Help needed from fellow Club members

[Timmy]

ok just been on the phone to my mech mate and he says he can't weld my bay untill end of the month....
after Trax and with some club events coming up i calling on all you out there to lead a hand and get my bay welded.
i'll pay petrol cost and any grub needed will be all on me i want my car on the road, pm me if you can help
Thanx all Timmy

[Kinky Monza]

Shame you're not based up here, i know a guy that'd probably do it!

[Timmy]

up ??

[Welsh Dan]

Kinky is from Nottingham way.

[Adam]

Hmm, so your located in Heathrow then?
I have a mig welder, but im a bit far from you.

Bump does too, but he's across cornwall way iirc

[burgo]

lol ill add me name to the list of having a welder and being to far away aswell

[Philsutton]

and me too lol

[craig green]

Bump (the welder man) is in Bristol now IIRC. Damn sight closer than Cornwall.

failing that Tim, hire a MIG & practice before trying yourself. Not a lot to loose tbh. If its a shambles, dont continue.

[edit] any mobile welders near you in the Yellow pages?

[Stuart]

Tim, I can lend you a MIG welder if thats any help...

[Timmy]

that maybe a big help stuart, how hard can it be lol. i know loas of people who would teach me local. ill pm you soon i dont think a mig will fit ib a kia thingy lol

[Stuart]

Ill be passing your way early on saturday morning (and on the way back sat afternoon) if you want me to throw it at you lol.

its not a massive mig and takes those small bottles but you could "borrow" them from work ;)"

[Timmy]

ok im still strugging to get my car sorted
just rang my welding mate says the car can't be done untill last next month now, the mig i borrow dons't seam to have the kick. its just "popping" on me not" buzzying " big thanx stuart for the loran of though. if anyone could shed some light on this would be a big help

[Stuart]

have you scraped all the seam sealant out of the joints then hammered them back down (and of course got all the paint off). Try turning the wire speed up too.

[Timmy]

i was trying on some scrap metal which i clean up first with the angle grinder, will the wire speed help with penatrashion the metal dont seam to be getting hot or the weld being deep or contstant

[Timmy]

will some pics of the resulting mess help ?

[Adam]

What welder is it?
What Amp?

Practice on some flat sheet first.

[Welsh Dan]

Did you clean up the earth point aswell?

[Stuart]

its a sealy mighty mig 150....try it on max power (both switches down)

[Adam]

That should manage it easily.

What gas and wire?

And yeah, put some pics up of the attempts.

[philly]

get some pics up.

wire speed obviously sets the speed of the wire, too slow and it wont be that affect as by the time you have built up your pool it will have cooled down.

too fast and it will look like spaghetti!

[Timmy]

firsty i tryed on this look see just bubble and makes a mess
am i being a dumbass?
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i196/Timmyj49gtr/DSC00014.jpg
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i196/Timmyj49gtr/DSC00015.jpg
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i196/Timmyj49gtr/DSC00013.jpg

[Stuart]

what was the wire speed?

[Adam]

Looks like no penetration in those pics(the weld is just sitting on top of the metal)

Ideally you need to practice on something the same thickness as you want to weld on the car, to get the amps and wire speed set right.

[Timmy]

1 or 2 wire speed

[Timmy]

ok big thanx to stuart !!! i could kiss youlol:thumb: look whatr i did
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i196/Timmyj49gtr/DSC00014-1.jpg

[Lee]

Oh my god, its Pete Docherty's arm!

[Dan 130]

^^^^^^^^^ lol its an uncanny comparison

[NovaLad]

lol lol

[philly]

a good improvment/ jus get some scrap and keep practicing. when i was learning i kept writing my name to practice straights curves and joins.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f260/plip_plop/other%20pictures/DSC00315.jpg


do a search on google for mig welding help. there is a good site with some really useful technical infor and also shows you how to do diff welds and the movements you should be making.

[bump]

Come join (http://www.mig-welding.co.uk) us.
Loads of vid tutorials and a good back up with the forum. Both myself and Ad are on there.

[Adam]

Aye, the migwelding forum is a great site. Loads of very experienced welders on there, and people selling spares etc too :)