what kind of tool was used to sand this flange?



or what do you use?

 

Im kinda wondering why you have the R/TErnie email and everything in your Sig, Unless your them..

And im also kinda wondering why someone thats been fabricating and tuning for 5 years, and dosnt know how to sand down a flange ( if That is you)

 

Looks like it was just laid down on a bench belt sander.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by standbackimapro &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Im kinda wondering why you have the R/TErnie email and everything in your Sig, Unless your them..

And im also kinda wondering why someone thats been fabricating and tuning for 5 years, and dosnt know how to sand down a flange ( if That is you) </TD></TR></TABLE>

And I'm kinda wondering why you're such an *******.

Typically just a belt sander is used. This was a notcher/sander we used to have and the top part of it covered under the yellow cover was the part that you'd sand surfaces flat with.

 

didnt that thing almost kill you

 

Im kinda wondering why you have the R/TErnie email and everything in your Sig, Unless your them..
And im also kinda wondering why someone thats been fabricating and tuning for 5 years, and dosnt know how to sand down a flange ( if That is you)


This is a very valid statement.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CSaddict &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Im kinda wondering why you have the R/TErnie email and everything in your Sig, Unless your them..
And im also kinda wondering why someone thats been fabricating and tuning for 5 years, and dosnt know how to sand down a flange ( if That is you)
This is a very valid statement.</TD></TR></TABLE>
maybe he's not their fabricator

 

Ok, seriously who gives a expletive if he's been fabing for 5 years, maybe he was just curious what sander they were using. Oh I forgot its not ok to ask questions here anymore, and he has been fabbing for 5 years so he knows everything. Thats how you learn you ask questions so quite ruining this thread if you dont have anything nice to say then dont bother posting.

 

yeah Ive been fabbing for 5 years and I don't do this...never have. I bolt my turbine inlet to a turbine housing before I weld it. I also bolt my wasteagtes to my gate flanges, and cylinder heads to head flanges.... therefor I have no warpage issues. I was curious what other people used to sand their flanges since its a fairly common practice here on HT.,..and the only sanders I've seen are extremely expensive (3 phase ~ 1000 bucks) IMO i'd rather not spend that much money and was curious as to what other people used besides the pretty expensive ones.

And btw the ***** who are questioning my fabrication ability... Post up some pics of your fab.



















now what exactly were you saying about YOUR fabrication skills?

 

eric is a hell of a fabricator, i just cant stand him cause hes a mopar *******

 

Sweet chrome spray paint!

 

All our fixtures are made of 1/2"-3/4" plate so we usually dont get much of any warpage. If you run into problems try using a slight sheetmetal shim in the center of the flange to a prebow in it so when it does pull it'll pull itself to flat, it's worked very well for us.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by PSI2HI &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> try using a slight sheetmetal shim in the center of the flange to a prebow in it so when it does pull it'll pull itself to flat, it's worked very well for us.</TD></TR></TABLE>

zing! excellent idea. I could just cut one of my gaskets up and use it :D thanks

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by .RTErnie &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yeah Ive been fabbing for 5 years and I don't do this...never have. I bolt my turbine inlet to a turbine housing before I weld it. I also bolt my wasteagtes to my gate flanges, and cylinder heads to head flanges.... therefor I have no warpage issues. I was curious what other people used to sand their flanges since its a fairly common practice here on HT.,..and the only sanders I've seen are extremely expensive (3 phase ~ 1000 bucks) IMO i'd rather not spend that much money and was curious as to what other people used besides the pretty expensive ones.

And btw the ***** who are questioning my fabrication ability... Post up some pics of your fab.



















now what exactly were you saying about YOUR fabrication skills? </TD></TR></TABLE>
damn that manifold looks crazy

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by .RTErnie &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yeah Ive been fabbing for 5 years and I don't do this...never have. I bolt my turbine inlet to a turbine housing before I weld it. I also bolt my wasteagtes to my gate flanges, and cylinder heads to head flanges.... therefor I have no warpage issues. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah, that's a step in the right direction, but they still warp and should be resurfaced.

 

Tony's right
I don't care if you bolt them to a 5" thick plate they will still need to be resurfaced after welding.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by KFMRC &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> Tony's right
I don't care if you bolt them to a 5" thick plate they will still need to be resurfaced after welding. </TD></TR></TABLE>

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by tony1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Yeah, that's a step in the right direction, but they still warp and should be resurfaced. </TD></TR></TABLE>

x3........... i bolt my stuff to 1" thick steel plate and they still warp......... i just take them to the machine shop where i have all my stuff done and have them throw it on the belt sander.

 

Eric! Just weld that **** up and give it to me. I'll machine it at work for you. I'll give you unlimited sanding if you give me a free manifold

 

I've always used a 12" disc sander. I don't know how any shop could get away without having one, I use it all the time to flatten tubing, flanges, etc...

 

im trying to comprehend what you guys are saying here.

after you weld a manifold together you then grind down the surface of the flange that bolts up to whatever so that it sits flat against the thing its bolted to, and this is done because even if its bolted down to a jig thats made of 4 million inch thick metal it still warps and therefore wont seal properly if you just bolt it up after welding.

is that about right?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by .RTErnie &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">



















now what exactly were you saying about YOUR fabrication skills? </TD></TR></TABLE>

you truly are the king of kings

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Mr.E.G. &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">im trying to comprehend what you guys are saying here.

after you weld a manifold together you then grind down the surface of the flange that bolts up to whatever so that it sits flat against the thing its bolted to, and this is done because even if its bolted down to a jig thats made of 4 million inch thick metal it still warps and therefore wont seal properly if you just bolt it up after welding.

is that about right?</TD></TR></TABLE>

yes thats right

 

If you tack weld the out side first then weld out inside of a flange first that should eliminate most/ all the of warpage.