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enderw88

posted on 25/8/05 at 01:35 PM Reply With Quote
Welding process you use on your chassis


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James

posted on 25/8/05 at 01:46 PM Reply With Quote
Selected MIG but it was tacked together and started using TIG and then finished once I'd got it got it home with MIG.

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mookaloid

posted on 25/8/05 at 01:55 PM Reply With Quote
No Idea what Laser heat vision is but it gets my vote

I'm sure if made my own chassis I'd use it all the time.

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Mark

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serendipity123

posted on 25/8/05 at 02:10 PM Reply With Quote
i agree with mookaloid i havent got a clue what laserthingy is but it sounds well cool

thats the one i'm going to use now...

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RPS

posted on 25/8/05 at 02:10 PM Reply With Quote
TIG (if you can afford it) for welding thin metals everytime for me!

RPS

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britishtrident

posted on 25/8/05 at 02:29 PM Reply With Quote
not the only methods some builders have used

MMA Stick welding
Gassless MIG
Bromze Welding/Brazing/Hard Soldering



[Edited on 25/8/05 by britishtrident]

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907

posted on 25/8/05 at 03:38 PM Reply With Quote
So poor old MAG dosn't get a look in then.






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suparuss

posted on 25/8/05 at 04:10 PM Reply With Quote
i heard brazing wont pass sva these days? im gonna use mig, possibly tig if i feel like treating myself!
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Lars

posted on 25/8/05 at 05:11 PM Reply With Quote
started with a gasless MIG, then upgraded to a gas one.
Would not use gasless again, too much of a mess

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chriscook

posted on 25/8/05 at 05:22 PM Reply With Quote
Caterhams are brazed. Better than welding as welding just pre-cracks all the joints for you!
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Mark Allanson

posted on 25/8/05 at 05:54 PM Reply With Quote
can you explain this weld pre-cracking





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Peteff

posted on 25/8/05 at 06:04 PM Reply With Quote
I used the pre-cracking mig method on mine too. I wonder what's held it together for the last 4 years? Must be the aluminium riveted to the outside.





yours, Pete

I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.

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Danozeman

posted on 25/8/05 at 09:10 PM Reply With Quote
Mig brazing all the way.....





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trueblue

posted on 25/8/05 at 09:20 PM Reply With Quote
Welding process on chassis

Im mig welding again after a long break;
its moving on slowly.

Trueblue

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NS Dev

posted on 25/8/05 at 10:21 PM Reply With Quote
Mark and Pete, always did say MIG was a "cracking" process

comedy never my strong suit!!!

now come on, surely some more people must see the funny side and vote for laser vision, it's just so funny!!

got my vote!

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chriscook

posted on 25/8/05 at 10:32 PM Reply With Quote
Microscopic ones for fatigue cracks to initiate from!
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jolson

posted on 25/8/05 at 10:45 PM Reply With Quote
I'm fillet brazing mine, inline gas fluxer makes the job enjoyable and the joints a doddle to clean. Result is lovely smooth joints with no stress risers.





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John

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Rorty

posted on 26/8/05 at 04:45 AM Reply With Quote
Surely this thread should be in the Mad House category with lines such as: "Better than welding as welding just pre-cracks all the joints.."
and "... brazing wont pass SVA..."
I'll leave it to others to deal with the first comment and it's instigator, but what's this about SVA not approving brazing as a method of chassis construction?





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gazza285

posted on 26/8/05 at 05:22 AM Reply With Quote
Laser heat vision. Good enough for Superman, good enough for Gazza.




Mig if I'm in the fab shop, arc at home. (I bought a Clark mig for home use, not at all impressed with the wire feed unit or the power fluctuations). Occasional things get brazed but I haven't got a fancy in line mfluxer, I dip my rods in the old rusty tin can.

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suparuss

posted on 26/8/05 at 05:28 AM Reply With Quote
i was positive someone on here said brazing would not pass sva! not sure who though. or maybe it was fia that it wouldnt pass? i dont know ive sleaped and drunk beer since then!
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britishtrident

posted on 26/8/05 at 06:43 AM Reply With Quote
Brazing isn't MOT accepted as a method of fixing rust repair panels to production cars -- mainly due to it not being used with proper preperation.
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Rorty

posted on 26/8/05 at 06:51 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
Brazing isn't MOT accepted as a method of fixing rust repair panels to production cars -- mainly due to it not being used with proper preperation.

I can understand that, but what about brazing a brand new chassis and getting it passed. Surely there wouldn't be a problem with that?





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NS Dev

posted on 26/8/05 at 07:37 AM Reply With Quote
of course not. Brazing a chassis is fine.

As has been pointed out, Caterham do it, so do Ariel on the Atom (well, so do the people that make the Ariel chassis, the same people that make Caterham chassis, can't think of the company now!)

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Rorty

posted on 26/8/05 at 07:58 AM Reply With Quote
I know it's fine, but I was just wondering if SVA do in fact have a problem with a brezed chassis and for what reasons.





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drmike54

posted on 26/8/05 at 03:36 PM Reply With Quote
I would use the laser heat vision. Now if I could just get mine to work





Started Welding the chassis!!!!

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