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Old 11-28-2015, 01:29 PM
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Getting some time to work on the crown vic. here's a pic of the new lower quarters fitted, still have to fit the rocker and then it will be time to weld.
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Pic of the rocker fitted in place.
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Up close pic of the seam. When it comes time to weld I will start by plug welding the big holes closed and then weld the seam solid, once the seam is welded I will remove the screws and weld the holes shut. It will probably take the better part of a day to weld this solid without warping it.
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Tim great job. That is my favorite Ford.
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How do you make the small holes Tim? With a punch? Or with a spot weld bit? (The ones with a center push pilot that look kind of like a hole saw.)
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How do you make the small holes Tim? With a punch? Or with a spot weld bit? (The ones with a center push pilot that look kind of like a hole saw.)
I have this tool that's a hole punch on one side and the other side steps the metal in so the 2 pieces of metal sit flush with each other.
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Up close pic of the seam. When it comes time to weld I will start by plug welding the big holes closed and then weld the seam solid, once the seam is welded I will remove the screws and weld the holes shut. It will probably take the better part of a day to weld this solid without warping it.
Looks good Tim. What size holes do you use for plug welds? The reason I ask is because I spent Thursday afternoon and Friday making a nice sheetmetal closeout panel for my firewall and it warped bad when I welded it. I then spent Saturday cutting it off to make another panel. I used 5/16 holes and I think they caused to much heat when I welded it. Think I'm going to try 3/16 or 1/4 holes next time.

This is what it looked like before and you can see how bad it looked after I welded it.




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The holes are 5/16 . welding sheet metal is a pain and it always seems like everybody want to turn the welder down so there's less heat but the problem with that is it takes longer for the weld to burn in good so it actually creates more heat, I always run the welder hot so I get a quicker burn in. When I weld sheet metal I only do a 1 second spot weld then move and I always try to keep about 2ft between welds so the metal doesn't get to hot and warp. When I weld the long seam on the quarter I will spot weld it on one end then move to the other end and then go to the middle and I keep jumping around like that which allows the metal time to cool.
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Now that the right side is fitted and ready to weld I'm getting the left side fitted, I just got done cutting off the old skin.
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