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I been doing some fixing on the way the bedsides are mounted but don't have pics, sorry. ~ 3 hours and some scrap metal.
Removed the bracing from another hood which also removed ~ 20 lbs. ~ 3 hours
I also needed to cover the top of the cage as per the rule book so I decided to use a hood that was dented. The dents were in an area that would end up being cut off so I saved a few bucks and will, hopefully, have a more stylish roof than a plain piece of metal would have provided. I removed all the bracing and the outside 1/4" from both sides and the back. I then placed the hood on the top of the cage and traced the outline and cut the hood down. After doing this I trimmed the front down to match the curve of the diameter of the bar.
I trimmed so that I would have minimal hammering before tacking;
I tacked every 3", hammered down the metal, then tacked again between those then ran ~ 3/4" welds starting in the middle of the tacks and ending on a tack.
Finished one side;
Here is where I'm at right now and plan on filling in the little holes with weld. Those holes are left from me not getting the weld to catch all of the sheet metal while running the weld puddle along the tube;
I'm sure that I'll be doing a lot better by the time I'm finished welding. I'm using my Lincoln weldpac 100 with .030 fluxcore. I started out with the lowest heat setting [d] but upped it up one [c]and moved the speed a little bit faster [from 1.5 to 1.75] and seem to be getting better results.
Richard
Removed the bracing from another hood which also removed ~ 20 lbs. ~ 3 hours
I also needed to cover the top of the cage as per the rule book so I decided to use a hood that was dented. The dents were in an area that would end up being cut off so I saved a few bucks and will, hopefully, have a more stylish roof than a plain piece of metal would have provided. I removed all the bracing and the outside 1/4" from both sides and the back. I then placed the hood on the top of the cage and traced the outline and cut the hood down. After doing this I trimmed the front down to match the curve of the diameter of the bar.
I trimmed so that I would have minimal hammering before tacking;
I tacked every 3", hammered down the metal, then tacked again between those then ran ~ 3/4" welds starting in the middle of the tacks and ending on a tack.
Finished one side;
Here is where I'm at right now and plan on filling in the little holes with weld. Those holes are left from me not getting the weld to catch all of the sheet metal while running the weld puddle along the tube;
I'm sure that I'll be doing a lot better by the time I'm finished welding. I'm using my Lincoln weldpac 100 with .030 fluxcore. I started out with the lowest heat setting [d] but upped it up one [c]and moved the speed a little bit faster [from 1.5 to 1.75] and seem to be getting better results.
Richard