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Originally Posted by 57chevy
Getting back to the welds, it looks like you are a little cold on the setting or you are moving to fast. When the weld sits on top like yours you are not assured of good penetration. What you want is a very slight undercut at the edge of your weld. When you but your pieces together you need to grind the edge so you have a v to fill.
Try your style on scrap and put it in a press it will break.
Grind it proper with the heat right and it will bend.
You have good ideas on the braceing but if the welds arent proper they could fail. Not meaning to be negative but you ask for input.
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57Chevy--weld, I've been arc welding for the last 50 years and mig welding for the last 40 years. (combined) not to mention all the fabricating I've done. Mig welding is very forgiving on thin metal, I would never leave a gap to weld with an arc, but a mig you can get away with it. Before you tell me the edge of the weld is to cold you have to understand what I'm runing. Argon 92/8 & .45 E70-6 The 92/8 runs hotter. Any weld that humps over on the surface is going to be surfaced, (filler) like the cross member in the picture. That is where you would see imperfections, if the welds were bad. Remember the frame isn't on a rotisserie so the welds are flat, verticle, horizonal & overhead, not to mention the position I'm in. To make an informative reply you have to know ALL the particulars. I only take it personal when a person like Ricky Bobby rings in here and doesn't know a tack weld from a bead.