The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area General Truck Talk sheet metal work. yay!

well, did some more work on the doors, and i have both of them "done". by "done", i mean solid, and acceptable enough for me. lol, its a truck, not a trailer queen. so hey.

thought i'd show off some pictures of the drivers side door.

first, i'd like to mention that my passenger side is a '69, and my drivers side is a '67, due to the fact that these were the better doors out of the 6 i have access to out behind the barn. hah.

also, i would like to mention that i am using the following tools:

-Lincoln 110 wire feed, with .030 flux core (yes, it CAN be done...it's just not pretty)
-your average angle grinder
-chunks of copper to use as a "welding spoon", thanks to arnswine.
-hammer
-bigger hammer
-even bigger hammer...heh.

but, alas. the pics!

[img]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y297/samwise_/Mud/DSCI0002.jpg[/img] before. 30+ years of sitting, along with bondo from PO.

[img]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y297/samwise_/Mud/DSCI0015.jpg[/img] surgery.

[img]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y297/samwise_/Mud/DSCI0017.jpg[/img] patch in place. getting ready to attach.

[img]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y297/samwise_/Mud/DSCI0019.jpg[/img] patch on. and ground pretty smooth.

so, thats been my last couple of nights. oh, and welding IS possible at 11 o'clock at night..outside...with very little lighting..haha

comments? pointers?

thanks all.

.later days.
.sam.

P.S. sorry to the stovebolt staff...i tried really hard to down size the pics in photobucket. i'll keep trying. but, just to forewarn. big pics are bad. .

EDIT: fixed it! :p

At least I bought the right welder for this job, your welding looks great. I hope I can get my fenders look that good. fender
Only in my fenders there is a wire rolled in at the end, all the way around the fenders, where it is broken/torn I'll have a new problem :)I'll have to practice welding a bit more before I can get your results. Thanks for the update, needed a little push again

Nice work....What is a welding spoon??

a welding spoon is basically a chunk of copper (i'm using little 1/2 inch pipe, hammered flat and clamped in a pair of vice grips). when welding, and you have a burn thru, or a larger gap to fill, you put the "spoon" behind the hole, and weld over it. the copper isn't weldable, so the wire just pools up on top of the copper, and coveres the hole.

it works alot better then using small bits of steel to patch the burn throughs, like i did on my fenders before i was informed about this technique.

thanks for all the praise!

and '26...umm..kinda glad i don't have to tackle THAT one...haha, jk! remember, it's only sheet metal, and its repairable.

i mean, c'mon. an 18 year old can do that. you guys have like..double or triple my age. so, experience..times 2 or 3...wow. i better practice some more to keep ahead of the learning curve. :p

now if only i could get my hands on a TIG...hmm...lol

.later days.
.sam.