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Nicely done Marcus!
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Thanks Dennis and Richard.
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WOW! Very impressive stuff. I really like checking out your progress.
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Jani, I start with a air powered cutoff grinder with worn down discs from my 9" cutoff grinder.
I make sure none of the parent metal either side gets touched and stop just short of flush. Keeping the grinder at around 30-45* to the weld line seems to work best for me as I move along in the direction of the weld. At that point I already start planishing to get it all nice and flat so I don't lose metal thickness to less than the parent metal in the hammering or the next stage. The next stage is taking just the weld down to flush with a 5" flap disc. More correction made to have it all flat again and then finally hit it with a 7" sanding disc. Often after that a strip it disc just for texture. If your metal is not flat you wont end up with a nice finish in the end. Never grind down high spots that include the parent metal as will just thin the whole area.
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Finished the other side off so getting there. Have to make the pieces in between now. The curves outside the window frame are different to the ones on the inside. Two pieces make up the bottom and four pieces for the top. One of the stake dollies I made fits quite well so will use this to form the outer window curve. Just marked where I wanted the curve to start and used a lead working bat to quickly form the bend. Leaves no hammer marks and less than 2 minutes work. I picked this one up last year in England at an old hardware store that was closing down. Quick fold at the top and tacked into place. Will trim the excess later at the top once the inside flange is attached. Tig welded into place. Inside window flange taking shape. Bottom flange just needs to be trimmed off to length. My wife bought me this old Australian made spot welder as a gift. Thinks I will get plenty of use out of it when I build her a custom car next! Thing weigh a ton but works really well. Came from a business that was closing down making stretched funeral cars! Feels like cheating as does it so quick and easy. No timer so have to keep a close eye on it as will burn holes right through both layers otherwise!
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Hey Marcus, in that one picture of the back of the cab you can see the Jeep grille hanging on the wall perfectly positioned. It looks like a bed light like the newer trucks have. What do you think?
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Might have to make something like that for there.
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