<br /><br />I also learned on this project how to weld SS, had many failed attempts.<br /><br />Aldo
What method/process did you weld with? And how's the new roof coming?<br /><br />Hope you don't have to downgrade to one of these:<br /><br /> http://www.liteboats.com/dingy.htmOriginally posted by Dunaruna:<br /> The covering is the only part of the project that isn't finished yet, at the moment I have a cheap poly tarp tied on but a nice canvas top is being made as we speak. I've made the frame so that a hard top can be fitted if need be. <br /><br />The sad part about all this is that I need to sell the boat and buy something smaller - its to big to use as a tender behind the houseboat
) that I needed to do more 'tacking' rather than long runs - try and keep the molten temps as low as possible - this worked well for bite but still very untidy appearance. A workshop near me has a 3 phase TIG - perrrfect. They use it constantly 8 hrs a day so I negotiated with them for a couple of lessons and then rented it on a sunday - bingo - perfect welds. I used argon shielding. I wasted a bit of steel doing all this but now I know what has to be done if ever I weld SS again. I have since found out that when I used the mig I should have used an argon/oxygen blend for shielding - live and learn!<br /><br />One interesting note that I didn't know before this, the black mark left after welding does not polish off, a very nasty (caustic) 'pickling paste' is need to remove the it.<br /><br />Aldo
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H*ll yeah! & completely uncontrollable, your life is in the hands of the boat driver. They have been around for about 30 years, originally designed to be towed slowly for small children but young men with no fear discovered that at planning speeds (and above
) it was a adrenelin rush!! Spent many a night as a teenager in the emergency dept getting pulled/torn muscles tended to. I'll try and find a pic.<br /><br />Aldo
Touch off subject, but those damn blue ones should be outlawed. Puget Sound in the winter looks like a tent city. Green, brown and silver all at least are some sort of natural color and blend in (sold Harbor Frieght)..blue sucks...
Any AC-DC 230/140 stick welder will work with 1/8 SS rod on DC low heat, short arc, keep it moving (no weave) lots of tacks first. Use a Scotchbrite Wheel (Grainger-6 inch) then white rouge and that puppy will look like chrome. Also you might want to look into EMT tubing and connectors...
