Skiz learnz weldz

[Angrydicky]

Agree with Cort16's suggestion of reading the FB Victor 'making panels' thread on RR for inspiration and tips. That thread inspired me to have a to myself back in 2011, and I've never looked back!

 

Welder's ear is the worst! I had a particularly nasty one when I was welding up the sills on the Sierra, extremely painful it was. I now put my ear defenders on the back of my head, upside down to cover my ears while I'm lying under cars welding with my helmet on! Bit of a faff but it does the job.

0.8mm is too thin for repairs. It should be 1mm for body panels and either 1.2 or 1.5 for structural stuff but I like to use 1.2 for body panels and 1.5 for structural.

Cereal box card is ideal for making templates for repair sections. Spend some time with scissors perfecting your template before transferring it onto steel.

1mm cutting discs are the best for cutting sheet steel.

[Junkman]

Some legendary weld fests and panel fabrication from Retro Rides history:

 

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/70135/panels#.U44ixSimWIY

 

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/65793

 

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/119596

 

 

[jonathan_dyane]

Mind that's fucking incredible!

[Eddie Honda]

0.8mm is too thin for repairs.

Unless you repairing French chod where it'll be too thick.

 

In the shed I have three sheets (8x4) of steel. 0.9 zintec, 1.0 std and 1.2 std. They were something like €30 a sheet.

[cort16]

That clip is mad . i wonder how long it took to make? Weeks probably

[fordperv]

that video is amazing

[Parky]

Question for the pro's - do you really need a new piece of steel or is a cleaned up bonnet from a scrapper just as good once cleaned?

[cort16]

It's all the same once cleaned up. In fact old panels can be quite useful when making up repair sections. I used a Kia front wing to fix my puma arches and used a bit of old cortina sill to repair the a pillar on the same car.

[dieselassist]

Question for the pro's - do you really need a new piece of steel or is a cleaned up bonnet from a scrapper just as good once cleaned?

 

Bonnet or roof will 'do' if yer not over 'anal' about metal thickness; if yer using it patch up say 'inner sills' - the sections from the bonnet - in terms of metal thickness will be a bit thinner .1mm to .2mm thinner, say, in compassion to an inner sill/stiffner--- if its an over lapped patch you can scrub down 5mm in from the edge to save on paint'... basically if its a 'get it through' the test or whatever patch; bonnet or roof cut is 'fine' - anything 'high end' like a jag / rolls etc or a car you want to keep for many years, best to use the right thickness metal...

[Dippy]

I'm certainly no proffessional but my tip would be to ditch the big gloves and buy some Tig welding gloves, I get mine from tool station for less than £5. They are much thinner and allow easier hand movement but still offer good protection.

[strangeangel]

For repairing bridges, yes...............for panels.................praps not

 

I managed to weld the exhaust hanger back to the BX without burning holes in it but, yeah, my arc welder has been more useful for repairing gates, garden tools etc.

[Tickman]

I'm certainly no proffessional but my tip would be to ditch the big gloves and buy some Tig welding gloves, I get mine from tool station for less than £5. They are much thinner and allow easier hand movement but still offer good protection.

I have the same gloves as Skiz is wearing and can assure they are good for putting out fires in the underseal.

The only problem is the gloves then take on the molten underseal and the act as a wick whenever any fire is present!

[Junkman]

Something must have gone terribly wrong.

 

Where is Skizzer???

[captain_70s]

He learned to weld and now earns £AbilliontyMillion working out on the oils rigs?

[PhillipM]

Or, he's still trying to put out the fires.

[Mally]

Perhaps he held two pieces of metal with his fingers and the mig wire went straight through and into his key board finger.

Don't ask how I know this can happen!

[Junkman]

Maybe it was a hot day and he thus left the zip fastener of his boiler suit open and a weld spatter entered there and landed on his dillywong.

Don't ask how I know this can happen!

[DodgeRover]

At least splatter is usually hot enough to cauterise...

[billyboy406v6]

He is so engrossed in his new skillz he has forgot its tea time ?

[Parky]

He has been mistaken for half of Daft Punk and is currently half way through an Asian stadium tour. He has no idea what he is doing but is finding that making it up as he goes seems to be working just fine considering this is what Daft Punk seem to do anyway

[billyboy406v6]

What is a Daft Punk ?

[Vin]

It's all the same once cleaned up. In fact old panels can be quite useful when making up repair sections. I used a Kia front wing to fix my puma arches and used a bit of old cortina sill to repair the a pillar on the same car.

 

I have a Corsa C rear doorskin that has been providing patch repairs and the like were necessary. OMG Not all voxawls ar shit...

[Skizzer]

Something must have gone terribly wrong.

 

Where is Skizzer???

Thank you for your concern - I am alive, I've just been camping in an empty part of Africa in a leggy Discovery 3. Back soon with pictures of shonky old Toyotas and a Peugeot 404 that doubles as a kitchen table.

[Junkman]

You know, we discussed this today among the Grandaland Greenhouse Gassers and a suggestion was made that you might be on holidays in an area where there is no wifi.

I said, that is impossible, even the caravans in Norfolk have wifi nowadays, or do you think he is camping out in the Savannah in that Africa?