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[Archer Fabrications]

That pipe looks really good! I'll be doing that with stainless when i some day get a smim.

 

[all_motor_mike]

I ported this collector for my busy brad@afi which is who built it. ....

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Not bad @compression


Mike

 

[Archer Fabrications]

Too bad it's still dsm flange nice port work, what tools do you use to get in there

 

[antilag_200]

nothing wrong with that dsm flange, beautiful work allmotor and compression.

I have finally got all of my tubing parts for my first manifold attempt for my awd 3065 colt, I hope to share some pictures of what I have done, for starters

attemp for flange placement

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some of the parts

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I am attempting to make a Long tube .. LMP style header for a dsm flanged turbo.

Also finished my extended sump oil pan for my evo, added 1.5 inch strip of steel, to increase capacity by 1.5 quarts.

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[Gamble97]

Good work guys.
Compression- you are catching on fast

 

[ExtremeTurboSystems]

Too bad it's still dsm flange nice port work, what tools do you use to get in there

nothing wrong with that dsm flange, beautiful work allmotor and compression.

I ported this collector for my busy brad@afi which is who built it. ....

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Mike

This is a DSM Flange? They must have changed since the last time I looked at them.

Looks like a Mazdaspeed flange to me.

Absolutely amazing port work and welds man. Keep up the good work.

 

[spoonman]

Something I want to mention seeing the welds on the oil pan.


When you GTAW carbon steel, it is best to move quite quickly. If you are welding thin pieces of steel or have an open gap you are welding over, if the torch is making a puddle and you keep putting heat into the puddle, oxygen will be attacking the puddle from the back side as well as surrounding parent metal.

Now that is with out adding filler rod, as filler rod actually has deoxidizing alloys mixed in.

So if you have carbon welds that look particularly grey and ugly, the remedy could be to move faster and add filler when as soon as the puddle is liquid.


On thick carbon, this isn't a problem. Unless it is a joint where the back side if the puddle is un shielded.

 

[antilag_200]

Spoonman thank you for the tips. Would you suggest back purging the rear of the weld ? or is the only way to do it, in a argon chamber ?

The oil pan was very challenging for me to weld, at first I was blowing through the steel, so I turned the heat way down, 35 amps that seemed to help a lot. I used a gas lens on it and tried to go as slowly as I could. Also there were no fusion welds on the entire oil pan, I used filler rod as I moved along the seams.

I will keep your suggestions in mind, for the next oil pan.

P.S can you please show what a mild steel weld is supposed to look like, so that I have something to shoot towards on the next go around.

 

[all_motor_mike]

Thanks guys and It's a Mazdaspeed flange. I use carbide burrs and catridge urban.


Mike

 

[crash89]

Hey guys, Im now working in a pretty big shop that I have a bunch of tig welders at my disposal. After work hours though. So tonight I finally got to jump on one and start "teaching" myself to TIG. And, it really isnt as hard as I anticipated. At first I had no idea what I was doing or even looking for as far as making the puddle..

I started off just trying to push a bead across a piece of flat stock, then once I was getting the feel for a puddle and using the filler I but a couple pieces for some butt welds and the improvement was insane just from the practice beads to welding two together.. Then I used some scrape piping and a collector. Maybe total of 10 different beads you can see how much I got the hang of it in just a short time. Then I got curious and tried to weld together some bandsaw blades, below are the front and back views of that as well..

First couple practice welds.

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Last welds before the saw blades

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Saw blades

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Heres the machine I was using. Used the foot pedal and had the unit at 130amps

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[gofer]

Laying dimes!

 

[compression]

Looks a little to hot, but not bad for first time! ?

 

[all_motor_mike]

A practice weld on some sch40 ....

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A little crack repair on a Jackson racing supercharger manifold for a Honda k20a2.....

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Old insert installed which is what was caused the crack by pulling out on the threads while pushed against the back side of the head flange....

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With it going into the threads of the steel spacer I opted to not try and raise the spacer instead made one out of aluminum......

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New spacer bolted in so it's butted up nice and tight to the back side of the head flange to be welded in place. .....

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and the money shot of it all welded with dat sexy ass weave . I threw the afi tag in on this one just for shot out purposes as I work there now along with doing my side thing.....

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mike

 

[compression]

Shit mike. I was going to post my welds but I cant after that shit!

 

[Gamble97]

So that bolt was there to hold it in place?

 

[all_motor_mike]

Shit mike. I was going to post my welds but I cant after that shit!

Go ahead you'll be airtight....

And gamble..... what do u mean? The bolt is there to hold the new aluminum spacer in place nice and tight like so i could weld it in.

And here's a other weld I did today while hanging out at afi....

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Mike

 

[Archer Fabrications]

No more AMM fab?

 

[907dsm]

Amazing work Mike!!

 

[all_motor_mike]

No more AMM fab?

Yeah when i get some more work in. Right now though I'm working on 13 intakes manifolds for modem performance to put On the shelf for the neons.


Mike

 

[compression]

I may not have the prettiest welds around but it feels awesome to be able to do your own work instead of having to rely on another person and waste money and time waiting on it.

Still very noobish at tig but I really enjoy it and ill only get better hopefully!

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[antilag_200]

well done motor mike and compression, those look awesome.
I got a wp9 torch from HTP, it is amazing when compared to the wp26

stainless practice attempt

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my tubular manifold construction, which is in a separate thread of this forum

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[Archer Fabrications]

^good luck getting your welds 100% around each joint when it's all tacked like that.

 

[antilag_200]

I plan to break away portions of the runners to weld them all the way around, tacking in place allows me to make sure it fits within my constraints

 

[compression]

My suggestion is tack it really good.. realllly good . Like really good. And then remove the runners and weld on a table seperatly. Then weld the runners back on. I encountered this problem and my runners shrank more then I thought they would with adequate tacking. So when I put that back on it didnt fit quite like it should.

 

[antilag_200]

Cool thanks for the advice compression. would welding each joint slowly with lots of cool down time alleviate that issue ?