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Tig Welding Practice........ #700417 05/17/10 12:57 PM 05/17/10 12:57 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,874 Smyrna, South Carolina STEFF OP master
STEFF OP master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,874 Smyrna, South Carolina	I thought I would post some pics of a Ford 9" Housing I just finished. I've been helping a friend of mine do chassiswork for his company KB Race Cars, over the last 3 or so years & I've tig welded very sparingly, since I wasn't experienced enuff for customer's cars. So, with the some of the earned money from the last project we just finished in March, I bought a brand new Lincoln Precision Tig 225 & I LOVE it!! Now, I can practice all I want. Now back to the 9" Housing. It is for a street car I'm building for myself. I picked up a truck housing, back braced it, installed all of the ladder bar & panhard bar bracketry, fill plug & drain plug & some tubing gussets for some "cool" factor". I've never done any of this axle housing fab stuff before & I'm extrememly proud of how it came out. Here's some pics:

Re: Tig Welding Practice........ [Re: STEFF] #700418 05/17/10 01:05 PM 05/17/10 01:05 PM
Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 705 Michigan H Hemiroid super stock
Hemiroid super stock H Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 705 Michigan	Looks great! I'm shopping for a new welder as well. Looking at the Lincoln and a Syncowave 200-250. Good to hear you like the Lincoln.

Re: Tig Welding Practice........ [Re: Hemiroid] #700419 05/17/10 02:47 PM 05/17/10 02:47 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,066 Shelby Twp. Mi HardcoreB master
HardcoreB master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,066 Shelby Twp. Mi	Looks great! Nice fab work.

Re: Tig Welding Practice........ [Re: HardcoreB] #700420 05/17/10 02:52 PM 05/17/10 02:52 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 146 michigan tonycpe member
tonycpe member Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 146 michigan	Lookin real good! And for a street car , wow Old Fogey Racing Ltd.

Re: Tig Welding Practice........ [Re: tonycpe] #700421 05/17/10 03:06 PM 05/17/10 03:06 PM
Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 2,840 Flint, Michigan B1Fish540 master
B1Fish540 master Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 2,840 Flint, Michigan	Man,nice lookin beads, STEFF! really nice!

Re: Tig Welding Practice........ [Re: STEFF] #700422 05/17/10 03:09 PM 05/17/10 03:09 PM
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MR_P_BODY Master Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI	Looks good Steff... with some practice you will be able to keep the heat the same(the blue color line) nice job... what ya building now

Re: Tig Welding Practice........ [Re: STEFF] #700423 05/17/10 03:10 PM 05/17/10 03:10 PM
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 232 Lansing, MI M MuscleMike enthusiast
MuscleMike enthusiast M Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 232 Lansing, MI	Where does the pinion snubber go?

Re: Tig Welding Practice........ [Re: MuscleMike] #700424 05/17/10 03:28 PM 05/17/10 03:28 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,874 Smyrna, South Carolina STEFF OP master
STEFF OP master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,874 Smyrna, South Carolina	Quote: Where does the pinion snubber go? I just spit my beverage all over my work computor with that comment, Mike!! LOL!!

Re: Tig Welding Practice........ [Re: STEFF] #700425 05/18/10 02:14 AM 05/18/10 02:14 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,496 OK 7 70SWGR master
70SWGR master 7 Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,496 OK	Looks good Steff When the puddle starts dancing around just move the torch a little faster plus your filler wire can help control the puddle also.

Re: Tig Welding Practice........ [Re: 70SWGR] #700426 05/18/10 05:24 AM 05/18/10 05:24 AM
Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 998 Clinton Township, Michigan D Dartin super stock
Dartin super stock D Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 998 Clinton Township, Michigan	Nice job Steff!

Re: Tig Welding Practice........ [Re: Dartin] #700427 05/18/10 08:47 AM 05/18/10 08:47 AM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 2,792 IN Dartman928 master
Dartman928 master Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 2,792 IN	Looks great Steff

Re: Tig Welding Practice........ [Re: Dartman928] #700428 05/18/10 10:04 AM 05/18/10 10:04 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 19,375 Las Vegas Al_Alguire I Live Here
Al_Alguire I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 19,375 Las Vegas	Lookin good. I am trying to learn this very skill myself. My son already has the skills I am tryign to catch up. "I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know." "It's never wrong to do the right thing"

Re: Tig Welding Practice........ [Re: STEFF] #700429 05/18/10 11:25 AM 05/18/10 11:25 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,877 SE Nunya Bubba master
Bubba master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,877 SE Nunya	nice.

Re: Tig Welding Practice........ [Re: Al_Alguire] #700430 05/18/10 12:43 PM 05/18/10 12:43 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,875 communist bloc of new jersey J jamesc master
jamesc master J Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,875 communist bloc of new jersey	Quote: Lookin good. I am trying to learn this very skill myself. My son already has the skills I am tryign to catch up. no, no you've got it wrong Al. if he already has the skills what you're supposed to do is deliberately screw up everything you weld and point it out to him. that way he'll take care of all the welding leaving you free to do other things. Bill Cosby once spoke of this principal.

Re: Tig Welding Practice........ [Re: MR_P_BODY] #700431 05/18/10 01:13 PM 05/18/10 01:13 PM
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FastmOp master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,762 Hot Rod Ridge	Quote: Looks good Steff... with some practice you will be able to keep the heat the same(the blue color line) nice job... what ya building now I would bet it's more that he welded in smaller stretches so as to not warp or pull out of alighnment the two parts being welded. After your done there Steff come down here and finish my junk. Looks good man.

Re: Tig Welding Practice........ [Re: STEFF] #700432 05/18/10 03:35 PM 05/18/10 03:35 PM
Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 19,318 State of confusion T Thumperdart I Live Here
Thumperdart I Live Here T Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 19,318 State of confusion	Looks great I too was proud that I tubbed my dart,moved the springs in and did most of the welding myself although mine doesn`t look as good as yours but, it`s still holding up. 72 Dart 470 n/a BB stroker street car `THUMPER`...Check me out on FB Dominic Thumper for videos and lots of carb pics......760-900-3895.....

Re: Tig Welding Practice........ [Re: jamesc] #700433 05/18/10 10:04 PM 05/18/10 10:04 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 19,375 Las Vegas Al_Alguire I Live Here
Al_Alguire I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 19,375 Las Vegas	Quote: Quote: no, no you've got it wrong Al. if he already has the skills what you're supposed to do is deliberately screw up everything you weld and point it out to him. that way he'll take care of all the welding leaving you free to do other things. Bill Cosby once spoke of this principal. SHHHHHH...He lurks on here all the time "I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know." "It's never wrong to do the right thing"

Re: Tig Welding Practice........ [Re: Al_Alguire] #700434 05/19/10 08:21 PM 05/19/10 08:21 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,874 Smyrna, South Carolina STEFF OP master
STEFF OP master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,874 Smyrna, South Carolina	Thanx for the kind words Fella's!! I'll post a few pics of the Housing when it comes back from Powder Coat.

Re: Tig Welding Practice........ [Re: STEFF] #700435 05/19/10 08:23 PM 05/19/10 08:23 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,991 Anoka County, MN L Leigh master
Leigh master L Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,991 Anoka County, MN	Did you weld it on a jig? My Dana was crooked as a dog's hind leg after welding on it. I would check for sure, before powdercoat. By the way, looks good.

Re: Tig Welding Practice........ [Re: Leigh] #700436 05/19/10 09:17 PM 05/19/10 09:17 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,874 Smyrna, South Carolina STEFF OP master
STEFF OP master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,874 Smyrna, South Carolina	Quote: Did you weld it on a jig? My Dana was crooked as a dog's hind leg after welding on it. I would check for sure, before powdercoat. By the way, looks good. I built a fixture to pre-load the tubes when I welded the back brace on. It worked sweet!! No fixture for final welding the ladder bar brackets etc... I used the narrowing fixture (centerless ground shaft & mandrels) for welding on the housing ends. They're perfectly inline to the diff bore. Preload fixture for welding on back brace:

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