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You Honestly use Brake cleaner to pre-clean weldments?In college they told us before we picked up the leads,chemicals and welding DO NOT go...
Get a machinist to make an insert plug retapped to the right thread.might cost $60,might fail too.But it is cheaper than the Helicoil. -G-
I say unless someone has true experience with this shattering ,ignore it.Ive used Lexan(name brand) and it will scratch easy but wont break with...
My brother has had one since the age of 16.No welding,no Gas engine work while running,No cocaine.Other than that your good.Get a second...
I have access to Two GMC blowers still attached to the diesel engines they came on.My ? is: are they worth the trouble to get,& what would be a...
If you live in New Mexico all of the Pipe Lines for PNM are gas welded.Gas welding is great and you can weld your frame with it Just Practice...
Honestly I got nailed for 165 in a 55 an got roughed the f+++ up,3 days no bond,$10,000 bond,6 months in county,$4,000 fine, 2 years...
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That is really nice,thats coming from some one who knows what that thing took to get produce.
That picture is the stuff!!!I usually just suck it up and let the thing fall off.It happens to me about once every few months.Heavy fabrication...
Im sorry my 8yr. old son is my co-pilot.He is way cooler then my wife,and my dogs always run away
When you are Tig welding heavy material,you will want a backing plate of some kind or a back purge.And then you will run multiple passes until the...
Ive spent time in a few really hot, hot rods w/o radios,and it can drive you crazy after a while.I only wish we would have had Ipods in 1989.Good...
hey I have some stuff for sale too.I m not going to let you see it until I have your cash!GTFO
Gentlemen some people you cant deal with, you have to show up with cash and be ready to walk(drive) away if they give you problems.Money is the...
If It is deep you can play a small torch flame over it to get the scratch "fair" again,then polish with Novus or simichrome polish.
More in formation is allawys a good thing,Thanks.I m going to be starting a frp project soon and I need all the info I can get.
145mph in my 1994 Mazda Miata in between Santa Fe N.M. and Albuquerque. 75 hp NOS going down a very long steep hill in front of that casino with...
Stop being afraid of your table,what I want you to do is go and weld a bead straight across it then beat it with a hammer.Go get a grinder,grind...
I use fluxcore all the time at work,If you run it right it will produce just as good if not better weld than MIG,depending on material.On heavy...
Shoot it single stage silver,no metalflake.Or you can check with your paint supplier for mis-tints,we do that at work sometimes for mixing with...
stole the idea from Grassrootsmotorsports Magazine $200X CHALLENGE What a hack!
33.33% Alcohol,33.33%white vinegar,33.33%water,then use news print to clean
In Atlanta it is Gwinnett Technical college.I wish I had some pics of some of my welds
make your own You need a drill press and drils and hole saws take 2 plates and some gasket material and clamp them together drill the holes for...
The way we do it at work is similar,with the exception of grinding the joint at a bevel and leaving a gap of 1/16" . For really thck sections we...
Bed liner works well,I have it in A modern car just mask off every thing you dont want covered forever
Ive had eye surgery too,I now wear safety glasses all the time.I got lucky with the frames.I still get junk in my eyes though. Glad you were not...
Google West system epoxy this is the best stuff for it it will allow you to use S-2 glass, carbon ,or kevlar to tie into th steel.the bond will be...
I was wondering, woludnt running a motor plate and a solid trans mount effectivly tie all of the components together and resist the cracking ?
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