Welding Shit up!

Finally got my hands on a welder!

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Tim brought over his Hobart 110v Mig welder. It was running solid core 22ga. copper coated wire. He also brought an awesome Craftsman air cutter, and a die grinder.

I brought the beer.

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As you can see the seat bracket was broken by the previous owner, and there is a little hole under the floor mat hook that needs to be ground out and patched up.

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We marked out the lines that we would have to cut off of the seat bracket so we are able to make nice straight welds and ensure that the seat bracket will hold up.

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This die grinder was perfect for cleaning up the holes in the floor.

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It was gentle enough so that it was difficult to remove more material than we had to, which is great since we just wanted to remove the corroded rusty shit.

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We just hit this with a wire brush and it was ready to go.

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I have to get one of these rotary cutters.

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It literally cut through 16ga steel like butter.

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Finishing cutting out the junk metal.

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I just picked up a small plate of 16ga steel at Home Depot. Cut it up with some tin snips and clamped it on.

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WELDING!!!

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Not too shabby for my first welds ever! :D

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The first run on the seat bracket is complete.

I need to grind down my giant welds and patch up the inevitable holes and such. I need this to be a pretty diesel bracket as I am a beast and will surely break it if it is weak. I will also be tacking up the floors next.

Big thanks to Tim for coming over and teaching me how to weld. I can't wait to get my own gear and start fabbing up my own gear!