Welding . . .

[Rred]

That's an interesting and awsome input you had there . . .

[OrangeCrush]

Originally Posted by Rred

That's an interesting and awsome input you had there . . .

Well Rred, he's not that far off the mark. I've been in the bodyshop business for 26 years and I can tell you it takes YEARS to weld proficiently and keep the structural integrity (especially if you want to make stuff like bumpers that might be involved in a crash)

Then there's the ability to weld up "some pieces of metal"...lol. I assure you it's much easier said than done to produce a quality piece, make it secure, attractive and functional.

I'm not knocking your desire to want to build any of these things but it's way harder than think.

I spent almost 4 hours cutting and welding my own muffler/tips setup on my mini cooper yesterday.... no wonder it took the guys that custom made the entire exhaust from the head back almost 9 hours to build it originally.

Good luck, just practice lots first...


Mark

[twr]

Hi you should try to make a few smaller things and see how its goes. I have been welding and fab. for over 25 years and i takes alot time to be a good welder and use other machine shop tools.

[Rred]

Your right, gotta crawl before you walk... But you gotta learn sometime. I have a couple good buddies that are pretty good. We'll see how it goes.