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Old 11-28-2017, 08:31 PM
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With shapes like the one you just welded, using TIG I would pre-heat, blow in a nice hot tack every inch or so, let it all cool then knock the tops off with a die-grinder then wheel the panel to near enough its final shape. Some of the tacks will crack as you go but they can be either fused back together or glued with a dod of filler. Once you have the shape nailed you can weld between the tacks, but be patient and let some heat out each time so as not to capture too much heat distortion in the finished job.

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