Very cool and extremely useful. I was just thinking if you drilled a passage to the back/bottom so you could move the inlet as needed and there you were, three steps ahead.
Nice 👌. I think anyone capable of making their own tools should do so. It's usually much better quality than what you can purchase. The hours spent can add up but if you can do it evenings or weekends then what does it matter.
Thanks 48spokes. I had considered trying to protect the idea. Never been done that road before, I was hoping the video would do well instead. Looks like you do a nice job restoring things 👍
Great idea, really... I wanted to ask, about the Spider rear fenders in a previous video, you had commented about the heat shrinkage along the seams on the outside, and how if the fenders were removed they could be wheeled or formed back out to the correct profile. How often do you attempt this, and isn't there is a risk of cracking from the Mig welds being not ductile enough? I'd had the impression that this wasn't very feasible, and that you could only expect to do something like this after/during gas welding (hammer welding), but admittedly I've not had an occasion to try it myself yet.
Hi, you can cause cracks in a mig welded joint but only when you try and stretch it a lot. If you need to stretch the welded joint a lot then you have caused a lot of shrinkage by not keeping the welding procedure cool enough. Very little in the way of stretching is needed if you use the correct welding method. The very small amount of stretching required is achieved very easily and quickly. To cause a crack you would have to be pounding on the panel aggressively and for a prolonged time period. Can't remember the last time I caused a weld crack, it was a long time ago back when I didn't know how to keep distortion to a minimum.
