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Well I think welding aluminum cans works well cause its a really good grade of aluminum so it welds decent.Quote:
Originally Posted by Doug Krebs
Fricks grill is probably some sorta pot metal alum and I bet it does not weld for crap. It could be magnesium that stuff does not weld for crap.
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Originally Posted by fbronco86
seconded
I thought mag was like Ti just needed to be welded in an helium or argon enclosure. the that people say that about ti are usually the ones trying to weld it in an oxygen rich environment it is probably just another metal that needs to be fully enclosed in gas. but what the fawk do I know never welded mag.
I've welded Ti regularly and didn't see anything bad. It did leave all sorts of pretty colors, but was pretty easy to weld. Althought it was commercially pure and only welded a couple of 1" beads.Quote:
Originally Posted by tigweld
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Originally Posted by tigweld
never heard of anyone welding magnesium. i hear its kinda flammable so i guess it would definately need to be in an inert gas.
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Originally Posted by Doug Krebs
if you are doing small stuff you can just crank the gas flow up and be ok. it baths the weld area in gas and keeps the 02 out.
The grill on those, like Frick said is aluminum, however it is as I understand it annodized aluminum, that is why no matter how much you polish it, it never really shines, I am not sure what welding would do to the finish. I would lay a thicker strip of aluminum behind and weld it to that.
Or I would take 5 gallons of paint thinner, coat the entire truck and throw match......
I would weld the backside and leave a small but hardly noticiable gap in the frot
the heat is still going **** up the anodizing on the front. i say you take a piece of the grill you cut off and make a cover plate and put a pop rivet on either side
your grill is ****ed up on the pass side anyway. i wouldn't spend much time or money on it
I once used some JB weld and popsickle sticks and glued the grill of a 86 s-10 pickup back together.
Someone used the front of the truck for batting practice. Worked great.
yeah, when Dr. Price started talking about what gases to use to tig weld magnesium, I was like WTF? Good way to burn the shop down if you ask meQuote:
Originally Posted by agjohn02
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Originally Posted by CRaSHnBuRN
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Originally Posted by fbronco86
I was thinking something along the lines of this but maybe something more structurally sound then popsicle sticks...its eventually going to break when you hit the front on.
Hell no. That is one class I will not fall asleep in. She is one of those kinda profs you don't want to piss offQuote:
Originally Posted by BMFScout
no ****?
Don't miss her final, she'll tell you to eat a dick if you ask for a makeup. Then she'll add in, "I hope it doesn't effect your grade too much" Then you can reply, "Yeah, it's ONLY 20% of my grade and I had a "B" going in, thanks for that!"
She doesn't like ID majors, and the feeling was mutual.
Sorry Frick, back the the Big Nasty.
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Originally Posted by BMFScout
she doesnt like any majors with external genitalia.
I had a prof like that who, I suppose, wasn't close enough to being tenured. Enough guys raised question about it and she didn't come back the following year. Everyone got a bump up by one letter grade that semester as well.
Good riddance, *****.
damnit there will be several narrow broncos on 40s before i get back to working on mine... i hate you all
no just one
got the hood all cut up today, tomorrow will be spent behind a welding mask putting it back together.
all welded up, ran out of energy before i got it all grinded, so it still needs some work, also need to mess with my hood latch to get the hood to set on the fenders good. Also fixed the hood so i dont have to close it with my ass. Also got most of the dents out of the passengerside of the hood. :cheers:
nice!
very nice!
damnit
i like it
Looks awesome Frick!
looks better than mine
things to do before tcc
build anti wrap bar-hopefully this weekend
install new hydro assist ram-This weekend
install new seats
replace seals in t-case
adjust and grind hood from narrowing,along with doing something about the grill
install new safety harnesses
pic of seats
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Originally Posted by stx4wheeler
that flat expanded metal, not the tread plate kind, with a ferd emblem on it might not look too bad in there if the plastic stuff gets to be a pain
yeah the plactic crap in in the trash, the main part of the grille i was talking about was the outer shell that is in three pieces that we got into the tig discusion about.Quote:
Originally Posted by agjohn02
im thinking do like you said or else take some half inch or so pipe and make one out of that. We shall see.
i think someone mentioned this, but im sure that is some sort of pot metal and maybe chrome plated? it probably wont weld for crap. ive watched even very good welders tig pot metal after it had been thoroughly parts washed, boiled, and cleaned and it still just barely did ok. it wasnt near that thin either. id look at all other options before i tried that. two part epoxy and a backing plate of aluminum sheet might do well.
Are you going to do anything with your grill insert? If not I would probaly be able to take it off your hands.
yes i concur and have decided to go another way beside welding, prolyl just use the cut out pieces and epoxy, screw it all back together
new psc ram installed, i need to get some more air out of the system, and replace my rag joint though
messed with the grille some today and got it all back together. I also cut the front bumper to match, and grinded down the welds on the hood. Then got the hydro assist all bleed and put back together. i can feel some difference from the 1.5 ram to the 2 inch. the 2 inch isnt as responsive, but i expected that.
looks awesome frick
what did those seats come out of? They look familar. Also, how about a side shot, or one from above to see just how much it pulls in
the seats are out ofa dodge neon 2004 or later model, ill try to get a pick from above later today.
did you get them out of a local yard? I seem to remember nearly grabbing a set of similar seats
no they came from south texas, but im pretty sure dodge made some more seats just like that pair :gigem:
Looking snazzy frick. Nice work!