David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
12/3/10 10:21 a.m.
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Tonight's project dealt with an important question: How do we mount the seat and deal with the different driver sizes? The answer: We're going to need seat sliders of some kind.

We also removed the brakes so we can get a core charge--the rears appear to be worth $77 each. Who knows what horrors our brakes have seen, so we …

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leigerreign
leigerreign New Reader
12/3/10 2:43 p.m.

I don't mean to sound like a jerk, but those welds in that picture don't look up to par for those feet. I'm sure it looks fine but if a collision occurs the shearing forces will rip those welds apart.

Are you using any shielding gases?

I don't see any well defined bead and that lends me to believe that proper penetration was not consistently achieved throughout the entire weld. Think of it like this, without a well defined bead your weld becomes more like perforated paper. Sure, in one instance its strong but apply shearing force and it'll rip right apart.

Tom Heath
Tom Heath UberDork
12/3/10 3:12 p.m.

The welds look much better now. Stay tuned for additional updates!

leigerreign
leigerreign New Reader
12/3/10 3:25 p.m.

Good to hear, just making sure the people producing my favorite magazine are around for a long time!

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