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[grahama]

Getting good at this fabrication and patching my man !! the welds look great ground down, very nice.

Graham

[Minidarren83]

update 2 of this week

so started today with making up one of the two needed patches to the storage bin it was a small piece with two folds on the outside edges once made it was tacked in place



and then fully welded in the penetration was a little dissapointing today it is strong but will need filling to make flush



then it was on to the last part of the bin this one was going to be a pain as it needed a curve putting back in



so i started with a piece of steel



then clamped on my angle iron



and knocked the edge over about half way doing a little at a time



then the lip was trimmed down until the part fitted and then it was tacked in place





and then fully welded making sure i had good penatration was imprtant for this one as i wanted it right the first time and not have to add bits on the underside when grinding



then using a mix of flap disc and 1mm cutting disc on the grinder and air cut off tool it was very carfully ground flush and i was left with this





only one of the welds on top needed flatting off so the inner sill could sit flat on it



after that it was time to trail fit my herritage floor half it was such a nice fit i used a bolt throught the old seat mounting hole and through the new and clamps alont the step edge it was then marked and cut throught both floors to ensure a perfect fit





and here it is all clamped up ready for welding i just need to make up five or so more intergrip things







that should be done tomorrow but i need to prep the floor first filling in all the drain holes and making the inner sill stiffner and being stupid i threw out the old bit of sill with the seatbelt nut on it and the scrap man came today so ill need a new nut and plate before the outer sill goes on

darren

[grahama]

As I said yesterday, very nice work, that inside grind down is sooo much better than I ever acheived on mine, well done.

Graham

[Minidarren83]

cheers graham your praise is always welcome seems you are the only one watching this thread lol more tomorrow

darren

[minimikej]

Great work!

[F1L8EY]

hes not the only one

great build so far keep it coming...

[Carlos W]

I'm here too! Great work mate!

[BenH]

Im also lurking ! Just had to finish updating mine and scubbing the crap off my face and hands! Everything on yours just seems to fit perfectly, I need to get mine on its side, need to hunt for some cushions/matress!

[joezone2001]

I am also watching and lurking. some fantastic work going on here. keep up the good work. Joe

[Minidarren83]

update 3 of this week and the last i think

well today i started a little later on the mini and started with making another 4 intergrips so i now have 5 of them and they cost me nothing only scrap from what i have laying around my garage. Once that was done i clamped in the floor half fully and started tacking it all the way along about an inch or so apart i found that tacking in the tunnel part wich was slightly upside down imposible and i will be welding this part from the inside that is almost flat i never want to weld upsidedown





then welded the rear half in fully this is the worst bit for me as i hate cleaning up the long welds i much prefer the smaller patches



and the inside



and then all cleaned off



i see no point in grinding flush as it will be covered in stonechip and carpet anyway. hopefully i will get the front part all cleaned off over the weekend then do the doorstepp edge plug welds and then move on to the boot i can almost see light at the end of the tunel. In other news i had a delivery from smiffys bit most of the nuts and bolts to build up the front subby will be getting the rest for the front and rear next week not fitting any more mild steel to this car it will all be stainless as much as possible



thats all for now cut today short i could not take anymore grinding

darren

[MrBounce]

Awesome work. It is exactly this sort of thing that gives me inspiration to do more with mine! Well done

[stretters]

You should try Roloc discs on a mini air grinder or drill - they're awesome. Really fast clean up of the weld pool and fairly quiet to use too!

I started with these as they included the holder atachment.

http://www.ebay.co.u...6#ht_500wt_1054

The 60 grits also come in handy to dress back the spot welds on damaged unwanted panels....

Edited by stretters, 05 October 2012 - 05:27 PM.

[Minidarren83]

Thanks everyone for the Praise and encouragement over the last couple if days I know I'm doing the car for me but we do document them on here for others to also enjoy and maybe learn a thing or two so it makes it worth it to know people are watching and enjoying it as much as me me cheers fellas
Darren

[Minidarren83]

got out in the garage for a couple of hours this week not done much but got the outside fully ground down its by no means smooth but a bit of seam sealer and a healthy layer of stonechip and you will never tell





i also got the doorstep plug welded on they are getting neat now just nice pools of weld easy to grind away





and then seam sealed an old weld that needed doing i used tape on both sides to keep it a neat line sort of lol



thats all for now

darren

[hughJ]

That is some bodywork!! The welding is certainly coming along - these plugwelds are lovely. Keep up the grand work

Hugh