I have found out 2 good sources for welding and metal working information for those of you out there who do their own welding. Since 914's are always in need of metal working of some sort, check these sites out.
They are as follows.
1)- Metal Shapers Assoc. www.allshops.org
2)- TM Technologies www.tinmantech.com
They have a lot of useful info, FAQ's, weblinks, etc for those of us who like to do our own welding. You can use them as sources for buying welding equipment too.
If reading really floats your boat, well try the following book which can be bought at Barnes and Noble or thru the webiste of motorbooks.com which is up in Wisc. .
1)- "Performance Welding" , by Richard Finch.
Just want to help a brother out.
GTPatrick.
Just another bump to see if there is any feedback .
Yeah might have to take a trip to Barnes and Noble. I ordered a dvd from ebay on welding it should be here soon. I definetly want to learn more before I go and buy the equipment though. But I am hoping to practice making parts for the ricer cars in my neighborhood before I attempt to molest a 914-6.
You know I would also really like to learn brazing. Don't see it mentioned much with cars though. But I guess the viper was made by brazing together 2 extra cyclinders. How well would brazing work with sheet metal work? It would look much nice I would think.
Thanks for the links. I've been to the allshops.org site before to see the info posted by John Kelly. Also have his DVD on metal shaping which is good.
I ordered a Welding DVD from Ebay and it is a copy of a Navy Training film... Interesting and worth what I paid, but not quite what I expected! Of course if you can weld a submarine any work you do on a 914 should be ok
Thanks again for the info
I was keeping up wiyj allshops.com a while back. Some guy was building an all aluminum Willies and doing it out of his home garage.
QUOTE (turboman808 @ Mar 10 2006, 10:31 AM) |
Yeah might have to take a trip to Barnes and Noble. I ordered a dvd from ebay on welding it should be here soon. I definetly want to learn more before I go and buy the equipment though. But I am hoping to practice making parts for the ricer cars in my neighborhood before I attempt to molest a 914-6. You know I would also really like to learn brazing. Don't see it mentioned much with cars though. But I guess the viper was made by brazing together 2 extra cyclinders. How well would brazing work with sheet metal work? It would look much nice I would think. |
forgot to mention the added bonus of getting to work under the watchful eye of a journeyman level instructor/welder.
He'll tell you why your weld sucks & how to fix it/do it right, the next time. That info's "priceless" & much more accurate than your half-schnockerd buddies standing around the garage watching you
QUOTE (Pistachio @ Mar 11 2006, 05:30 AM) |
forgot to mention the added bonus of getting to work under the watchful eye of a journeyman level instructor/welder. He'll tell you why your weld sucks & how to fix it/do it right, the next time. That info's "priceless" & much more accurate than your half-schnockerd buddies standing around the garage watching you |
Race914 and Pistachio are right about the going to the local Tech School or Community College gig. I'll be going that later this year. You learn on their time and equipment and get to play with their toys too.
QUOTE (GTPatrick @ Mar 11 2006, 11:55 AM) |
Race914 and Pistachio are right about the going to the local Tech School or Community College gig. I'll be going that later this year. You learn on their time and equipment and get to play with their toys too. |
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