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LJ851

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#121

07-27-2011, 10:49 AM

This is a little different than most of what has been posted previously. It is a cuff / bracelet i made for my girl a few years ago. It is a little scratched up cause she wears it a lot and is prob due for some 1200 grit and another polish. I made it out of a sheet of Titanium and a hammer.

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Keith M

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#122

07-27-2011, 06:28 PM
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Keith M

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#123

07-27-2011, 06:28 PM
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browntown

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#124

10-01-2011, 08:43 PM

So there's a fella over on garage journal that pulls these kinds of welds off with a continuous MIG process. Looks like TIG, but this guy clearly has his technique down:
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5Toes

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#125

10-01-2011, 08:48 PM

Nutty
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SimplyDope

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#126

10-02-2011, 02:47 PM

Holy shit.
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Keith M

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#127

10-02-2011, 03:37 PM

How not to do it. From a 1940 Alfa
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Kershaw

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#128

10-02-2011, 04:24 PM

are you sure that's not jb weld?

AWD > RWD
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dball4

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#129

10-02-2011, 08:16 PM

Best thread ever.

1989 M3
2008 135i 6sp
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Keith M

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#130

10-02-2011, 08:34 PM

Originally posted by Kershaw

are you sure that's not jb weld?

Lol. The 1936 Lancia we are restoring has welds that look about the same. Ferrari's from the 50's and 60's are no better.
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browntown

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#131

10-02-2011, 08:42 PM

It was probably all stick welded with some ancient arc machine. Probably dumped borax on it for flux. I'd be interested in the x-ray. I bet it's strong, albeit ugly.

They didn't have nearly the welding machinery then. I'm not even sure MIG existed much before the 50's, even if it did it wasn't widespread.
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Keith M

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#132

10-02-2011, 09:38 PM

It was all arc welded. The British manufactures and Mercedes did beautiful welding, it's just the Italians that have the blobs and spatter everywhere. When you restore it you have to leave it as. I can almost duplicate what they did if I turn the gas off on my tig. Almost. Lol
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boosted_E30

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#133

10-02-2011, 09:48 PM

I made my downpipe with a MIG :o
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mrsleeve

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#134

10-03-2011, 08:40 AM

Originally posted by browntown

It was probably all stick welded with some ancient arc machine. Probably dumped borax on it for flux. I'd be interested in the x-ray. I bet it's strong, albeit ugly.

They didn't have nearly the welding machinery then. I'm not even sure MIG existed much before the 50's, even if it did it wasn't widespread.

this, all though they were prolly not just dumping the flux on it, they did have decent rod coating technology that far back. I have looked at lots of welds made in the 50-60 and good welders then make just as good if not better welds than today with better tech. All though today we are using much harder and way more tensile strength steels, so they are having to use x70+ rod in a lot of cases, and sometimes Low H2.

As far as the X-ray it will either be really strong and ugly, or you will wonder how the fuck its still holding??? With old shit that looks like that, there is very little middle ground its one or the other lol

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FredK

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#135

10-03-2011, 06:48 PM

Originally posted by browntown

So there's a fella over on garage journal that pulls these kinds of welds off with a continuous MIG process. Looks like TIG, but this guy clearly has his technique down:

Ah, ZTFab on Weldingweb. I can't believe that's not TIG... there's no spatter!
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