ornamental iron work

[Ram48]

I am doing a project for my wife Its always good to use my toys for her benefit (love getting those brownie points plus I bought the HF scroll attachment just for her :D) It is mild steel 3/16 x 3/4 flat and I am doing a scroll type wall art for the Sun room.
I have both tig and mig. And will be welding on the 3/16 edge. Tig fusion leaves a nice flat bead and looks good but will it hold well enough?
Mig leaves a pretty fat bead and is not as good looking. is there a way to get a flater mig bead and if so which way is better?
Ray

[geezer]

Instead of welding on the edge, is there someway you can drill a hole on the flat and use a pocket weld.

[67cudafb]

:OI know this has nothing to do with thread but how the heck do you get a neon to run 10.23@143mph do you have a rocket strapped to rear bumper Wow:O

[sportbike]

:OI know this has nothing to do with thread but how the heck do you get a neon to run 10.23@143mph do you have a rocket strapped to rear bumper Wow:O

Need to get some traction on that thing and it'll be in the 9's with that mph!

[Ram48]

Need to get some traction on that thing and it'll be in the 9's with that mph!

We have all the traction we need but can only build 4 to 6 lbs of boost at launch (1.8 60 ft.) so we are in the process of adding N2O to get us back into the 1.6 60s.


:OI know this has nothing to do with thread but how the heck do you get a neon to run 10.23@143mph do you have a rocket strapped to rear bumper Wow:O
600 hp to the wheels with a 2.4 liter motor and a built 3 spd auto oh and 37 lbs of boost :D

[sportbike]

Hmmm..you should be able to build more boost if your drivetrain can handle it.
What Engine management are you using? Are you using a "canned" antilag or programming it yourself?

What are you using for a compressor? GT40?

Oh...I would think the autogeneous tig weld on the edge should be fine. Post up a picture....and maybe start another thread in the chat for the car talk. Maybe we can compare notes and see if we can get you some more power off the line.

John

[Ram48]

Its all done except for paint, or maybe powder coating.
I wanted to leave it out in the elements for a bit then just clear-coat it, you know that old school patina so popular on Rat Rods but the boss had other ideas ;)
Never did scroll work before I kind of enjoy it. The final design is nothing like I had sketched up in my head the original plan was to have it in a 3/4 sq tube rectangle frame I like this better.
Oh and this was the first real project I did with the tig.

[Ram48]

I decided to paint it rather then powder coat due to time and cost of the powder coating.
My wife loves it and now wants me to make candle holders to match. Now I have
to buy a ring roller just to do her project, the things I do for family :D