it?
2. Do the 1mm sheets need to overlap or can you butt them up against each other?
Great info... mig like tig takes forever, going to try this technique out today.
The interior of the Pop really is a thing of beauty ☠
I'm curious why you don't let the shielding gas do its job to protect the weld pool at the end of each weld? The welder starts and stops the gas flow before and after the trigger is pulled. You're seen here letting off the trigger and immediately moving off without letting the shield gas protect the cooling joint. Am I missing something here in your technique?
Its not necessary with this, a little pre gas helps to ensure there's coverage the arc start but there's no need to flood it with gas afterwards.
How do you press those floor panels so well?
Check out my budget bead roller vid, that's all I use.
Urchfab Cheers will check it out, great job by the way, looks like an interesting project to work on
Urchfab and this is what love to see; nothing show-offy, just someone who knows what he's doing and who wants to share that knowledge.
Cheers!
Urchfab i will indeed check that out
Do you have to remove the engine and fuel tank when stitch welding the inside of the cabin?
Awesome work brother 🚙🚙🏁🏁
Hi mate, is that MIX or CO2 do you use? Thank in advance for your coment.
Tidy work mate.
Cheers Bud
Great video as ever, that pop looks great.Is that a saab turbo in the bay??
Sure is, Cheers
I agree with opening the seams gently with a chisel. But you make alot of work for yourself. Use an mbx to clean out. Shouldnt be doing long welds, as it'll warp the steel like a friggin quaver, as it goes, lol. But very informative video, for people learning at home.i dont like when folk use brass/copper behind sheet, as you really dont want inclusion.
Savage work!
Cheers
How would u tackle a floor in a truck if u want it welded completely? What gauge of sheet metal do u recommend? I only have a tig welder
If its a work truck and weight isn't an issue then I would probably use 1.5mm. thats gonna make the welding a tad easier too. Cheers
Urchfab would u recommend I weld it like ur floor or all the way around, how would u tackle it with a tig welder?
Its up to you, if I'm making full panels then I stitch them in if I'm doing a rust repair patch then its welded all the way around. there's no problem tig welding it its just gonna take you longer. Cheers
Urchfab idk how to attack it because every video I see they are mig welding it should I tack everything first and then weld it up or should I work in different places. I'm trying to avoid blow threws and flexing the metal with to much heat
Just get it all tacked in before you start welding, let each section cool before you move on and move to different sides and corners as you go around.
Are you running lights to video?
Sometimes yes
Honest question. Why not just run a solid weld on the seams instead of breaking up the welds into stitches?
Long welds tend to warp the metal you're trying to join. Not great for racecars
More likely to crack when the shell flexes
Is the pop going to be back in action any time soon?
I don't own it anymore Bud.
nice!! 💪 👷🏻
Hi
I want your vise
She is a beast.