Not a huge amount of progress this week. However I bought a snazzy welder and with some very patient advice from a friend I think it's now set up right. Its much nicer to use. Then I ran out of gas
Before I put the final bed corner in, the inner valance and surrounding panels need replacing. Talk about repairs over repairs. So I've made these and will fit them and the bed corner once my gas arrives. My 9L bottle isn't lasting very long.
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New welder eh? Let us all see it
Some progress, a bit of time to get used to my new welder.
I was correctly advised to spend more time practicing my welding.
I did a bit but my inexperience has the better of me. I could have spent the morning practicing, but I just had to get onto the caddy.
I've had to re-weld all of this work as i was using too much wire and too little power.
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Now I'm in chassis territory and I'm scared.
I'll spend a lot of time drinking coffee and scratching my chin.
good job jango! those welds look much better. take your time on the chassis, no need to rush!
I have been learning to TIG. Fuck it's boring, keep just going for the trusty MIG
Must take your inspiration and persevere![]()
Tig for the win,anybody can mig....
Errrrr.... almost everybody
I've roughly fitted the rails mounts and rear panel. It looks ok, it's parallel and square. The rear panel is floating as I need to buy more clamps to hold everything together. The 4 bed corners fit terribly. I did my best but they will look shocking once the bed gets offered up.
Here's the rough fit so far.
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looks pretty damn good jango! good job!
Nice jango, looking proper.