El Raton

[camarorad]

This is the union between the front and rear clips, it will be finished welded and then filed, sanded, and polished. When I welded this I had to cut some scrap off the body for welding rod. if you use anything else once its polished you will see the seam. the weld needs to penatrate all the way through to make sure it is not filed thin. I usually weld the back side also just to make sure. The other problem is trying to keep the heat out of the body so that it does not warp.

[camarorad]

here you can see the edges wraped around the tubing it is then riveted on the underside and the corners will be welded then filed into shape





we used a plastic mallet to fold the alumium around the tubing with a chunk of rubber behind the tube so that it does not walk