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ConcreteAce · **Posted:** Sun Apr 20, 2008 1:35 am

dka65 wrote:

ConcreteAce wrote:

It punches the holes as well as flanges for drop ins.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/D ... umber=1110

guess I will be picking up one of those up and if anyone needs it they can borrow it.

you gotta love harbor freight cheap cheap. great for throw away tools :hillbilly:

ConcreteAce · **Posted:** Sun Apr 20, 2008 1:36 am

slammerd wrote:

dka65 wrote:

towards the front of the sunroof there are some decent sized holes rusted through the sunroof, I guess I can give it a try, see if my neighbor know how to do that hammering technique while using torches to get a really smooth weld, if not maybe a bunch of people can get together just to have some practice time with it.

did you puddle weld your pans or did you stitch weld them.

I plug welded them in. I will do it a little differnetly with the car that I am working on now, in that I will do the plug welds, but then I am also going to run a continous weld along the tunnel.

do you really think that is worth the time? they wernt from the factory just plugged welded

slammerd · **Posted:** Sun Apr 20, 2008 1:38 am

ConcreteAce wrote:

dka65 wrote:

ConcreteAce wrote:

It punches the holes as well as flanges for drop ins.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/D ... umber=1110

guess I will be picking up one of those up and if anyone needs it they can borrow it.

you gotta love harbor freight cheap cheap. great for throw away tools :hillbilly:

Heck ya to that. I wouldnt trust my life to them, but if I needed a special one time tool, then that is the place to go. :hillbilly:

dka65 · **Posted:** Sun Apr 20, 2008 1:38 am

ConcreteAce wrote:

dka65 wrote:

ConcreteAce wrote:

puddled welded them hand drilled every hole :thumbs:

that roof sounds like it can be fixed

if the roof can be fixed then that make me a happy, as far as your puddle weld, did you start on one side like slammerd or in the center working out.

i always start at the middle and work out. but ive done it the other way.

I will tell you that i am way better at ARC welding than Mig. I weld on my Concrete tools all the time but most of that is 1/4 inch steel my 110 wont weld to that it doesnt get hot enough maybe with a tank it would.

I have a lincoln weldpack (not sure on the size) it's a 110 not 220 and it claims that with flux core you can weld up to 1/4 inch, I would like to get my hands on an arc that could dip to 70 or below so I could hook up the Eastwood spotweld gun, no drilling, punching, or any of that shit, just a nice spot weld (or so I am told) what are you welding concrete tool for

slammerd · **Posted:** Sun Apr 20, 2008 1:39 am

ConcreteAce wrote:

slammerd wrote:

dka65 wrote:

towards the front of the sunroof there are some decent sized holes rusted through the sunroof, I guess I can give it a try, see if my neighbor know how to do that hammering technique while using torches to get a really smooth weld, if not maybe a bunch of people can get together just to have some practice time with it.

did you puddle weld your pans or did you stitch weld them.

I plug welded them in. I will do it a little differnetly with the car that I am working on now, in that I will do the plug welds, but then I am also going to run a continous weld along the tunnel.

do you really think that is worth the time? they wernt from the factory just plugged welded

No I dont think it is worth the time, but I am doing something different with the pan that is a secret now, so it is a little ins. on my end

ConcreteAce · **Posted:** Sun Apr 20, 2008 1:39 am

dka65 wrote:

ok, 10 more and we be set. when you puddled starting in the center how much did you work up in the center before moving toward the outside,

not much i always look for it to get red and then i move fast. course then i tap it with a hammer and i almost always break some lose cuz thjey didnt penetrate

dka65 · **Posted:** Sun Apr 20, 2008 1:41 am

slammerd wrote:

ConcreteAce wrote:

dka65 wrote:

ConcreteAce wrote:

It punches the holes as well as flanges for drop ins.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/D ... umber=1110

guess I will be picking up one of those up and if anyone needs it they can borrow it.

you gotta love harbor freight cheap cheap. great for throw away tools :hillbilly:

Heck ya to that. I wouldnt trust my life to them, but if I needed a special one time tool, then that is the place to go. :hillbilly:

this tool is good for more then one project (maybe two and a half) and if some of the members could get some use out of it before it quit, broke, or whatever then it was definitely worth the price.

slammerd · **Posted:** Sun Apr 20, 2008 1:41 am

Do either of you guys have a problem with typing a reply and then you get logged out. I have written the same dang message like 3 times now. I have to copy and save everyone of my posts in fear of it not going to post. :furious:

ConcreteAce · **Posted:** Sun Apr 20, 2008 1:43 am

slammerd wrote:

Do either of you guys have a problem with typing a reply and then you get logged out. I have written the same dang message like 3 times now. I have to copy and save everyone of my posts in fear of it not going to post. :furious:

that has never happened to me didnt mk make both of you moderators maybe its a setting you have it on

dka65 · **Posted:** Sun Apr 20, 2008 1:43 am

slammerd wrote:

Do either of you guys have a problem with typing a reply and then you get logged out. I have written the same dang message like 3 times now. I have to copy and save everyone of my posts in fear of it not going to post. :furious:

nope, been good on my side,

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