Early Days....Gaining Restoration Skills - MotorRetro

[Oldman]

First up, running beads with a filler....another skill....now I have to use two hands, control the arc with penetration, not blowing holes AND introduce filler while keeping a constant bead.
Phew !!

   

Once again.....loking pretty good on top.....penetration ?

   

Arrrrrggggghhhhh.....frustrating !
I did get there eventually.......and I now understand why many default to MIG...it's just so easy by comparison !

Next up....introduce a gap between panels and use filler.
This was next level hard and I vowed at this point to fit my repair sections without gaps and TIG metal to metal and avoid the pain !!

   

Some sections were ok...but holy moly was my hand wandering all over the place !
Note to self, if TIG-ing today don't drink as much coffee !!
A mate of mine says he puts on mellow music and just gets into the zone......now I know why  

   

Once again, the Penetration Gods were against me....and while part of this weld looks ok, you can see where I wandered onto one side only.....