Actually… this only took me about 20minutes to put together. Anyone else would give you the obligatory close up shot of nice bead… but no way I’m embarrassing myself by doing that. My fear of pinhole leaks necessitates multiple passes…
Posts Tagged ‘Welding’
A Days Work
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011Flat
Thursday, October 28th, 2010
This IS… the typical pose. I love how my car sits in the barn. And now it’s actually time to start putting it together. The first step is complete. The red engine bay is gone. It seemed absurd at times,…
Progress?
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
Not really… or at least really slowly. Step one of my winter plans was to get rid of the red in my engine bay. It actually drives me kind of crazy. So I started by stripping everything, with the intention…
At the Grocery Store…
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
Yeah. Like this… And I feel good about it. The sleeve was made from a 2L Co-op brand water bottle. It was a damn tight fit… but I pressed it over the top of the original sleeve and plastic welded…
Long Boss
Thursday, March 18th, 2010
I was hoping that the “Long Boss” might be me… and not only my creation. Not if I can’t weld any better than that though. I can barely lay a straight bead on a nice flat steel joint. I cannot…
Making Seat Rails
Friday, March 12th, 2010
If you’re looking for a “how-to” get disappointed. If you have the tools then there is probably nothing I can show you. Look at my welding getting better though… I think… for like 3″ at least.
That’s the whole thing. …
I Gave Up On Making My Car Nice When…
Thursday, March 4th, 2010
… I put the welder on it.
I’m a tall guy. Stock buckets in an AE86 are impossible for me now that I have decent standards, and any off the shelf seat mount always…