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[jay]

how thick is that shit?

my beads? not that much thicker than birdshits welds

but if my pipes were better beveled they would be the same exact size as birdshits welds

if your asking about the material? im welding scd10


anyone have any experience with what thickness material to use for rust repairing hondas?

[jay]

20 gauge?

http://www.jcwhitney.com/quarter-panel/honda-civic/c1037d894j1s21.jcwx

[jay]

damn this guy has 24 gauge sheets for cheap..

think i can use 24 gauge for honda rot repair?

http://detroit.craigslist.org/wyn/mat/1728312980.html

[dvst8r]

24 will work, but is a little thin, and will be easy to dent / re rust. 20 is a better choice.

[jay]

24 will work, but is a little thin, and will be easy to dent / re rust. 20 is a better choice.

fuck. my. life.

i knew it was too good to be true lol

[jay]

i guess it should work fine for just small repairs like rusted rear quarter panels and shit right?

bleh

[Conceptz-X]

yea but your just buying time is all

[bigwig]

You realize a TIG welder is the wrong kind of welder for body work, right?  It should be spot or mig welded.  TIG welding you're just going to burn holes.

[turbob16hatch]

You realize a TIG welder is the wrong kind of welder for body work, right?  It should be spot or mig welded.  TIG welding you're just going to burn holes.

Not true. Yeah mig is whats used by most. But i have never burned holes when i tig weld thin sheet. I reworked a set of gay ass z3 fenders and never had a problem.

[CSaddict]

Agreed, there is a local guy here that does custom widebody work for older Porsche junks and he uses a TIG. He works magic.

[PhilStubbs]

I have done some body work with my tig and never had any problems. I usually use my mig though. It's a lot easier and quicker

[dvst8r]

... It's a lot ... quicker

This is always the reason for mig.

[PhilStubbs]

+1. I pretty much always use my mig. The tig probably gets 5% of my welding time, if that.

[snm95ls]

You realize a TIG welder is the wrong kind of welder for body work, right?  It should be spot or mig welded.  TIG welding you're just going to burn holes.

And what gave you this idea?

I strongly disagree.

[jay]

buk welding FAIL

haven't touched the welder in a while. been too busy with daily bullshit mexiniggers be trying to jack my ride yo

fags have been driving in front of my house/back alley and i caught a kid standing on our back fence last night peering over i was like WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANT BITCH

then today had the weirdest fucking potential buyer.. kid was asking if i would take payments for the car cause he needed it for his mom then he asked about my del sol over and over and over again i told em it wasn't for sale

what the fuck

[t_cel_t]

hes coming to steal it

[jay]

hes coming to steal it

got some masterlock action on the steering column so they cant steal it out my backyard but oh well

i left the fucker unlocked and packed the cf top into the trunk again

[t_cel_t]

you got your ak locked and loaded, right?

[PhilStubbs]

You need a big mean dog chained up in your back yard

[jay]

Local shop only has 18 gauge

But it should be fine right?

[turbob16hatch]

Local shop only has 18 gauge

But it should be fine right?

It will work but you will have lots of fun welding that with your currant experience.

[jay]

Local shop only has 18 gauge

But it should be fine right?

It will work but you will have lots of fun welding that with your currant experience.

should i wait till i find 20 gauge or just grab the 18 gauge?

4x8 sheet is 40 bucks

and they say they have a scrap pile so i can get more material to practice on for cheap

better than the jews who wanted 60 a sheet and were selling me scrap pieces that no one else would have fucking bought by the pound priced the same as regular fucking stock

[Joseph Davis]

Local shop only has 18 gauge

But it should be fine right?

It will work but you will have lots of fun welding that with your currant experience.

should i wait

Yes, Matt is telling you to get more practice before you weld on thin sheet that is attached to your car and supposed to be either cosmetic, structural, or functional.   Practice with some shit on some other shit, see if you can catch on before you work on your car.

[jay]

Local shop only has 18 gauge

But it should be fine right?

It will work but you will have lots of fun welding that with your currant experience.

should i wait

Yes, Matt is telling you to get more practice before you weld on thin sheet that is attached to your car and supposed to be either cosmetic, structural, or functional.   Practice with some shit on some other shit, see if you can catch on before you work on your car.

dearest mr davis.

i can practice on the metal im buying.

thank you.

[turbob16hatch]

Local shop only has 18 gauge

But it should be fine right?

It will work but you will have lots of fun welding that with your currant experience.

should i wait

Yes, Matt is telling you to get more practice before you weld on thin sheet that is attached to your car and supposed to be either cosmetic, structural, or functional.   Practice with some shit on some other shit, see if you can catch on before you work on your car.

^^^This

Also 20 gauge is VERY thin. I still struggle welding that thin stuff and have it come out decent looking. You have to weld it way low on amps probably in the 20-30 amp range (passenger would know better then i would here).

It's NOT for the novice who has yet to master doing a bevel properly yet alone welding something that doesn't look like dog shit. You don't have nearly the proper setup to begin to weld that stuff. If i were to tell you proper sheilding gas is important on sch10 SS then on 20g anything it's about 20 times more important.

[HiProfile]

1/2 thinner sheet isn't twice as easy to burn holes in. It's 20 times easier. It's inversely, expotentially proportional to the 8th power.


Buk you need to stop counting your chickens I.E.D.'s before they hatch detonate.

[t_cel_t]

you got to be super fast on the filler application with that thin stuff. i was just welding a catch can made from one of those stainless water bottles and it was really hard as that shit is like tin foil, that and my welder only goes down to 30 amps.

[jay]

so 16 gauge 2.5 or 3" for charge pipiping is good?

http://www.mandrel-bends.com/catalog/mandrel-bends-34/mild-steel-16-gauge-35/3-00-mild-steel-4-00-radius-16-gauge-180-deg-mandrel-bend-608.html

http://www.mandrel-bends.com/catalog/mandrel-bends-34/304-stainless-steel-16-gauge-53/3-00-stainless-steel-6-00-radius-180-degree-mandrel-bend-553.html


idk

[PhilStubbs]

Don't go bigger than 2.5" till you are planning more power than stock sleeves can handle

[Joseph Davis]

Go 3" around the 300whp mark.




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