Pics of Family Cage for Keiths 79

[Depdog]

The dates are confirmed, its the first weekend of October, and I got the dates off of the SFWDA site. They do not have the regestration stuff on the site yet. Soon as its up I will post and let yall know.

The Family part is up to his wife, I think the young un would be up for it.

Jim, so far it is. Mine and His anyway.

LOL /forums/images/icons/grin.gif

Depdog

 

[Twiz]

Cage looks good. Do you like that bender? Where did you get it? (internet or local)

I have acouple of questions about welding.

I've been doing alot of high-heat, low wire feed speed - spot welding. Hit it, let it cool till the red glow goes dim, then hit it again.
I've been getting pretty good looking welds like that, they appear to penatrate (as-far as I can tell)and it keeps the metal from tweaking.
Is there anything wrong with welding like that? Any thoughts.

 

[tRustyK5]

That method is OK for thinner material. The main goal on thin stuff is to not burn through, so generally penetration isn't a worry.

Rene

 

[Twiz]

That was quick!

O.K., but how about tubeing? like for a bumper or a cage?
I started doing it like this mainly because it seams to worp less, and holds it's shape better.

 

[tRustyK5]

A continuous weld is stronger...and on 1/8" or thicker should be the preferred method. To control warpage try and weld a little here and there instead of concentrating one one area for too long. Weld distortion is tough to work against sometimes. Just remember that it will always cool and shrink...

Imagine a plain box tube bumper. If you took a torch to the underside and heated a spot until it was red and then moved along the underside of the bumper it's entire length slowly creating a long 'heat line' when it cooled the bumper would look like it had a big frown...the steel on the underside would have expanded when hot and then shrunk, fractionally smaller along it's length. Any weld will create the same stress. When you design something keep the welding in mind. You want to avoid having all the welding on one side of the material, especially structural tubing.

Rene