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I've never tried to weld a beer can, but I might try it one of these days.

maybe I'll stop by with a 6 pack!!!!

How do you know when to back off on the heat? Puddle gets to wide or starts to drop away?

I noticed that when I had it cranked up higher.... 70amps my weld dropped down into the tubing which would make it look real bad after cleaning up the welds and the undesirable weld inside which would restrict the exhaust flow. The joints would be very noticeable. So I dropped back to 62 (welding 16 ga or .0625) and much improved. I was trying to fill a couple wide joints with 3/32" filler rod which felt like it was too big as a filler rod so I'll be getting some smaller rod.

I still have a lot of practicing to do. This exhaust tubing is real picky. I want just enough weld left on top so I can easily clean it up with my roloc scotchbrite pads so the headers will look good for a trip to Jet Hot (or somewhere ?). At the same time I want good penetration without alot of build up inside.

David

so you see that the thumb rule works!!!!!!!!!!on the thin stuff i set the amps for full pedal travel and then back pedal(let up on pedal just like driving and getting wheel spin)--the pulse feature on the thin stuff works real good as a timer---I think one of those music clicker things would work good also--kind of keeps my coordination--i don't weld as much any more and you can tell more practice / play time would help---I like 1/16 rod for most stuff but do use a lot of 3/32 for balancing crankshafts as it weighs 30 gr per 3 foot or almost 1 gr/inch----just bend the rod where i want to stop and weld away until get to the bend--

I never wear gloves----watercooled torch and bare handed easier to feed rod--

You'll have to make it a six pack of pop for me. Last time I had a couple beers I thought I was gonna' die. (acid reflux in my old age)

My son Jeff has been on vacation the last couple weeks workin' on his Camaro. He took the stock fuel pump out & installed an external ( much bigger) pump, a couple ''mega micron'' filters & all new fuel lines & fittings. The fuel pressure gauge doesn't bounce around anymore, it's got a nice clean supply of fuel for the nitrous now.
Hey Jerry, you'll appreciate this, I actually "finally" talked him into droppin' my Rossler 210 in there for a few laps. He's been stuck on keepin' that 6 spd. until now. I told him since I won't be using it anytime soon, he should try it just to see how it compares to the 6spd. I'm bettin' he'll be hooked the first time he lets go of the trans brake button.

for racing I'm sure he'll like it--

I'm coming down that way to get some cheaper gas friday nite and do a little carpentry work at Dee's------

you guys gas is about $.40 cheaper than up here

$3.94 last I checked, but it may change before the sun comes up.

$3.98 here hasn't hit 4 yet but can't get much closer

Originally Posted by pro70z28

My son Jeff has been on vacation the last couple weeks workin' on his Camaro. He took the stock fuel pump out & installed an external ( much bigger) pump, a couple ''mega micron'' filters & all new fuel lines & fittings. The fuel pressure gauge doesn't bounce around anymore, it's got a nice clean supply of fuel for the nitrous now.
Hey Jerry, you'll appreciate this, I actually "finally" talked him into droppin' my Rossler 210 in there for a few laps. He's been stuck on keepin' that 6 spd. until now. I told him since I won't be using it anytime soon, he should try it just to see how it compares to the 6spd. I'm bettin' he'll be hooked the first time he lets go of the trans brake button.

That's deplorable!!!! Trying to make your own son become "shiftless"..........

I still think you should just buy him a 5 speed Lenco!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

That's deplorable!!!! Trying to make your own son become "shiftless"..........

I still think you should just buy him a 5 speed Lenco!!!!!!!

He's on his own if he buys a lenco.

I just want to use his car as a test bed for the Rossler. I've had it for 2-3 years now, I should really find out if it works.

I had a truck lined up to lift the shear onto the truck, but I know those guys are busy this time of year & I hated to bug them about my little project. So, tonight I got this bright idea to build brackets for the floor jacks that would pick the shear up, but would not get in the way when I rolled the truck under it.

I used some scrap stuff, nothin' pretty, but it worked. The bottom angle iron that slides under the shear between the feet has a lip that wraps around to the inside of the shear. When I jack it up it locks onto the shear, simple but effective.







Slipped it in place, drilled the mounting holes & bolted it in place.


Even the shears pedal linkage clears. Once the swivel wheels get straightened out it rolls surprisingly easy for 3,000 lbs.





Table fits. Needs an aluminum top & there's a little more to get the fence finished.

That really turned out nice Pro!!!! Sure does make that monstrosity a whole lot more usable when you don't have to wait to get 6 big dudes to come by the shop to help you move it out so it can be used!!!!!!

It did turn out very nice. I couldn't picture it being under the shear so, as always, the pics tell the story. That's great how you made the cutout for the linkage.

Very nice setup, and clever.