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Post by PICTUP on Dec 14, 2020 19:26:10 GMT -8
After dressing the welds, will you be schmearing some seam sealer into the pin holes, or will a skim of filler take care of that?
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Post by Rob Sannes on Dec 15, 2020 11:25:22 GMT -8
After dressing the welds, will you be schmearing some seam sealer into the pin holes, or will a skim of filler take care of that? Pin Holes! argh yes. I do when accessible weld the back side too. I use a waterproof fiberglass filler over the welded spots. Then epoxy prime. I will be using a high build sand able primer then block it and check my work. I will go over the surely uncountable spots to fill or knock back down. Block, fill, block, fill, block, fill ,block give up seam seal it and take to painter. He will then tell me how bad I did, charge double what it would have cost if I had just taken it to him in the first place. Hopefully he can fix my mess and get a beautiful pain job which I will then scratch up during reassembly.
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Post by PICTUP on Dec 15, 2020 17:59:16 GMT -8
He will then tell me how bad I did, charge double what it would have cost if I had just taken it to him in the first place. Hopefully he can fix my mess and get a beautiful pain job which I will then scratch up during reassembly. Sounds like you have it figured, lol. When I varnished Yachts for a living the woodworkers would bring me the pieces they made, I would lay down 4 coats(only interior) and then they would take them back and install the piece. Afterwards, when the interior was all done, I had to go back for a final coat and I saw all the dings in the wood that happened during the rest of the build. It upset me a bit, but it was just life Keep at it you are learning lots and I am sure it will be a rewarding project when all is said and done
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Post by tony on Dec 15, 2020 18:39:29 GMT -8
How does a project work again? Some guy buys a piece of crap from somebody's yard for $500 then spends $5000 and 6-7 years of their life on it gets bored of it then sells it to a buddy for $2000. The buddy spends $5000 and 6-7 years of his life on it and eventually a third guy gets it for $2500 spends a bunch of money on it and finishes it enjoys it and eventually gives it to his kid who is all excited mostly because it's a free car , waxes it every weekend ......... once , and 18 months later it's a piece of crap in somebody's yard.....
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Post by Volktales on Dec 15, 2020 22:11:26 GMT -8
How does a project work again? Some guy buys a piece of crap from somebody's yard for $500 then spends $5000 and 6-7 years of their life on it gets bored of it then sells it to a buddy for $2000. The buddy spends $5000 and 6-7 years of his life on it and eventually a third guy gets it for $2500 spends a bunch of money on it and finishes it enjoys it and eventually gives it to his kid who is all excited mostly because it's a free car , waxes it every weekend ......... once , and 18 months later it's a piece of crap in somebody's yard..... There is waaaay too much truth in this statement... I guess we just have to get the enjoyment out of building our own stuff for ourselves. Buying a completed project off someone else that lost interest for a decent price is certainly the smart way of doing it. Now if only I could find a Corvair just like that...
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Post by Rob Sannes on Dec 15, 2020 22:11:28 GMT -8
How does a project work again? Some guy buys a piece of crap from somebody's yard for $500 then spends $5000 and 6-7 years of their life on it gets bored of it then sells it to a buddy for $2000. The buddy spends $5000 and 6-7 years of his life on it and eventually a third guy gets it for $2500 spends a bunch of money on it and finishes it enjoys it and eventually gives it to his kid who is all excited mostly because it's a free car , waxes it every weekend ......... once , and 18 months later it's a piece of crap in somebody's yard..... Haha I hope I stop the cycle.
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Post by Volktales on Dec 15, 2020 22:13:27 GMT -8
After dressing the welds, will you be schmearing some seam sealer into the pin holes, or will a skim of filler take care of that? Pin Holes! argh yes. I do when accessible weld the back side too. I use a waterproof fiberglass filler over the welded spots. Then epoxy prime. I will be using a high build sand able primer then block it and check my work. I will go over the surely uncountable spots to fill or knock back down. Block, fill, block, fill, block, fill ,block give up seam seal it and take to painter. He will then tell me how bad I did, charge double what it would have cost if I had just taken it to him in the first place. Hopefully he can fix my mess and get a beautiful pain job which I will then scratch up during reassembly. At least you have psyched yourself up for it! Reassembling without scratching that fresh paint is always fun...
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Post by stude on Dec 16, 2020 10:26:30 GMT -8
After dressing the welds, will you be schmearing some seam sealer into the pin holes, or will a skim of filler take care of that? Pin Holes! argh yes. I do when accessible weld the back side too. I use a waterproof fiberglass filler over the welded spots. Then epoxy prime. I will be using a high build sand able primer then block it and check my work. I will go over the surely uncountable spots to fill or knock back down. Block, fill, block, fill, block, fill ,block give up seam seal it and take to painter. He will then tell me how bad I did, charge double what it would have cost if I had just taken it to him in the first place. Hopefully he can fix my mess and get a beautiful pain job which I will then scratch up during reassembly. Just thinking the kitty hair fills the pinholes and seals and waterproofs the metal the epoxy primer seals and waterproofs the metal I would be tempted to flood the area with the epoxy primer and then apply the waterproof fiberglass filler I may even apply a etch primer before anything but not Rustmort apparently epoxy primer does not bond well with acids. Body shop course I took instructor told me etch primers for bridges but I seem to like them they go on like water.
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Post by Volktales on Jan 2, 2021 0:21:36 GMT -8
Sooo, I have been doing a big dig through all the old photo albums to make digital copies of VW related stuff. And looky what I found... Look what was going on in February 1989. A big 'ol dump of snow! Pretty deep it was too. Global warming hadn't quite hit its stride yet. In case you haven't figured out, that is my first '66 Beetle buried under there, which is now Rob's project car. Interesting story immediately after this picture was taken. The car had not been run for awhile, so I decided to start it up while sitting there. It started ok, but the generator (12 volt conversion) decided it didn't want to play, and the warning light remained on. No matter, I was not going anywhere so let it warm up. Of course it was cold, so I turned on the regular heaters by pulling up the lever to try and get a bit of heat. And I was revving the engine up and down at the same time. One time I really put my foot into it and suddenly the generator light went out and charging began. And then the auxiliary gasoline heater booster light came on as the heater actually fired up! I was not familiar with this type of heater and was told by the previous owner it did not work. To turn it on, you had to pull the heater lever to the very top to engage the hidden switch, and I guess I had accidentally done this. It is amazing how much the heater output intensified, and almost instantly. This was pretty neat, and soon I was very toasty warm. It was about then i glanced at my reflection in the basement window, and saw flaming balls fire underneath the car!!! Luckily turning off the heater extinguished the flames immediately, but holy crap that was scary! It turns out the original muffler/tailpipe assembly had rotted off the heater, and flames were shooting right out the side of the combustion chamber. I never turned it on again... The car was disassembled later in '89 and acid dipped because I had some very big plans for this car. It was stored in the warm basement until dad built his new shop in the early '90's. Here the shell is carried into the new shop for some welding and priming... These pics were taken before the etch primer, followed by the DP40 sealer primer were applied. Dad did not want to continue with restoring the car at the time, and the primer was applied so it could be moved to the carport. If only I knew how long it would be staying there for... Before you knew it, this was what happened. And Rob you might be surprised to know this picture was taken in the mid 1990's before the rats had moved in. Scary thought! Good thing the original seats were removed before that happened...
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Post by Rob Sannes on Jan 2, 2021 21:34:32 GMT -8
Great pics Russ. Have been on a bit of a break but will pick back up again on the 66 soon.
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Post by Rob Sannes on Mar 11, 2021 17:19:43 GMT -8
A while back when I was actually working on my 66 I posted about welding on some tabs and using a slide hammer. I had bought off of Amazon a kit that I thought I could use with a old DC stick welder I have and make a spotter dent puller, panel beater, heard it called a few things. But the stick welder flat out didn't work even as a stick welder. So I used some of the weld on tabs to pull a few spots out and thought I am going to need an actual unit to achieve the kind of work I want. So back to the internet I went to get one I was pretty excited. It arrived in 2 weeks and was undamaged and the box was intact. It is pretty heavy a big transformer in it after all. I watched several demos on them and they seem simple enough touch the ground to the material touch the electrode to the surface pull the trigger and the unit spot welds itself to the panel. Tighten the ground screw to the material and go to work. But when I tried to use it.... Nothing. I went to the manual and it said if it beeps but does not work it's a failed motherboard or connection. I posted a video to my you tube that I sent to the vendor. I also asked for a paid return label. They said no to the label and they will just send me a new unit and to keep or throw away the one that does not work. I am bummed out that I have to keep waiting but it seems like they are being reasonable so I said ok send me a new one. Oh the asked if I would take down the video. I agreed that I would take the video down once I received the new properly working spotter/dentpuller. So hete I am waiting but figure, so the machine I have is garbage then the warranty is void right? So I dive in to take a look. I found a 4 pin plug disconnected from the mother board. I reconnected it and it now works as described. So In 2 weeks I might be able to make someone a deal on one of these fine Chinese products. Weather is warming up and I will be getting back to work on it. Cheers
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Post by PICTUP on Mar 11, 2021 19:18:34 GMT -8
Now I want to see a video of it working, lol! Great job on the fix. Gonna sell the "new" one or the "formerly broken" one? Decisions. decisions
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Post by Brenticon on Mar 13, 2021 10:36:24 GMT -8
Sweet deal Rob. I watch YouTube all the time and it’s nice to see you pop up with new ones. Gotta love that subscribe button 😉 Your car is looking sweet on the last walk around bud I’ll have to pop by when I’m coming thru town again
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