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Old 03-11-2010, 12:37 PM   #2791
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Center console for my s14...







After laying out the flat pattern in Inventor, I sent it over to be flow cut. This bent rendering isn't right as I didn't have my car in front of me to calculate the bends. Since my sheet metal rollers can't handle 0.125" 5052, I formed it with a mallet, some clamps and few pieces of tube.






Little bit of TIG welding for the EDFC bracket.

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Old 03-11-2010, 01:39 PM   #2792
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wanna make another one?? without cutouts??? I would definitely be interested in picking one up............
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Old 03-11-2010, 02:00 PM   #2793
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YEAH i would definately pay some money for that in my S13 to get that done without cut outs!!
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Old 03-11-2010, 09:52 PM   #2794
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Old 03-12-2010, 09:30 PM   #2795
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Center console for my s14...


That's pretty tight dude.
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Old 03-12-2010, 10:27 PM   #2796
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new ball joints, energy bushings, and the obvious reinforcement, it's been a while sine I welded, but overall I'm happy with how it turned out for my first time hole flaring.

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Old 03-13-2010, 10:43 PM   #2797
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Fabbed up a hot dog cooker today on my buddies truck.

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Old 03-13-2010, 10:52 PM   #2798
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Old 03-14-2010, 12:05 AM   #2799
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good custom fab work by everyone. tell me what dimpled holes do for structure compared to flat plat. does this increase strength or just for looks. looks sick
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Old 03-14-2010, 01:36 AM   #2801
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They increase strength while reducing weight...
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yeah each piece added weights only few onces after they were cross drilled and dimpled. all bolt points are left accessible, the ball joints can still even be replaced if needed in the future as well.
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Old 03-15-2010, 12:19 AM   #2803
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what gauge metal are u guys using for ur gussets for cage?
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Old 03-15-2010, 08:53 AM   #2804
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new ball joints, energy bushings, and the obvious reinforcement, it's been a while sine I welded, but overall I'm happy with how it turned out for my first time hole flaring.
You know I was talking about do this just the other day. Nice!
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What type of welder are you using?, also what size wire? and what type of gas?

-looks good, might try some SS welding if my welder can handle it..
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Old 03-16-2010, 09:50 PM   #2807
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i just picked up a miller syncrowave 180 a few weeks ago, and just got around to trying it out for the first few times this week. so far, i like tig sooo much more compared to using flux core in my lincoln 140 mig!

here's one i just did today. its 1.75x.120 dom. the fitment on the notched piece wasnt the best and i could have cleaned the metal up quite a bit more. i'm using a red band tungsten, 3/32 filler, at about 90 amps. let me know what you think, and what i could do better!

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Old 03-16-2010, 10:02 PM   #2808
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Dato are those the stock tension rod brackets? Looks good... I'm interested in doing something similar.


^somebody make me a front brace like this. I don't think UR makes them anymore.
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Built some front control arms for the Hankook Camaro today, and a jig. We are converting to A arm style front suspension.

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i just picked up a miller syncrowave 180 a few weeks ago, and just got around to trying it out for the first few times this week. so far, i like tig sooo much more compared to using flux core in my lincoln 140 mig!

here's one i just did today. its 1.75x.120 dom. the fitment on the notched piece wasnt the best and i could have cleaned the metal up quite a bit more. i'm using a red band tungsten, 3/32 filler, at about 90 amps. let me know what you think, and what i could do better!
basic rule of thumb on steel is around 1 amp per .001" to get proper penetration. looking good for starting w/ tig!
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Old 03-17-2010, 05:01 PM   #2811
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this is a roll cage i fabricated for a customer recently, its a full 10 point cage made specifically with irish racing in mind,
for Prodrift/Time Attack/ITCC/Road sprints/Hill climbs etc. it exceeds FIA/MSA regulations as its made from avaition grade CDS and is Mig welded.


















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nice work are u planning to put an X on the door bars?
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thanks.

na not on this one, that all the customer needed to pass minimum regs for the motorsport he was competing in.
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Old 03-20-2010, 07:20 AM   #2814
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Again you have raced the bar on fitting a cage. We require a 360* weld, so it is hard to get the tubing that close to the roof line.
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i just picked up a miller syncrowave 180 a few weeks ago, and just got around to trying it out for the first few times this week. so far, i like tig sooo much more compared to using flux core in my lincoln 140 mig!

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looking good mike, keep practicing
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Dato are those the stock tension rod brackets? Looks good... I'm interested in doing something similar.
yes stock ones I just used a 14 gauge plate for the sides and some round tubing, 10 bucks in materials
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all of this custom fab stuff is blowing my mind, i need to get my ass in gear with my car. what is a decent welder for beginners?
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I bought my welder from home depot a Lincoln hd3200 for me it's good cant complain. I weld all type of stuff.. But if u got cash and want to weld thick material get a tig welder
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I bought my welder from home depot a Lincoln hd3200 for me it's good cant complain. I weld all type of stuff.. But if u got cash and want to weld thick material get a tig welder
The problem is that you'll need 220V power for any decent TIG. The 110V Lincoln/Miller/Hobarts are great for car stuff, since we rarely need to weld anything as thick as 1/8" and can work with steel. Get whatever you can afford and have power for.
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U think the 110 mig welders could penetrate the material to weld a standard roll cage? Never tried it. Maybe pre heat the metal and weld??
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