2001 Frame up build
01-08-2008, 08:22 PM
#201
Haven't had that happen... but I did have a fitting blow off. Thankfully I was wearing a face sheild at the time cause it probally would have put a big gash in face if I wasn't.. It was some one else grinder and the fitting on both the hose and the tool were old and worn out. Needles to say we had all new fittings in are stall after that... if they leak or stick I chuckem in the trash. There less then $5 a peice and that is cheaper then going to the hospital. They usually dont break that often .
01-09-2008, 06:04 PM
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awesome! I read back through the thread and you said on one of your welds you stressed the joints and inspected and repaired any cracks. A) how did you stress the joints and B) did you red dye teh welds to find the cracks? Did you do any stress relief to the frame after you did all that welding? If not that's pretty awesome that the frame didn't move too much, I guess they have enough of the stifness designed in to keep it from moving.
01-09-2008, 08:07 PM
#206
awesome! I read back through the thread and you said on one of your welds you stressed the joints and inspected and repaired any cracks. A) how did you stress the joints and B) did you red dye teh welds to find the cracks? Did you do any stress relief to the frame after you did all that welding? If not that's pretty awesome that the frame didn't move too much, I guess they have enough of the stifness designed in to keep it from moving.
So I guess no to the red dye thing... and I'm not sure what you mean stress relief? Next time I do this I plan to have a frame table... and I want to build more of it instead of changing something that was already designed and built. But this will do for now on my first frame up.
I'm happy it didn't move much too, means less I have to worry about~!
01-09-2008, 08:24 PM
#207
Great work!!! Congrats on the frame being staight, that amount of heat on can warp things pretty good.
As long as you prepped the edges properly you should not have any problems. What I mean about prep is grinding the edges to 45* so the connecting pieces look like a
___/\___
then butt the two pieces together, wipe down with acetone, then fill the valley with weld. That is how I was taught when I worked at a body shop when we did frame repairs....
building stuff like that is fun isn't it!!!
As long as you prepped the edges properly you should not have any problems. What I mean about prep is grinding the edges to 45* so the connecting pieces look like a
___/\___
then butt the two pieces together, wipe down with acetone, then fill the valley with weld. That is how I was taught when I worked at a body shop when we did frame repairs....
building stuff like that is fun isn't it!!!
01-09-2008, 10:53 PM
#208
Great work!!! Congrats on the frame being staight, that amount of heat on can warp things pretty good.
As long as you prepped the edges properly you should not have any problems. What I mean about prep is grinding the edges to 45* so the connecting pieces look like a
___/\___
then butt the two pieces together, wipe down with acetone, then fill the valley with weld. That is how I was taught when I worked at a body shop when we did frame repairs....
building stuff like that is fun isn't it!!!
As long as you prepped the edges properly you should not have any problems. What I mean about prep is grinding the edges to 45* so the connecting pieces look like a
___/\___
then butt the two pieces together, wipe down with acetone, then fill the valley with weld. That is how I was taught when I worked at a body shop when we did frame repairs....
building stuff like that is fun isn't it!!!
It is fun, but I'm ready to get to the more detailed stuff of the build
