Restoration BY a Beginner - Datsun Z Rebuild Episode 17
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Watch me unf$@k myself out of trouble I created in the first place. How NOT to patch panels, part 2 I guess.
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Great job. Overcoming adversity like this is the best teacher. Hard problems and pouring lots of thought into solving them is also good brain exercise. If you ever get angry, you could always wear one of your face coverings to the grocery store and just enjoy the reactions you get.
Watching a pro video, everything goes right and you don't learn what can go wrong.
Watching a beginner, you see it all and get the drama that goes with it.
Another great video.
glad I can be the doofus in your life =)
Love it! I know that dejected feeling! Always come back to the challenge. Thanks for the work and posting the videos.
Nice tip and example of straightening a warped panel. Pros might make it look easy but you demonstrated enthusiastic (patient) amateurs can do it
I’m glad to see you are still progressing and making videos! Looking good buddy! 👍🏻
Great content and I enjoy your videos. Couple of comments from another D.I.Y guy that still learning....
1. If you run out of Gas while doing MIG welding, your welds will be weak and porous...
2. if you heat the metal too much, it will actually make it "Weak" but you will get the shape... best way I found to do this is to put a piece of metal (Like you did) but use a C Clamp an another flat piece of metal on the other side and use the "Clamping force" to bend the metal instead of heating it up.
3. Keep going... your videos are awesome....
By the way I am currently working on same exact thing on my 1982 280ZX.... and I do have same OCD like you so I know how you "Feel".....
A little hack I learned from a custom hot rod fabricator on dollies and hammers. He told me to get the harbor freight ones since I was just starting out. He said they really aren't bad but it's the hard edges so we just took a die grinder with a sanding pad on it and put a radius on the hard edges of the hammers and I've been straightening a lot of metal on my Z with them. Good job on the straight bar heating metal job. We had recently converted a 66 GMC truck from a small window to a back window and realized we had warped it, we did the same thing with a long straight bar so you are right on par man. Btw i'm in learning stages like you but my experience comes from working as a cameraman filming for various custom hot rod channels, people who were on television or have worked in the industry with the likes of Chip Foose etc. You're killing it man, just keep doing your thing it's really the only way to learn.
Oh man, now I feel really self-conscious about my film making. Any tips for me?
Yup, the regular hammer actually worked fairly well, although a set of dollies might really help later. Thanks for the suggestion!
@@RestorationForBeginners no tips here man. Just keep doing what your doing. I know filming yourself is a pain at times just spending the time to set up shots and what not especially when your trying to take on the task of doing things you've never done. I don't have any content on my own channel because of that and I realize why other shops hire me because they rather have someone dedicated to filming rather than doing it themselves. You're doing good man, just keep up the progress. I dig it.
Hell yeah brother ! Keep up the good work (and singing)
Always!
Great work and love the mournful piano - it's a nice touch. Good skills come from experience, which in turn comes from fixing mistakes, which is how all of us start.
Great videos man! Just started restorating my dads Datsun 240z. It has been stored in our garage in 25years, so its a big project. Thanks for all the good videos. Keep it up!
Nice work. Making mistakes is how we learn so it was probably a good thing. Now you know how to fix warping. Valuable skill :)
Thanks man, it was a lot more scary than it ended up being difficult. Always anxious when learning new things.
Looks good Min! I've found that keeping the faith in a project like this is just as hard, if not harder, than the work itself. You're doing a great job at both!! Keep it up.
Thanks Mike! I'm a turtle in this rabbit race of RUclipsrs =)
nice info ill make sure to be on guard for warping in future endeavors=)
Going slow is fast, for sure. I got a bit too eager and impatient and paid the price.
Warp now, you bastard!!!!!! Awesome!
Keep up the good work!👍
Thanks, will do!
With the amount of money you spent on clamps you could have bought a nicely restored Z! lol ......but what would be the fun in that , keep up the good work! 👍
Never give up, never give in. Looking good. Gotta say glad to see something going back on!
Haha oh man, I thought I was doing good. That didn't last long. Will keep at it though.
looks like you are taking a step back now and then, but is normal, everyone goofs up sometime. Nice recovery on that panel straightening. Folks that cant handle messing something up will never try something new, stuff happens, but not throwing in the towel is the right thing to do. Really liked the spot weld hole fixes, that was impressive, and your welding is clearly getting better. That makes me want to try welding as well.
You definitely should. Ive been taking on different welding projects in my spare time so I'm getting decent at it, but its much harder to weld really thin sheet metal. Knowing what settings to use and adjusting them based on what you see is the tough part.
Instead of fiberglass filler just us Alvin Lab Metal. I would always spray it on with a spray gun before any body work was applied. No messy clean up afterwords..fills in those areas with metal flakes.
Zinkspray works really well in hollow places it protects against rust very well and you can weld through it without it catching fire
I've learned to use copperweld spray, works much better than this copper paste.
@@RestorationForBeginners copperweld also contains zink. Im not really a fan of copper myself because it doesnt dry up like zink does
@@RestorationForBeginners but yeah. You can also use that if you like :)
Hell yeah. Another save by the meticulous tech. Keep on trecking brother. Way better looking than that rust plate the car had before. Nice
Thanks Huy!
Nice job bro👌👌
That voice 😍 haha
Bravo! :D
Best way to learn is to f**k up! learn from those mistakes, improve and keep trekking on the path to proficient then keep going till you reach master!
"Try warping now, you bastard!" made my day XD
Haha yeah, it's actually quite awesome that most of the viewers seem to understand and appreciate that fact. I'm quite good at some things, not so good at others. We all have new things to learn.
@@RestorationForBeginners I've been told that if you're not learning something new each day, you're not living.
Still holds true even to this day for me and I'm sure for everyone else in their own way :D
one of the great things about fabrication , you use your imagination
Hey man, I just saw the last video and wanted to reach out. I am in the process of resto mixing my 1975 280z and believe me I’m up in Mass and my car has cancerous rust everywhere. Your car isn’t that bad.
If you like please reach out to me I’ll provide you with a phone number to contact me. I have done the same tried all kinds of different tools and products, if your interested just hit me back and I’ll be more than happy to provide you with what ever information you need to help you move your project along, your off to a great start.
I like your content, keep it up.
Thanks
Keep up the good work I love the vids just wondering are you putting the original sub frame back in or are doing a s13 sub frame swap....etc
Do you know where you got the little copper clamp? I've been rewatching your welding videos and it seems like a handy tool to have around.
How's the 240Z coming along?