The past 2 months has been finishing a project I started some 18 months ago, painting the outside of house. The walls had been painted back when I had 5 weeks off last year due to lack of work, it was the dry season and so I got most of it done, with just the windows where left to do. Then work picked up and I didn't want to spend the weekends doing windows, so I left them for a few months. 12 months later it was time to finish them off before moving on to the car.
The past months have not been all about painting windows, over the past 9 months I've completed night classes in welding at the local TAFE, completing basic courses in MMAW and GMAW. With the purchase of a MIG welded with intentions of welding and stiffening the car body myself, I've been practise welding light gauge sheeting while the windows where drying, preparing and getting the confidence to start on the car.
Yesterday the welding started on the car, though the best place to start would be the boot area, that way by the time I get this area done, the welds might be visually acceptable to the hard core welders when I do the engine and cabin area.
After 3 hours of crawling around getting the right angle to weld, spacing out the HAZ's to minimise any distortion, the boot was half done. Most of the welds where just acceptable, bit of grinding will be required on most, by the end of the day I had the correct settings on the MIG and the welds where flowing with good penetration.
I will be aiming to get at lest half a day a weekend to weld up the car and get it ready for the roll cage.
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