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| Cevan |
 Jan 15 2007, 04:01 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 1,079 Joined: 11-December 06 From: Western Massachusetts Member No.: 7,351  |
So I picked this thing up for $150:
 I've spent the last 3 weeks getting it running ( it does ). Then I stripped most of the parts off the car. Here's what I've got: (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)   |
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| SGB |
Jan 26 2007, 09:38 AM
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just visiting Group: Members Posts: 4,086 Joined: 8-March 03 From: Huntsville, AL Member No.: 404 Region Association: South East States |
I surprised myself at being able to make strong (but UGLY) welds. Go to a body shop or metal recycler and get some scrap. I think body panals are 10 guage mostly. Cut out pieces and start trying to reattach somewhere. I'm just usig a cheap harbor frieght flux core welder. Here are the real BASICS- about as far as I've gotten so far.
When you first strick the arc, sparks and slag fly everywhere, but if you feed for a second into that initial spot, more of the wire starts melting onto the molten blob. The magic is in getting the wire to feed out and melt at a rate that corresponds to the rate the base metal is melting and re-solidifying. I've had some success "placing" little globs of welding material to build in missing metal, then melting that into the base byapplying the welder to the base metal a few mm away from the built up part so that the heat to melt the globs comes up from the good metal I want to fuse to. Get one of those auto-darkening helmets from China frieght. Take some scrap, weld some pieces on, then beat the whee out of the weld with a hammer to see if it really penetrated. The metal should bend . The weld should stay strong. edit- well, in the time it took me to write this, you got good. ALRIGHT! |
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| Cevan |
Jan 26 2007, 09:49 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,079 Joined: 11-December 06 From: Western Massachusetts Member No.: 7,351 |
QUOTE(SGB @ Jan 26 2007, 07:38 AM)  I surprised myself at being able to make strong (but UGLY) welds. Go to a body shop or metal recycler and get some scrap. I think body panals are 10 guage mostly. Cut out pieces and start trying to reattach somewhere. I'm just usig a cheap harbor frieght flux core welder. Here are the real BASICS- about as far as I've gotten so far. When you first strick the arc, sparks and slag fly everywhere, but if you feed for a second into that initial spot, more of the wire starts melting onto the molten blob. The magic is in getting the wire to feed out and melt at a rate that corresponds to the rate the base metal is melting and re-solidifying. I've had some success "placing" little globs of welding material to build in missing metal, then melting that into the base byapplying the welder to the base metal a few mm away from the built up part so that the heat to melt the globs comes up from the good metal I want to fuse to. Get one of those auto-darkening helmets from China frieght. Take some scrap, weld some pieces on, then beat the whee out of the weld with a hammer to see if it really penetrated. The metal should bend . The weld should stay strong. edit- well, in the time it took me to write this, you got good. ALRIGHT! The link in Bartlett 914's post above is pretty good, worth reading. I tried welding the end of 1 inch strips onto a bigger piece and then pulled them off to see where the metal would bend/break. I think body panels are less than 18 gauge (the stuff I'm using). I'd guess they're 20 or 22 ga. |
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Cevan My restoration begins! Jan 15 2007, 04:01 PM
Cevan More rust (what would a 914 be without rust):
... Jan 15 2007, 04:06 PM dr914@autoatlanta.com you are very spoiled to have such a nice little ru... Jan 15 2007, 04:10 PM 1970 Neun vierzehn Another one saved. :clap: Jan 15 2007, 04:46 PM dagdal1967 Too many people would not have the time/patience/s... Jan 16 2007, 08:41 AM Cevan Well, I'm still picking away at this thing. I... Jan 22 2007, 07:24 AM cooltimes Just curious about all of this.
What year is the... Jan 22 2007, 03:13 PM
Cevan It's a '74, 1.8 fuel injected. The car ap... Jan 22 2007, 05:47 PM cooltimes Fantastic reply.Answered all I asked. Not many do ... Jan 22 2007, 06:39 PM twistedstang Nice pics. Keep em coming. I wanna watch this buil... Jan 22 2007, 05:06 PM ejm :clap: nice progress Chris... keep the pics comin... Jan 22 2007, 07:44 PM Cevan Well, my attempts at welding have proved futile. ... Jan 23 2007, 07:51 PM r_towle
Well, my attempts at welding have proved futile. ... Jan 23 2007, 09:02 PM ejm
Back up the bus.
Finish it.
I am happy to come ov... Jan 24 2007, 05:42 AM fitsbain Don't give up!!!
You will learn.
... Jan 23 2007, 08:30 PM rjames
I love this place.
Cevan: You'll be able t... Jan 23 2007, 10:18 PM degreeoff :welder: B-3 is my setting for MIG with my miller ... Jan 23 2007, 11:04 PM McMark You can do it.
We can help.
Give us more info and... Jan 23 2007, 11:43 PM Cevan I appreciate the kind words but the patch is out b... Jan 24 2007, 06:53 AM type11969 Don't give up! I am going through the same... Jan 24 2007, 07:32 AM autohausdolby Yay for resto threads! Keep it up :) Jan 24 2007, 08:18 AM Cevan Well, I gave welding another try, thanks to all yo... Jan 25 2007, 04:56 PM Cevan Back to the repairs. I had pulled out the patches... Jan 25 2007, 04:58 PM Cevan On to the front corner. I figure I'd try easi... Jan 25 2007, 05:01 PM Cevan First one welded:
Second one fitted. I bought... Jan 25 2007, 05:06 PM Bartlett 914 For a little welding help, I found this to be inte... Jan 25 2007, 07:24 PM rjames Looks like you're doing a good job! :beer... Jan 25 2007, 09:15 PM Cevan From the other side you can see where the welding ... Jan 26 2007, 09:24 AM rjames
Just remember that nothing should 'break off... Jan 26 2007, 11:35 AM Festive_Zombie
Just remember that nothing should 'break of... Jan 26 2007, 12:26 PM dkos Hi Chirs,
We've been talking about those two ... Jan 26 2007, 02:39 PM dkos ooops! Sorry posted this on the wrong thread. ... Jan 27 2007, 11:23 AM Cevan Finished the rest of the front corner. One part o... Jan 27 2007, 03:46 PM |
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