Cab Cornors pt 2

[hotrodpc]

Originally Posted by silverhairdeere

after 6 days of rain or dampness the went right to the already acking bones , got out today , here are the pictures , just a few more pin holes to fill , then about 1/16 of filler , the picture is a bleeding finger wrapped in paper towel wrapped in tape cure . so far it's turned out better than last year , due to using smaller wire and co2 gas . commits and suggestions welcome .

shd

You have some things in common w my dad. He does not believe in bandaids. He uses, napkin, paper towel or tp and then duct tape. He swears he invented the water proof bandaid first and got ripped off without any of the proceeds. Been using it like that for as long as I can remember.

[silverhairdeere]

Originally Posted by Crm Zendragon

What is the deal with the hole in the wood?

it's not a hole , more of a beveled out place . i use it to help reform the metal , you must go slow with a small hammer , it's raining here today , i might go out to the garage today and take pictures of my home made body tools .

shd

[silverhairdeere]

Originally Posted by hot rod pc

Great Work SHD. This is the first of me seeing this thread. I really wish I would learn to weld. Of all the things I know, all the mechanical things I do. Welding be one that I wanted to learn the worst, and I have not done it. If someone was to work with me for about a day on the stuff, I'd probably have all the confidence in the world to do and then take off like man with some cRAzY ideas. What's even funnier I have 2 welders, 1 of them I have had for 15 years and I bet I have not got but maybe 2 hours of use of it. I did stick weld a trailer tongue onto a trailer I shortened. Look out everyone, a guy sitting here admitting he can not weld, did weld a tongue on a 2 ton trailer. No, it was not pretty at all. But it has held obviously. Sold that trailer years ago. I hope to never be the vehicle behind it if it ever comes loose. I have an old Lincoln Electric 220 V Stick welder that is like brand new, and I bought one of those cheap $149 mig wire feed welders from HF. i am wanting to say I paid under $80 for it, since it was on sale and I used a 20% off coupon. I did unbox it and load the wire though. I welded a screw to a V8 head, just to see if it works. It worked.

all my skills are more or less self taught althow i did take body/shop in high school 41 years ago where welding was a buzz box and gas .

shd

[crabtruck]

Originally Posted by silverhairdeere

all my skills are more or less self taught
althow i did take body/shop in high school 41 years ago
where welding was a buzz box and gas

2009 - 41 puts it kinda close to the 60s.
Are you sure it was body/shop class ?

[silverhairdeere]

Originally Posted by crabtruck

2009 - 41 puts it kinda close to the 60s.
Are you sure it was body/shop class ?

as i remember (?) i took shop class in 1968 and then in that summer i took 1 quarter of body shop at the vocational school . i think .

shd

[silverhairdeere]

didn't rain today yet , 2nd glazing coat , 2nd guide coat , i think only one more should do it . here are my body tools , the two copper pipe pieces are for mild welding small pin holes , i have many wooden blocks that i use for dolleys . as always commits and suggestions welcome .if you blow the pictures up they look better.


shd

[Crmzendrgone]

Looks good so far I am impressed with your work. I know TRUCKS! and all those guy shows make it look easy but I guess if you put your mind to it anyone can do anything.

[silverhairdeere]

here it is done till spring , then i'am going to try painting the truck with a foam roller .
as always commits and sugestions welcome .

shd

[crabtruck]

Looks good !
End my ignorance tho, what is "x" brace under truck ?

[silverhairdeere]

Originally Posted by crabtruck

Looks good !
End my ignorance tho, what is "x" brace under truck ?

that's my hydraulic scissor lift , it goes up to about 56" , it's also just wide enough to put the garden tractor on to work on , with my broken right arm and bad knees , i can't get down low enough to do any thing , i've already fell a couple of times and had to roll over to it and the wife had to use it to lift me back up , getting old is a ***** .

shd