Sweet header, brah *PICS*
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At least he can weldshould have purchased a collector, his homemade junk is pretty terrible
yeah the actual welds dont look too bad (from what i can tell) -- cant say the same about the design
At least he can weld
Those welds look like shit... He pretty much torched all of the nickel out of that stainless. It also looks likes this guy is in the piping industry and just put a shit load of 90's together to make that.
He didn't even finish all of the welds...
This is what a sch 10 stainless weld should look like. If you are unable to add metal to what your trying to weld on an application like this where the pressure isn't going to be all that high you can just fuse the metal together and it will hold and look better. This is a fused first pass with a small cap pass on it. With shit this small you need to keep the heat low and move as fast as you can walk or free hand the torch. This guy must not of know that.
I forgot everyone on here was a professional tig welder something can be absolutely perfect, and there is a handful of people I can pick out on here that would still have something to say :jerkit: There is far worse craftsmanship out there, and I'll bet $ that it works perfectly for this guy.
something can be absolutely perfect, and there is a handful of people I can pick out on here that would still have something to say :jerkit: There is far worse craftsmanship out there, and I'll bet $ that it works perfectly for this guy.I'm not the best but it's what I do all day. The pic that I posted was a weld that I made at work. If you would like I can take more picks tomorrow when I'm at school or Friday when I get back To work as a informational set. Tomorrow I will be working on a monel clad pipe but Friday I will be back to plain old stainless and carbon.
I can also point out about a dozen "fish eyes" or holes when he stopped welding at that I can guarantee will leak plus with the nickel burned out of the stainless like it is, it will result in the base metal rusting when moisture touches it.
I also just noticed that in one of the first pictures that the pipe he used is 1 1/2" 304 sch 10. 304 stainless is barely above carbon, as far as heat goes the metal will be heat soaked and chared up pretty bad probably the first time he starts the car. 308 309 or best of all 316 would be better for this job. Sch is for schedule 10 pipe all that means is the wall thinkness is the least amount made. I have nothing against that cause it will hold up to about 150 psi and it weighs next to nothing
I also just noticed that in one of the first pictures that the pipe he used is 1 1/2" 304 sch 10. 304 stainless is barely above carbon, as far as heat goes the metal will be heat soaked and chared up pretty bad probably the first time he starts the car. 308 309 or best of all 316 would be better for this job. Sch is for schedule 10 pipe all that means is the wall thinkness is the least amount made. I have nothing against that cause it will hold up to about 150 psi and it weighs next to nothing
I forgot everyone on here was a professional tig welder
I'm definitely not claiming to be a skilled welder
But that thing has to weigh 80-90 lbs, i would guess. The collector is fucking dreadful. Probably has leaks. It likely took quite a bit of effort, though- and its more than I could probably do. But I wouldnt be dumb enough to attempt that shit myself in the 1st place.
Sometimes the drifting scene just brings the lulz
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