The BAD AST Project - Faze II

[formula98]

I got a few pics tonight. Nothing special right now. I still have to do some trimming on the front rails for the leaf spring hangers and add the rear shackle bushing.

I got the kick ups from Chassisworks.

A little clean up work with a grinder and these are ready to weld.
Thanks for looking
Mark

Have you had any time in the last 18 months to work with the welder? I've spent some time in the last month or two building fixtures. I broke out the plasma cutter a couple of days ago. We're having fun now! Looks like your on your way, I can't wait to see more updates..........

[astroracer]

I asked about reinforceing the weld joints and got some direction from Mr Parsons He said to "cap the tube" on the inside and that got me to thinking. I worked on the design yesterday and modeled it up in UG. I made all of the "parts" today. I copied my design post from the fab thread.
Well, this is what I've come up with for my frame reinforcements. I am going to fab up these small "H" sections to weld inside the joints.


I will grind a 1/4" relief into each tube section to allow the welds to be below surface to eliminate the need to grind them.


I will weld the H inside the tube as best I can before assembling the joint for tacking and final welding.

Final welding will fill in the "slot" so a little bit of clean-up with a grinder will smooth it off...
Will this work okay?
Mark

[astroracer]

Got out in the shop and made all of the "H" beam pieces today.
I used some 3/16 x 2 1/2" scrap I had in the bin.
Laying out the cuts.

I free handed the side plates on my 14" verticle bandsaw.

After cutting out all eight pieces I hit them with a grinder to clean up.

After I got them cleaned up I stacked them together and wrapped them with tape so I could cut all of the angles at once... Much faster that way. I used a milling clamp to hold them in the H/V Bandsaw.

Once the angles were cut I did a quick mockup for welding.

That's all I got done today, my back was saying enough and I have learned to listen to it...
I'll work on the welding this week.
Thanks for looking. I would appreciate any constructive critisizm guys.
Mark S.