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I think the straight run came out pretty good...
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More progress!
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One more!
Nice Job Keith! lookin good!
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Thanks...
Gonna need some bondo to fill the low spots, but...that's what's gotta happen.
It'll be better than the rust anyway.
You do some good work bud!!!
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I appreciate it!
I really HATE sheet metal work though.
The chop was straight forward, but this lower edge rust that Im fixing...NOT my favorite.
My OCD is really coming to light with this.
K
DesertLake
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What did you fill the slits with? Assuming molten metal, what type of welder?
Nice job K-
You should be really proud of how that turned out.
You should be really proud of how that turned out.
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Yeup!
Actually, some of the wider "slits" I cut pieces to fill in the gaps, other wiset was a lot of fill welding. Fill welding is stressful and tedious.
My welder is a Hobart 187 mig. I use flux core, not gas.
Turn the setting all the way down for this ga material and run the wire speed at 30. You wanna get the metal down as quickly as possible before it burns through. Its literally a ZAP, then stop.
Did I mention that sheet metal is a PITA!
K
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Nice job K-
You should be really proud of how that turned out.
thanks man!
BTW, Mike R and I had a discussion about you over a beer one Sunday.
OKAY...it wasnt ALL entirely about you, but you did come up in conversation.
K
The doors are looking great. Is there going to be anyway for water to get into them? I know that you are capping the top, but are there going to be some kind of "pocket" type things on the inside? If so, you might want to figure out one or two little drains at the bottoms. I'm not sure how the factory did it, just something to think about. I would hate to see you do all of that work and have them rust out prematurely.
I'll shut up now.
Jack
I'll shut up now.
Jack
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The doors are looking great. Is there going to be anyway for water to get into them? I know that you are capping the top, but are there going to be some kind of "pocket" type things on the inside? If so, you might want to figure out one or two little drains at the bottoms. I'm not sure how the factory did it, just something to think about. I would hate to see you do all of that work and have them rust out prematurely.
I'll shut up now.
Jack
From the factory, they had some seemingly NON EFFECTIVE slits at the bottom that apparently got plugged up over the years and caused water to sit and then rust.
Ill do what ever Rusty Dan wants me to do with them.
As it is, he was talking about putting a new covering on the inside of the door, and Im not 100% sure that will keep all the H2O out, but...It will certainly be much more difficult for it to get IN.
K
DesertLake
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Just get a bunch of dessicant packets and throw them in there.
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rusty_tlc
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I think I'll be almost ashamed to put those on my POS. they will defiantly be the nicest part of the body. I guess we will have to drill some weep holes along the bottom to drain any water out.
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Might not be a bad idea.
However, it wont be as bad with the top capped. It seems like there'd be a lot of water shed with the windows in place, and thus...trapped water. But still...we were planning on leaving some pockets in the door for your speakers and a lil glove cubby. Water might find its way in there.
rusty_tlc
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Let a guy get caught off guard by an early season snow storm and he hears about it forever. You guys are as bad as my wife, she still brings up stupid s*** I did 30 years ago.Especially when the top won't put its self on.
Jack
Nice job Keith! Do you have oxy/acy? You could use brass to fill in the low spots on the bottom of the door(s) if you do. I imagine if you had a gas welder you'd already have thought of that
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Nice job Keith! Do you have oxy/acy? You could use brass to fill in the low spots on the bottom of the door(s) if you do. I imagine if you had a gas welder you'd already have thought of that
Thanks Spresso!
I already took the liberty of essentially RE DOING the corner.
I didnt go so far as to cut it out and start over, but I re welded the whole section over and used the weld to build up the low spots.
Im feeling better about it.
Regardless, that is a rather good idea brazing the low spots in...
I actually hadnt thought of it.
There is gonna be bondo, but at least I wont have to use it to build up the shape that I was trying to achieve. As it was before...well, it just looked SHOTTIE.
K