Hi Robert. I enjoy all your content. My question is why you would not just replace the front fenders with new A and D reproduction fenders from summit? They seam reasonably priced and the time savings would have been huge. I am in a similar situation and i havent decided witch way to go. Its eith patch panels on both or replace them. Thanks.
My reason for repairing them? It saved me a grand! I truly enjoy metal fabrication, and a lot of this was done in the cold of the Ohio winter. I think the cheapest fender for my car was over $450 before tax.
Dear Robert! You are progressing making the body panels, but honestly the welding needs to be improved. Don't ever let pores be left unsealed under body filler even if is glass fiber reinforced. Obviously you don't have the right settings on your MIG welder, since you can in the "sound of welding" hearing that its not right. The A-height of the weld also is too high due to the incorrect settings. This requires additional grinding also thinning the surrounding metal. On the last part of the video you seem to have got the factors more right, gap and penetration including the settings. My self is an educated engineer within process piping engineering but original have a craft certificate as a plater and a certified welder..... Kind regards Mr. Iversen from Norway (PS: frequent follower of your channel both in regards to shoes and now your Cutlass :-))
Thanks for the tips. It's definitely not easy. This new welder definitely welds very differently than my old flux cored welder. I find that the heat either seems to be too low, as you commented, or if I turn it up, the weld seems to splatter right out of the joint.
Another great video, thank you for sharing with us.
Thanks for watching!
Amazing work! I have a yard full of Oldsmobiles that need similar treatment…
Hi Robert. I enjoy all your content. My question is why you would not just replace the front fenders with new A and D reproduction fenders from summit? They seam reasonably priced and the time savings would have been huge. I am in a similar situation and i havent decided witch way to go. Its eith patch panels on both or replace them. Thanks.
My reason for repairing them? It saved me a grand! I truly enjoy metal fabrication, and a lot of this was done in the cold of the Ohio winter. I think the cheapest fender for my car was over $450 before tax.
Dear Robert! You are progressing making the body panels, but honestly the welding needs to be improved. Don't ever let pores be left unsealed under body filler even if is glass fiber reinforced. Obviously you don't have the right settings on your MIG welder, since you can in the "sound of welding" hearing that its not right. The A-height of the weld also is too high due to the incorrect settings. This requires additional grinding also thinning the surrounding metal. On the last part of the video you seem to have got the factors more right, gap and penetration including the settings. My self is an educated engineer within process piping engineering but original have a craft certificate as a plater and a certified welder..... Kind regards Mr. Iversen from Norway (PS: frequent follower of your channel both in regards to shoes and now your Cutlass :-))
Thanks for the tips. It's definitely not easy. This new welder definitely welds very differently than my old flux cored welder. I find that the heat either seems to be too low, as you commented, or if I turn it up, the weld seems to splatter right out of the joint.