Prof_Cook
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| posted on 1/5/22 at 05:14 PM |
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End April 2022
Project as at end April 2022 - too cold to work in the garage today.
 
End of April 2022
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Prof_Cook
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| posted on 4/7/22 at 07:45 PM |
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Back into the garage
Challenging retirement project has been delayed a little due to contracting COVID-19. Luckily (!) only extreme tiredness. Have managed to get back
into the garage and back to cutting and shaping steel tube.
Got the engine mounts cut out of the old front sub-frame and offered up to a cross-tube ready for future welding. Took a week to get the cross tube
into the right location to ensure the engine is in correct location.
Now I have a growing pile of off-cuts it has been time to get the arc-welder, gauntlets, overalls, steel toe capped boots and welding helmet out and
start practising welding. Another delay as the battery in my helmet had died so had to wait till a certain on-line supplier got a pack of 5 batteries
out to me.
Today was first time trying to weld for over 40 years. Managed to strike arcs and place a few tack welds onto the test piece seen in the bottom of the
below photo, set current low to start off with. Top of the test piece was 45 amps with pre-heating from a Bosch hot air gun and this cant be broken
even with heavy hammering. Bottom of test piece was 55 amps without pre-heating, broke when cleaning off the crusty bits. Got a lot more
self-training on welding to do before I start welding the frame.
 
Starting to practice welding
[Edited on 4/7/22 by Prof_Cook]
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