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Fun Stuff => MAKE => Topic started by: MillionDollar Belt Sander on 27 Feb 2013, 19:37
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Not much call for writing in molten metal, directly overhead, using an arc-welder... But class was boring tonight and I watch lots of Star Trek and this happened.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8088/8513989279_0961b73b93.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/90701435@N02/8513989279/)
P02-27-13_22-01 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/90701435@N02/8513989279/) by noodle2013 (http://www.flickr.com/people/90701435@N02/), on Flickr
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I need to buy a welder. No real reason; I just like welding stuff.
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I welded this beastie up....
It had been in a field for 25 odd years...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v467/catflea/GYY174J/MorrisGYY174J001.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v467/catflea/GYY174J/27032008062.jpg)
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That's a pretty cool looking car. What model/year is it and are you going to do a complete overhaul or just have it working?
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Morris Minor 1000 Traveller - my first car was one of those. It was dark green, and needed some welding (the floor had rusted through above the insulation panel over the exhaust), but never got it...
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I love cars with wood paneling/framing. Looks so cool.
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Now that is an interesting car!
...and good to see I'm not the only welder out and about. I'm scrounging up some metal for a couple of projects. Plan to make a table out of angle-iron -- that's one of the standard "weld class" projects. Ms. Beltsander buys/sells/trades/makes "vintage bras and other fine undergarments (*)", I've sketched out a couple of display-racks/photography stands for her.
(*) yes this is actually a thing and there are times where she makes more money with the "hobby" than her real job.
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Now that is an interesting car!
The Morris Minor was designed by Alec Issigonis (http://designmuseum.org/design/alec-issigonis), the man who a few years later designed the original Mini (originally called the Morris Mini Minor, in fact). The initial plan was for it to have front-wheel drive, but materials for good-enough constant-velocity joints were not readily available that soon after the war, so the plan was shelved - and came back for the Mini, of course. But the "Moggie", as it was known, became a truly classic small car, perhaps second only to the Beetle. It's the only car I can think of whose front suspension is held up, not by coiled springs, but by straight torsion bars.
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I think I posted about this before, but I have a project that's going to need some welding...
(http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6050/6260463541_6365a905c7.jpg)
1967, sat in a shed since 1984. Given to my daughter for her 18th birthday by the person who found it, and hadn't had time to restore it.
It's a bit of a rustbucket...
(http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6157/6260463715_73bd27f196.jpg)
But the engine turns (with a wrench), so there's hope!
(http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6043/6260463931_9ccc95218a.jpg)
So, any advice on the type of welder I need to get to put this little beauty back on the road?
Or to at least give it a floor...
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That's a pretty cool looking car. What model/year is it and are you going to do a complete overhaul or just have it working?
1971 Morris Minor Traveller, one of the last 300 to leave the Factory. I dont own it any more. I sold it for approx 20 times what I paid for it and bought a different one... a 2 door Saloon in Maroon. Planning on selling that this summer for something wholly different.
Carl-E for car work a MIG welder is probably the easiest. TBH you describe that as a rust bucket but the beetles over here have pretty much rotted away entirely for the most part
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Yeah you posted it before, what a cool gift it will be.
Have a professional do it -- your spawn-unit deserves no less. You do not want her falling out of the car because the floor came off. Thin sheet-metal is tricky to weld especially for beginners. Anything load-bearing or safety-related have an expert do. :)
As for the engine -- You can rebuild that yourself. There are TONS of how-to, tutorials, and guides out there for all skill-levels. Parts are easy to locate too!
I think I posted about this before, but I have a project that's going to need some welding...
(http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6050/6260463541_6365a905c7.jpg)
1967, sat in a shed since 1984. Given to my daughter for her 18th birthday by the person who found it, and hadn't had time to restore it.
It's a bit of a rustbucket...
(http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6157/6260463715_73bd27f196.jpg)
But the engine turns (with a wrench), so there's hope!
(http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6043/6260463931_9ccc95218a.jpg)
So, any advice on the type of welder I need to get to put this little beauty back on the road?
Or to at least give it a floor...
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I'm going to be learning some basic welding this year, but it's not very common in gunsmithing as a field. (Over all). I would however like to get fully certified once I have the time, just another tool for the box. My sorta girlfriend's a skilled welder though. I keep trying to get her to do metal art, but she gets shy.