Idaho BS thread in the PNW

Yeah I really don't get what is up with the passenger side at all. I had shit bent over there that shouldn't have been lol

 

hey monte



hows that for welding. final product looks slightly cleaner than bed rack

Capping the frame ends. Pretty stright forward. Weld on extra frame, hammer a bit. grind to shape of frame and clean up. gonna spray it and it it will be all finished





A shot of both of them

 

I don't see any welds..haha

 

thats the point

supposed to all look like one piece

 

Yea..you cheated..just ground it all down haha probably was worse then you bed rack you just didn't want to show us

 

Yeah, those welds just look like really bad tack welds from that angle... It cleaned up nice though how is it that username put it... Something about bad welders being really good grinders

 

shit if I get ben's approval then it must not be awful, monte your're just hating on my swag

I took that picture after literally 3 tack welds to show how it started for my build on the bike forum

but ya, i find grinding a lot of fun, wonder why

 

So..no proof of real welding hahaha

 

well they arent held on by magic lol

 

i know haha just giving you shit man.

while i have no comment on the welding..nice job grinding haha

 

ill take it

 

It looks like it was pretty poppy and splattery. What was your wire speed and temp at? How did the welding sound when you were doing your beads? Consistent sound or crackly and popping? Might have something do do with the welder

 

Booger welders are the best grinders. My Grandpa used to say "If it looks like chickenshit it will hold the same."

Practice doing a single puddle on a nice, cleanly ground chunk of steel. Make sure the ground area is shiny too. Welding is an electrical process, and electrons don't flow through paint or rust very well. Once you can make a nice dime sized puddle, move over to the edge of that puddle and start a new one, creating a "stack of dimes". It should sound like sizzling bacon. I like bacon. Pretty soon you will be welding more and grinding less.

I built my whole truck with a battery powered welder, and haven't had a single weld fail anywhere. They retail for $599, but I got a used one off ebay for about $250. A very capable welder for an affordable price. It can single pass 1/2" plate steel no problem, and with three deep cycle batteries can weld up to 3/4". I have also used it on sheetmetal. It will weld any metal they make wire for, and does great on aluminum. I use .035 flux core for most bumper/cage work. The cool thing is you will always be the hero on the trail. I once fixed a broken steering arm by welding a hi lift handle to it in bfe. Saved driving 50 miles out for parts.
http://readywelder.com/products-page/welders/10000-2

 

Super glue.... I see super glue!!!

looks like your improving though. You should YouTube flux core welding. Should help a bit getting a technique down.

 

I need to go visit you sometime haha I doubt I'll ever have the free time to learn to weld very well so it will pay to have friends

 

it was poppy because at first i only pulled the trigger for a second or so to get a tack, but i realized that the metal was pretty good and was not going to blow through, so i could hold it down longer and give it a little movement and it would make a nice solid almost flat weld about 4 beads long. which was perfect for this application where it was getting ground down flat and smooth

i want more welding and fab projects, they really are a lot of fun

 

Mark what are you modifying in pics above?

 

How bout a rear bumper? It wasnt too hard for me being my first fab/welding project

 

Come on out, there is some really cool wheelin' out this way. Lots of nice hill climbs, trails, fast open sections, etc. and if you want desert we have that too. (not my craptor) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZR3msh7NvA

 

the ass end of my cx500c bobber.



ill be welding back on the rear cross member turned fender mount here soon as well. that will be a much better opportunity to run full beads. however ill be a bit nervous about that one, because the last thing I want to do is be filling in holes in my boxed frame in a super cramped spot on the bike.