My hats off to the guys that do this stuff for a living...cuz it's not easy.

Here's me starting off with aluminum







by lunch time i laid these...



mild steel:





i need more practice i know, but here's was what i was able to accomplish by the end of the day....



sorry for the shitty pics, my camera was acting goofy.

critiquing is wanted...hints, tips, strategys welcome...remember, never done this before 8 am today so be gentle with the criticism lol

 

CLEAN YOUR MATERIAL.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by k24em2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">CLEAN YOUR MATERIAL.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Exactly what I was thinking

 

are you using CO2 for shielding?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ROTARY &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">are you using CO2 for shielding?</TD></TR></TABLE>

100% argon.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by k24em2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">CLEAN YOUR MATERIAL.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by tepid1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Exactly what I was thinking</TD></TR></TABLE>

thanks guys

 

i gotta build something today for one of our work trucks here in the shop, i'll post pics as i go.

 

Whatever it is, please tell me you cleaned the hell out of it. Your practice pieces were filthy.

 

man you really need to clean your material. those first ones are horrible. well hope it goes better.

 

Holy Moly..... buy a wire brush... and some acetone... that aluminum is gonna need it!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by honduh_head &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i gotta build something today for one of our work trucks here in the shop, i'll post pics as i go.</TD></TR></TABLE>

You can probably start selling manifolds as well.

 

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

You can probably start selling manifolds as well. </TD></TR></TABLE>

HA HA HA!!!

 

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

You can probably start selling manifolds as well. </TD></TR></TABLE>

haha no thanks

 

ps ended up having to mig everything today...we ran out of aluminum and thin wall tubing so said f*** it and went back to mig. i'll try to do something tomorrow.

 

finishing up this rail for the powder coater tomorrow... started on this truck rack today...

 

The aluminum looks anodized?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 89civicdx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The aluminum looks anodized?</TD></TR></TABLE>

whos knows it prolly was...it was just junk that i picked up out of our scrap pile.

 

I know some of these guys can make awesome beads on anodized but I spent like days trying to learn on anodized Home Depot aluminum and it would just spark, pop, burn up , roll up and all sorts of **** and then I was told to buy some 6061 and it was just a LOT easier to learn on clean non coated metal. It really stressed me out dude lol

 

ya im gonna go get some SS and more aluminum tomorrow so i can practice a little bit more before i start on this header for a crx i'm building.