Mel
Elio Addict
I understand your feelings about your welds. My welds are often referred to as "Gorilla Welds". Big, strong, and ugly!
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It's ok for my prototypes, I know what I am doing, and they are certainly strong enough, good penetration ect, but man they fat and ugly sometimes!
For the life of me I can't understand why I can run a sensational bead one run, change nothing, and the next one goes to hell!
Looks good!. You have a Team if we count the Laser Shop and the professional welder.
I have my team of metal supply, laser 2D and now 3D (tube), folding shop, welding shop, fiberglass company, nut and bolt (hardware) supplies, and car parts suppliers.
What I would like is cnc tube bender shop to complete the package. Would like it all under one roof eventually, but it is a small city easy to get around, the longest drive is the fold shop 10 minutes away, with the exception of the fiberglass company in the next city 25 minutes away.
understood .... mine hold .... if you give me a grinder and can of spray paint I can make some of them look pretty good
Indeed, never seen a bad weld from a man who can use a 4" grinder with flappy sanding discs!
Sonoran Sam
Elio Addict
Same with my welds... I think there is a funny saying that goes:understood .... mine hold .... if you give me a grinder and can of spray paint I can make some of them look pretty good
"A grinder and some paint makes me the welder I ain't"
Hog
Elio Addict
As for me, I go by the sound. But I am just a stick welder, never even graduated to MIG, I try to keep things as simple as possible. A good heat has a certain sizzle to it, you know it when you hear it.
If eagle droppings work, I can do it. If not, well I am willing to learn (again) my welds get good penetration but ULGY as all hell, used to be a lot better, but that's when I did it every day. I haven't done any welding in 10+ years. Started out welding with a torch and that is fun if (notice IF) I do it a lot
YES! Oh boy, am I happy.
It ticks all the boxes, it just falls together, it just works, it just does, and you're looking at just 6 pieces to create this assembly
I had to take 7 steps backwards to make this very large leap forward, completely worth it!
You can see the tabs sticking through the slots here .. the shark fins are the folding points.
It ticks all the boxes, it just falls together, it just works, it just does, and you're looking at just 6 pieces to create this assembly
I had to take 7 steps backwards to make this very large leap forward, completely worth it!
You can see the tabs sticking through the slots here .. the shark fins are the folding points.
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84mpg
Elio Addict
Man! That is absolutely awesome and definitely worth the 7 steps back to get this result!! Wow! It even LOOKS cool! Forget the jigs…. Laser, fold and tabs go into the corresponding holes! Heck, even I could help you put a chassis together! Ha!YES! Oh boy, am I happy.
It ticks all the boxes, it just falls together, it just works, it just does, and you're looking at just 6 pieces to create this assembly
I had to take 7 steps backwards to make this very large leap forward, completely worth it!
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You can see the tabs sticking through the slots here .. the shark fins are the bend points.
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love it and boy, will it speed things up when you start putting the orders together…. Accurately too! Great job!!