Houston area (along with DB's not from Houston) BS thread

I had a brake line (I think) pretty close to where we were gonna have to weld. Unhooked it from the bracket, pulled it out of the way and then went to town

 

i was only welding and inch at a time, then moving to another leg. with 8 legs, by the time i got back to the first leg for the next round, i could bare skin touch the first weld. it was just a matter of an easier than normal to ignite material being a little too close.

 

I didn't weld them, I watched. I let my friends dad do the welding. He had some pretty sweet toys in his shop

 

it keeps up. i've actually never gotten a warning light on it, and i've done some really long welds on my skid plates, and pushed it pretty hard with the front and rear bumpers.

 

Totally depends on the total amps you may need going through that 8ga wire. Several on-line charts that document ga vs. distance vs. amps. Personally I would just pull a 0-2ga to a dist-block, then run the 8s from there. But I tend to over-engineer anything I don't want to re-do.

On the Tacoma I have a 0ga from the battery to a dist-block behind the rear seat, then an 8 to the amp. Last truck I had the dist block under the drivers seat with one amp under the passenger seat and the other amp under the rear seat.

 

i forget what it's rated for in the manual, but i've cut a crosssection of a 1/4'' to 3/16'' plate steel joint and it had proper penetration. same joint did well in the destructive testing machine. Haven't tried it yet, but i would think that i could get the job done with a double pass on 1/4'' to 1/4''

 

Thanks, That sounds like what I need to do. I'd rather over engineer

 

There's too much technical chatter in the BS thread!

 

...only so much we can do without Dennis...

 

different applications.

and now that you mention that, i've welded my shackle points onto the rear bumper. that's 1'' to 3/16''. did a tripple pass on that, and they are rock solid. i really don't need a welder for what i do that can burn half inch to half inch all day long.

and yeah, thicker steel is always easier. i've started to take pride in my ability to do the thin stuff now though. i can get a decent bead on steel thinner than the sheet steel on our truck bodies. built my old air filter box out of some crazy thin guaged sheet steel. that took soem serious focus hand control.

 

He get the hammer?

 

Ya I don't think it's permanent though.

 

2 weeks

 

bored out of his mind lol.

 

Your a frat guy right? If so does it consume your life? my roommate just picked for president he's so damn busy we rarely see him.

 

Not really. I'm in a business fraternity. Not nearly as much stupid going on

 

Sounds like one that may actual be useful

 

It has been so far. But as you can see from some of my posts, we still party hard

 

"What do you say Jackington, shall we escort the local bimbo to the latest box social"

"Sounds devlish Mark Anthony"