62 split project

baykruzer · Post by **baykruzer** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 1:32 pm

Yesterday was a really productive day as i finished all the welding and grinding that i could do. still waiting on a repair panel for the cargo floor and then alls done.

drivers floor

baykruzer · Post by **baykruzer** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 1:36 pm

passanger front window

drivers front window

baykruzer · Post by **baykruzer** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 1:58 pm

i haven't been happy with the way the d/side rear gaurd was finished so i cut it off and had another crack.
i cut the wheel side of the corner panel and replaced about 3 inches of it, this allowed me to have enough excess metal to get a good fold onto the closing panel. Also i fabbed a new closing panel section, this let me get a sharper fold at the rear corner and made it easier to continue on the same angle as the rear guard.

keith-o-sullivan · Post by **keith-o-sullivan** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 3:05 pm

Great work mate nearly there!
what kind of welder you using, gasless mig?

baykruzer · Post by **baykruzer** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 8:18 pm

Cheers Keith, it's a gas powered mig in the hands of a very unskilled (3rd day) operator.

Todays adventure included final grinding of my poor welding, skimcoat of filler, seam sealing and a bunch of sanding.
At the end of the day the garage had more sanding dust in it than a 2nd hand shaping bay

some bits ready for primer and colour....

whipps · Post by **whipps** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 9:41 pm

Nice work mate.
Spring has sprung and im looking for motivation to get back out into the shed. had a good read through your work to date. going well. keep it up!

MAMMO · Post by **MAMMO** » Fri Sep 10, 2010 9:26 pm

good job good once wielding is over

joshroom · Post by **joshroom** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 1:04 am

possibly your not so unskilled you may just need to turn your gas up. should be flowin 12-15 litres/minute you will be able to hear it coming out the nozzle when you pull the trigger or get out of the wind maybe.but good work man.

byronmcmanus59 · Post by **byronmcmanus59** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 7:55 pm

I don't think that's a gas flow problem, there's no much porosity in there..

Good to see your out there having a crack

keith-o-sullivan · Post by **keith-o-sullivan** » Tue Sep 14, 2010 8:33 am

I would have said gas flow was a little low thats why the welds are coming up dirty cause the welds are not being shielded as they cool.

either that or there is some paint/other dirt inclusion

as long as the penitration is good it shouldn't be too much of a problem, it just makes a bit more work when cleaning up the welds!

Good work though, welding thin panels is tricky at the best of times, it takes practice, patience, and plenty of tacking.

baykruzer · Post by **baykruzer** » Tue Sep 14, 2010 11:40 am

cheers for the comments, encouragement and tips gang.
i'm getting there slowly. at least i know what i'm doing when i hit the sanding and filler stage.

Dutchy · Post by **Dutchy** » Tue Sep 14, 2010 4:45 pm

great work.. thats the way get stuck in, beats spending years procrastinating

scotty*85vw · Post by **scotty*85vw** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 8:29 pm

hey glen
what did you use to seal your floor welds and were did you get it from,cheers

baykruzer · Post by **baykruzer** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 4:20 pm

scotty i used septone seam sealer. i got it through a company called austrade. they're at Nerang.
not going to be at RTTS in my bus but progress has been good. i've got a few windows in, sanded and primed all the new metal and got a bit of colour on.

baykruzer · Post by **baykruzer** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 4:23 pm