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Mar 21, 2007 19:53:22 GMT
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Excellent stuff guys, thanks a lot for this!
That mig welding site I posted on the last page also has some excellent tutorials, and the guy who writes them restores cars so a lot of the examples are repairing suspension turrets, sills, chassis plates etc.
Also good point about the extension cable.... I guess if you're drawing close to max current through the cable it needs to be nice and straight.
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Never trust a man
Who names himself Trevor.
Or one day you might find
He's not a real drug dealer.
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Mar 21, 2007 20:18:31 GMT
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Steel ...??
What about an old fridge door ??
Flat, or curved.
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Colonelk
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Mar 21, 2007 20:39:05 GMT
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Have a 150 through a 13amp plug, and used it on MAX settings (when I welded my diff up) and it didnt blow any fuses or owt.
Found that mig site before, its very good, Ive still got to try out many of the so-simple-its-crazy helpful hints though!
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Mar 21, 2007 21:51:52 GMT
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Next question - is plug welding OK for the lower part of a sill, the flange running front-to-back? Would this part originally have been spot welded?
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Never trust a man
Who names himself Trevor.
Or one day you might find
He's not a real drug dealer.
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Mar 21, 2007 22:10:32 GMT
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can probably help out with steel, got a scrap
polo shell i can chop the roof off if you want to
collect from N14 6PE.
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Mar 21, 2007 23:07:21 GMT
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guz.... cheers fella  I've asked the question on astra-mk2 forum whether a 2-door tintop outer sill is the same as a cabrio, if it's not and they're not bodgeable I'll have some of that roof - collect no probs! |
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Or one day you might find
He's not a real drug dealer.
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Mar 21, 2007 23:14:53 GMT
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no problem, you can pick the brains of a few
blokes on site too if you want, they're all friendly enough.
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