Awesome work mate! Looking at it my biggest regret with my car is not doing the full space frame.
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Awesome work mate! Looking at it my biggest regret with my car is not doing the full space frame.
Hats off to you pal! Cracking project. Loads of pics to back up the work too.
once them welds are dressed back with an air grinder theyll look pukka.
Great work , just finished reading from the start.
Thanks and yeah, I'm really glad I went the full hog now.Quote:
Originally Posted by bazzap8389
Thanks :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Pistol Pete
That must of taken you a while! Its certainly changed direction a few times too! lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Alan lig
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Originally Posted by Mike
Now when you say dress back, I assume you mean smooth them off? Which welds are you referring to in particular or do you mean all?
Just to clarify this isn't a defensive reply, I'm genuinely interested to hear your thoughts!
Looking good! Serious amount of work gone into this so far!
Yea just all in general, not saying your welding looks shiz thats not what I mean at all! But if it were me, I dress them so once painted its basically looks like a seamless join, almost as if they were pressed panels as opposed to fabricated if that makes sense?Quote:
Originally Posted by The Simps
love these kind of builds. altho they do make me fell like a boy in a mans world while i struggle with a little welding you have all this going on!
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Originally Posted by krobinson
Totally get what you're saying. I will probably have a combination of finished and smoothed and some parts the welds exposed, as long as they're neat! lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Mike
When I started this I could barely weld. I took on the project to learn new skills by chucking myself in the deep end. I built 90% of the frame by just tacking the tubing together. I then had a friend came in to weld it all up. That was summer time. Following a little training from him that day, I practised and my confidence has grown and I've been doing the rest myself and will most likely finish it too, unless I decide to get some bits tig'd. Patience and practice my friend.Quote:
Originally Posted by turbojolt
The thing to remember too is that this is also a hobby built so it will never be on par with a proper motorsport shop's build, such as Project Blinky as an example.
A friend of mine and his dad built a tubular framed trike his welds were really neat i tried telling him that it looked nice with the welds untouched but they went to the extent of sanding them off and smoothed with filler it looks really nice as though the frame was all one piece if you know what I mean?
But that thing was defiantly a show piece. IMO your weldings plenty neat enough to be left alone. Especially as this is built to be used not shown! By time it's been hi build primed and painted they'll look plenty nice enough.
The frame will all be powder coated before going back inside the shell so filler is out the question anyways.
I wouldn't fill them. Grind/sand them back a bit as you've got neat welds there.
If powder coating them, that will kinda smooth/fill in the welds anyway.
Your work is impressive! Can I come and touch it?
I assume you mean the car? right? :wtf:Quote:
Originally Posted by maddogdaz666
So over the past few weeks I've been putting in hours where I can working from front to back welding up all the joins. I also tidied up underneath the turret tops front and back and welded the joins where necessary. Didn't take any pics of the fronts for some reason so will next time I'm up there. For now the rears...
Welded all the joins and stitch the large plate (its seam welded on top)...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...BB53268C25.jpg
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That complete the car was flipped back over. I had left the rear turrets like so previously...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...68E4E30B38.jpg
So I ground back the welds the went over every join with tidy (for me!) welds with an aim to be neat and finish them like the fronts...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...BDE207300A.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...403E96D96A.jpg
Just trying to decide how to finish off where the surround plate meets the tube work. Think I might grind it back, see how it looks, but most likely lay down some finishing welds like on the turret plates. The aim being that the other panels that will need welding into the car will all be finished the same way.
Thanks for reading, its getting there slowly! :)
Great work mate.Just out of interest..apologies if you did say but how were you fishmouthing the joins? Id be interested to see if there was an easier method than my current offer up draw and grind out with flap disc
Like you say Andy, use a template, draw from the template, cut what I can away with the cutting disc then finish up with the flappy. I did find tho that with the flappy, rather than attacking it head on, if you grind away for a bit at 45deg then go back to 90deg it take it away quicker - if that makes sense?
Perfect sense mate aye.pretty much what i do but i use flappy from the start as i do a bit at a time til its right.
Thanks for your reply.Car is fantastic bud.Im currently building a rollcage for my grasser and fuly appreciate the work gone in yours!!!
Profiling tubes is a ball ache thats for sure, but once you've done a few you kinda get the feel for it and it becomes more intuitive.
Good luck with your build and I imagine your cage will be a little less weighty than mine! lol
Cheers mate.
Yeah im using 32mm 2.5mm wall tube.But then i wont be going as fast as you lol
Weldporn!
Thanks Benn, I got quite a bit of satisfaction standing back looking at it after :)
I'm now contemplating grinding back the continuous welds where the plate meets the tube and dress it with the pulse style welding I used on the turrets. Will do the same on the front prob too. I appreciate its a waste etc but when I come to do the other plating work it will only be 1.6mm thick and i will pulse weld all that, so it keeps it uniform!
Totally understandable. All the welds looking uniform will look fantastic as i'm guessing they wont be ground off.
Glad you did stay back and be happy. You bloody should be.
Once done, that body will be stronger than any production hyper / Super car. Stiff.
An incredible project and some very good craftsmanship.
Dave.
Yeah, I think thats a good thing?! If I crash I think its more likely to just crumple my spine before the chassis does! lolQuote:
Originally Posted by BRoadGhost
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Thanks Dave. The welding pleases me the most. I really couldn't weld at all when I started this project, now I kinda can.
Welding looks good to me. Really must teach myself to weld. Spent too many years around people that can weld so always left it to someone else and regret it now.
Dave.
It'll be fine; the car will just bonce off things instead ;0
Sick! :cool:
Wow, just wow!
It looks fantastic, it needs a Perspex shell making so you can see all the goodness :wisewood:
Now that is what im talking about!!!
That looks awesome.
Fukkin well done!
Dude that is amazing!
epic awesome work
It would be a shame to cover that with a nova lol
Epic work :)
Make the shell removable... Like the M3 or Hilux... You'd be a frigging god if you did.