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Posted by VoodooJai on May 6, 2006, 3:25 pm
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Hi all, I am wanting to build a monster truck chassis out of round
tubeing upto 2" in dia. So what I would like to know is what type of
welder should this all be done with. How big a task is this going to be
as well because I have not done much welding before, so should I go on
a course to help me learn.
Many thanks voodoojai
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Posted by RoyJ on May 6, 2006, 3:53 pm
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Tubing welding in this size is non trivial so you would need some
lessons and practice before tackling it. It could be done with stick,
MIG, Flux Core, or TIG, it's deterimined by what equipment you have and
what you are best at. Starting from scratch, I'd probably say a 220volt
MIG outfit would be best.
Warning: Truck frames are high stress, high fatigue factor, and have
quite nasty results when the welds fail. This is not a beginner project.
Be sure you know what you are doing, probably by doing some smaller
projects first.
VoodooJai wrote:
> Hi all, I am wanting to build a monster truck chassis out of round
> tubeing upto 2" in dia. So what I would like to know is what type of
> welder should this all be done with. How big a task is this going to be
> as well because I have not done much welding before, so should I go on
> a course to help me learn.
>
> Many thanks voodoojai
>
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Posted by VoodooJai on May 6, 2006, 6:50 pm
Please log in for more thread options Thanks for the reply, what size of machine would be needed to do this
type of work. If the design of the chassis is right then its the
welding that thats the hard bit. Although I do realise that chassis
failures are a great possibilty.
VoodooJai
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Posted by Boris Mohar on May 6, 2006, 9:00 pm
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>Thanks for the reply, what size of machine would be needed to do this
>type of work. If the design of the chassis is right then its the
>welding that thats the hard bit. Although I do realise that chassis
>failures are a great possibilty.
>
>VoodooJai
Here is some welding that apparently held
http://www.wimp.com/disastercrash/
Regards,
Boris Mohar
Got Knock? - see:
Viatrack Printed Circuit Designs (among other things) http://www.viatrack.ca
void _-void-_ in the obvious place
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Posted by Steve B on May 6, 2006, 9:41 pm
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> wrote:
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>>Thanks for the reply, what size of machine would be needed to do this
>>type of work. If the design of the chassis is right then its the
>>welding that thats the hard bit. Although I do realise that chassis
>>failures are a great possibilty.
>>
>>VoodooJai
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> Here is some welding that apparently held
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> http://www.wimp.com/disastercrash/
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> Regards,
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> Boris Mohar
Well, Duh, what do you expect? They're going the wrong way!
Steve ;-)
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> tubeing upto 2" in dia. So what I would like to know is what type of
> welder should this all be done with. How big a task is this going to be
> as well because I have not done much welding before, so should I go on
> a course to help me learn.
>
> Many thanks voodoojai
>