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Suspension Ties, The official thread |
JoeDees |
Jun 11 2016, 06:18 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 515 Joined: 10-November 14 From: Northern Kentucky Member No.: 18,106 Region Association: None |
There's been a lot of talk about these lately. They're 12 gauge steel making them difficult to fabricate, unfortunately they're no longer available from Porsche, and tragically, nobody makes a replacement for them. So let's figure out what can be done.
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draganc |
Jun 16 2016, 08:08 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 725 Joined: 2-November 09 From: central new jersey Member No.: 11,000 Region Association: North East States |
Not trying to be a dick, but your seam welds look like they didn't penetrate the metal.
The spot welds looks right on! PS: great design/work! |
JoeDees |
Jun 17 2016, 09:22 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 515 Joined: 10-November 14 From: Northern Kentucky Member No.: 18,106 Region Association: None |
Not trying to be a dick, but your seam welds look like they didn't penetrate the metal. I wasn't going to say it in the hopes of maintaining an ego, but you're totally right; about 60% of them didn't penetrate. I knew lap welds to be one of my weaknesses, which is why I tried to design my pieces around plug welds... Edit: I'm thinking I need more heat, nerves, better gun angle, and some real technique. |
tomeric914 |
Jun 18 2016, 09:12 AM
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One Lap of America in a 914! Group: Members Posts: 1,259 Joined: 25-May 08 From: Syracuse, NY Member No.: 9,101 Region Association: North East States |
The heavier the gauge the larger the hole needs to be for the rosette weld, otherwise what little penetration was had will rip right out.
On too small of a hole on heavy gauge metal, the MIG wire will often start on the edge of the hole and barely touch the base metal. Not trying to be a dick, but your seam welds look like they didn't penetrate the metal. I wasn't going to say it in the hopes of maintaining an ego, but you're totally right; about 60% of them didn't penetrate. I knew lap welds to be one of my weaknesses, which is why I tried to design my pieces around plug welds... Edit: I'm thinking I need more heat, nerves, better gun angle, and some real technique. |
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