Blessing in disguise , and am very happy with myself :)

[xpackken]

SO a big nightmare has turned out to be a blessing in disguise , i was meant to have my welding done this month on my mk1 capri by someone else. but work fooked me about with my pay, so i lost all hope and started thinking of getting rid of the car .

 

but then after a chat with a friend we decided to go halfs on a welder , AND boy am i glad i did !!!

 

 

 

 

I would Just like to say i know am still not perfect but i have never welded before and i probably done about 20minutes practice prior to this, so i know iv still got a way to go , but its seem welded, i only blew through once and i got decent penertration

 

 

HONEST OPINIONS PLEASE GUYS

 

 

 

 

 

I KNOW THE BOTTOM RIGHT LOOKS A MESS BUT I WAS DOING ABIT OF BRIDGING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[banarama]

thats very good for 1st attempt,keep going mate your do it/and save a lot of money

[Savvi]

Looks good mate well worth your while to keep at it.

[over_head_cam]

Sometimes what you think is a bad thing works out for the better. Nice work for a first go

[xpackken]

i dont know , why i have been so scared of weldin in the past , im glad i am not any more the best i did thou was buy a decent gas welder !!!!!

[youngpecker]

Practice makes perfect!,good effort.

[GT_lenny]

nothing wrong with them welds mate don't worry about making them pretty that'll come with practice for now it'll just take a bit more "dressing" with the grinder- and thats if your bothered its the strength of th weld that matters

[FredTransit]

I am impressed! Got a first attempt that looks good to me, and trust me. I have seen a lot of welding. A lot. I have multiple Mk2 transits!

[zetecmk2]

that looks good my mate can weld wood together!!!

i got my mig fired up last week after it sat in the garden for 5 yrs!! ps...i need gas!!!

[dave waudby]

thats very good

[deltamal]

Not bad mate! good penetration, the neatness comes with practice

[Grizzley Dell]

well played dude, good to see people having a go. i did my first bit of body repair last week and was pleased with the result. check it out.

 

 

thats after i cut the wing and repaired the sill, half of that piece of wing i cut was 2" thick filler. so i did this. not pretty but with a thin skim it will look ok. i hope, its gonna be a ratrod anyway.

 

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after the grinder and a slap of paint

 

 

it aint pretty but its all metal.

 

[xpackken]

thanks for the comments guys , i manged to get my A post on tonight , took a little measuring up but got it all sqaure in the end welds got better to

 

 

 

 

[xpackken]

heres the link to my project thread if anyones interested !!

 

 

 

http://www.oldskoolford.co.uk/phpBB2/vi ... p?t=118478

[Fiesta Steve]

See, told you it was easy

[xpackken]

yeah thanks steve , and thanks for replying to my pm