The next major step was a high-rise, angle mount for the NOS 580 Bender engine.
I started my welding career many years ago with a buzz box welder when I was in high school with my Bird Engineering Wren mini bike. It really wasn't much of a welder, and dimmed the lights in my parents house whenever I struck an arc. I still don't understand how my parents put up with my stuff back then.
In recent years I had a Lincoln MIG welder, which I used to modify my current modern racing kart.
I gave up on MIG after I watched Michael Edick do a TIG repair on my buddy Tim's GK 800 at the Stockton kart track. I became a TIG guy immediately after watching Michael.
The thing is, I had very little TIG experience, but dove in to do this mount as my first attempt at TIG welding.
Fortunately I had a couple of Power Bee mounts in kit form, ready for welding.
The end result was not a very pretty TIG welding job - but it was definitely strong. My TIG welding these days is much, much better than this example. I have always been a better grinder than a welder.
I started my welding career many years ago with a buzz box welder when I was in high school with my Bird Engineering Wren mini bike. It really wasn't much of a welder, and dimmed the lights in my parents house whenever I struck an arc. I still don't understand how my parents put up with my stuff back then.
In recent years I had a Lincoln MIG welder, which I used to modify my current modern racing kart.
I gave up on MIG after I watched Michael Edick do a TIG repair on my buddy Tim's GK 800 at the Stockton kart track. I became a TIG guy immediately after watching Michael.
The thing is, I had very little TIG experience, but dove in to do this mount as my first attempt at TIG welding.
Fortunately I had a couple of Power Bee mounts in kit form, ready for welding.
The end result was not a very pretty TIG welding job - but it was definitely strong. My TIG welding these days is much, much better than this example. I have always been a better grinder than a welder.
Jim Waltz, West Sacramento, CA