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Old 10-22-2018, 08:20 AM
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Default Uno spot.

I MIG welded mine last week one spot at a time. I would rather have made the panel in one piece and had 2 sides with stock welds.

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Tacking with the TIG, minimal HAZ but will need absolute tight joints...


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It’s how I would have done apart from would have probably tried to run the weld in one go after tacking but I think your approach might keep it in check a bit more

I did the whole weld in one pass...once. Kent is right on the money with his advice. The only thing I can add is to keep your hammer blows light. That panel will want to swell up like a balloon if you use shaping blows instead of planishing blows. A compound curved surface can swell up a bit without being noticed but not that near-dead-flat panel. Also, I've found that my slapping file is a terrific tool to gently raise low spots when doing these long-sided.

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I did the whole weld in one pass...once. Kent is right on the money with his advice. The only thing I can add is to keep your hammer blows light. That panel will want to swell up like a balloon if you use shaping blows instead of planishing blows. A compound curved surface can swell up a bit without being noticed but not that near-dead-flat panel. Also, I've found that my slapping file is a terrific tool to gently raise low spots when doing these long-sided.

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Old 10-22-2018, 05:57 PM
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I used TIG, and thanks!

Unfortunately sold a few years ago. I have another in the works.
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