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cheers mate It's getting there slowly.
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looking good mate, your getting there fast
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What thickeness of flatbar did you use to connect the bumper mounts to the rotissery jpayne?
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10mm mate much wider and you may struggle to get it into the slots in the front panel.
The rear 'straps' are a bit bendy so forming a 'T' shape might be worthwhile.
But it only flexed when we moved it across uneven ground at the blasters...denting the rear panel near the tail light apertures.
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Cheers mate, thought it would be something like that
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More social time wasting and a day spent on the house meant not much progress this weekend. And really just welding already made stuff in. Parcel shelf spotted in and no discernible distortion yet, have turret top blanks to do yet  Got Link box braces welded in  and B pillar gussets welded in   Not a good day with the welder, just couldn't get it right and of course the welds are very visible...Damn it...and hot weld balls kept finding my left elbow  It may never end! JP
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We all have bad days with a welder, and i`m a boilermaker. You just cant get a good bead no matter what you do.
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Yep that was my day for sure.
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Looks great, thanks for all the pics, enjoying watching it come together and it'd be a great reference for anyone doing the same..... I may sound like a sadist but I kinda miss all those welding burns now that my bodywork is done and I'm on to fit out, lol.....
Keep up the good work Drew..............
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Somehow I get weld balls fall inside the arm protection sleeve I wear and because the lowest point is my elbow, and the sleeve doesn't let weld through I can be finished welding and 30 seconds later, when I move feel the burn again!. I think I got 10 balls in the exact same spot. and burning elbow stinks.
No problems on the photos, hope they are of use and motivation for some.
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Your not a real welder until you have white spots all over your arms from welding spatter burns lol
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Great work going on with the car, keep it up..
ur not a real welder until you have white spots all over your arms from welding spatter burns lol
I second that comment lol...I've been a welder/fabricator for GMH , my left arm and skull is full of craters from mig splatter !.
Put sunscreen on and wear a short sleeve shirt ...this will stop or reduce ur elbow from burning. I hate the sparks landing between my trigger fingers...very annoying!
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Well after a hard earned break of house stuff end of year bull-dust and just generally being sick of it I made my way to the shed and had a play. I have been dreading the rear watts tower but it ended up being pretty straight forward and the boot floor, despite being much more pitted than the rear floor didn't fall apart when I looked at it with the grinder.  crap photo I know but boot side    JP
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Love the way you`ve done your support beam, a lot neater than most i`ve seen
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