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Tech (n006-tech) - Fillet-grinding that weld.

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by beemryder, Apr 1, 2007.

  1. beemryder
    Joined: Mar 10, 2007
    Posts: 20

    beemryder
    Member

    I spent this afternoon grinding and blending the welds on my 'bucket frame but ran into a problem with the front crossmember welds and didn't have a "proper" tool to get the inside 90's smoothed out to my satisfaction. I discovered this solution while dealing with a worn-out roloc stripping disk, it wore down beyond the size of the backing disk and created an opportunity.

    The backer ended up being about an 1/8" smaller than it started out which created a bigger lip where a sanding disk is unsupported by the backer. I was able to apply side force to the disk while it was spinning, wrapping the unsupported 1/8 or so around the side of the backing disk and into the weld. I managed to create some very smooth and clean fillets where I previously had no tool on had that could get into corners with. The pics show welds that were smoothed with a 50-grit disk, it's very smooth with few scratches. You do need to be careful not to dig the edge of the disk into the other face or it will create a nasty groove.

    Not bad for a total noob, but what do I know?

    Here's a before:

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    And the after:

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  2. Slag Kustom
    Joined: May 10, 2004
    Posts: 4,312

    Slag Kustom
    Member

    looks nice but alot of the weld has been taken away. Who did the welding and how good is it??????
     

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