Good result from hard work :-) Thanks for showing so much detail. My body tub repair is coming up for this winter so I am soaking up as much experience as possible!
I am a novice and I am learning but I want to share that it can be done bit sometimes it will fight you. Hope it helps and reach out if you have questions Mark
Great job JP! You are making good decisions. Once you realize a problem you made the right decision to cut out the bad rather than struggle trying to weld up the hole. easier in the long run and better result. Keep at it, Frank
Nicely done JP... Came out looking pretty good! IMO, you can dial back the current on your welder a little on the fresh metal-fresh metal butt welds, and a even more on the fresh metal-thin metal sections. You definitely don't have penetration problems there and lots of your heartburn comes from blowing through and then needing to repair. For a piece like this you could always touch up from the back side if the penetration isn't there. With a bead on the front side it also won't be so thin. Wouldn't work on a panel you absolutely don't want to warp, but here... meh...
@@pucman1 how about the wire speed, is that infinitely adjustable? If so, you could bump up the wire speed and try for shorter pulls on the trigger (I know that is hard to do). One possibility is to also go with smaller mig wire... 0.024"... not every wire feed can handle that smoothly but it also helps with the thin stuff
@@pucman1 one other thing to practice is when you have fresh metal butted to thin, to start the pool on the new metal and let it creep on to the thin. It takes good eye sight (I use cheaters on my welding helmet because I don't see well at that distance) to line everything up, but this way the thicker metal takes up the majority of the heat. Keep practicing and you'll be proficient in no time. Obviously even when things go a little sideways it is possible to fix it and make it look good, but you'll become much more efficient when you can avoid the sideways...
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Good result from hard work :-) Thanks for showing so much detail. My body tub repair is coming up for this winter so I am soaking up as much experience as possible!
I am a novice and I am learning but I want to share that it can be done bit sometimes it will fight you. Hope it helps and reach out if you have questions Mark
Great job JP! You are making good decisions. Once you realize a problem you made the right decision to cut out the bad rather than struggle trying to weld up the hole. easier in the long run and better result. Keep at it, Frank
Thx Frank
Good call on the new patch, definitely looks good!
I’ll keep on going, one day the list will be shorter
Really good JP....you are tallented!
Thx cuz …..one day
Nicely done JP... Came out looking pretty good! IMO, you can dial back the current on your welder a little on the fresh metal-fresh metal butt welds, and a even more on the fresh metal-thin metal sections. You definitely don't have penetration problems there and lots of your heartburn comes from blowing through and then needing to repair. For a piece like this you could always touch up from the back side if the penetration isn't there. With a bead on the front side it also won't be so thin. Wouldn't work on a panel you absolutely don't want to warp, but here... meh...
Thanks I really wish it had a potentiometer on the heat setting but it is 5 presets, really need to be in between 2 numbers….. getting better
@@pucman1 how about the wire speed, is that infinitely adjustable? If so, you could bump up the wire speed and try for shorter pulls on the trigger (I know that is hard to do). One possibility is to also go with smaller mig wire... 0.024"... not every wire feed can handle that smoothly but it also helps with the thin stuff
@@mikeg5877 I am using 024 maybe I’ll practice some by dialing up the speed and kicking back the heat …. Thx for the tips
@@pucman1 one other thing to practice is when you have fresh metal butted to thin, to start the pool on the new metal and let it creep on to the thin. It takes good eye sight (I use cheaters on my welding helmet because I don't see well at that distance) to line everything up, but this way the thicker metal takes up the majority of the heat. Keep practicing and you'll be proficient in no time. Obviously even when things go a little sideways it is possible to fix it and make it look good, but you'll become much more efficient when you can avoid the sideways...
Looking good 👍
Not to shabby for a rookie! Thx 🙏
Been there done that, a half dozen times... good on ya!
Thx I still have a ways to go
Yay! Looks good!
One of these days I’ll catch up to you 3