93 7.3 IDI build
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4 kids. and 2 dogs.
i started building this when the woman was preggo, and i found out they were twins.
we take long journeys to grandmas house and i needed for everyone to be comfortable.
i coulda bought another car, hell i coulda bought 2 with the cash i put into this. but im a sucker for customs.
thanks, i try my best!
i started building this when the woman was preggo, and i found out they were twins.
we take long journeys to grandmas house and i needed for everyone to be comfortable.
i coulda bought another car, hell i coulda bought 2 with the cash i put into this. but im a sucker for customs.
thanks, i try my best!
#52
#53
i have very little experience with body work, this is all practice.
im a hard metal kinda guy, chassis is what i do most.
the biggest factor is experience, ive learned alot with this truck, while
trying to accomplish something clean.
alot of time, and alot of patience.
this is the gun im using
Devilbiss® Finishline? Flg 4 HVLP Finish Gun Kit with Air Adj Valve 3427 02 | eBay
and this is my mig
Lincoln Electric 230V Weld Pak 180 HD Wire Feed Welder | eBay
im a hard metal kinda guy, chassis is what i do most.
the biggest factor is experience, ive learned alot with this truck, while
trying to accomplish something clean.
alot of time, and alot of patience.
this is the gun im using
Devilbiss® Finishline? Flg 4 HVLP Finish Gun Kit with Air Adj Valve 3427 02 | eBay
and this is my mig
Lincoln Electric 230V Weld Pak 180 HD Wire Feed Welder | eBay
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#56
I'm still waiting to pull the trigger on a good mig. They do a fantastic job.
#57
#58
flux vs gas
Nothing like mig with argon shield for clean work and minimum temperature loss to the weld.
CO2 is cold and spatters.
Ends up being preference and work conditions that dictate.
Gas shielded mig for me, flux wire is hellish expensive here as well as slow
#60
Plenty of flux core used for structural_marine/industrial applications. Chipping is the same old pain as stick but wire is faster and strong.
Nothing like mig with argon shield for clean work and minimum temperature loss to the weld.
CO2 is cold and spatters.
Ends up being preference and work conditions that dictate.
Gas shielded mig for me, flux wire is hellish expensive here as well as slow
Nothing like mig with argon shield for clean work and minimum temperature loss to the weld.
CO2 is cold and spatters.
Ends up being preference and work conditions that dictate.
Gas shielded mig for me, flux wire is hellish expensive here as well as slow
they've all laid spitty junk welds .. not strong at all .. but they're small and portable so i sometimes would drag them out on an extension cord and zap a spot weld .. to hold something in place long enough to drag it over to the mig ..
but no .. i tried a few welds for strength .. and they all fail .. easily no strength to em' at all .. if i were filling a hole .. maybe .. but still .. no .. i would get on my miller .. don't weld with a gas-less flux wire welder if you or anyone's life depends on it ..
i wouldn't trust a flux welder to hold down a mailbox .. but .. to each their own ..
gave away the last one i had because it just collected dust ..
also you'r right about co2 & argon .. i can never remember what i have out there in the tank .. but i looked and it's 75%argon 25%co2 .. and it works for me ..
yea i knew a guy who had a hobart on a straight co2 bottle
lol .. he was always reeling out wire and when it ran it would spit like bacon sizzling ..
but i do digress .. i'm clogging up idioits nice build thread with ramblings ..
nice paint .. i'm really digging your build .. deffinetly one of my favorites ... i heart the 6 door .. looks so cool but i would keep it going and drop a bronco back end on there .. i do like the truck alot .. gonna be a beast ..