Beaudacious Back Half
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G Atsma (02-07-2021)
02-07-2021, 09:12 PM
#23
On something like that fabbed 9" housing, how do you defeat warpage as you construct it? So many times when I'm welding hot and cold sides for my turbo setups, I get all my pie cuts made, mocked up, taped, etc, then do some tacks to hold things in place. But when I start going around the circumference, things start pulling one way or another and by the time I finish, sometimes the v-band flanges don't end up where they were intended. I have to imagine on such substantial pieces as that differential housing, it's even more pronounced. Do you account for the anticipated warpage or pulling by incorporating a gap before you start welding or is it more of a process of balancing a inch of weld on one side, then an inch on the other, , back and forth till it's all welded?
Thanks,
Great work by the way!
Thanks,
Great work by the way!
02-08-2021, 08:31 AM
#24
On something like that fabbed 9" housing, how do you defeat warpage as you construct it? So many times when I'm welding hot and cold sides for my turbo setups, I get all my pie cuts made, mocked up, taped, etc, then do some tacks to hold things in place. But when I start going around the circumference, things start pulling one way or another and by the time I finish, sometimes the v-band flanges don't end up where they were intended. I have to imagine on such substantial pieces as that differential housing, it's even more pronounced. Do you account for the anticipated warpage or pulling by incorporating a gap before you start welding or is it more of a process of balancing a inch of weld on one side, then an inch on the other, , back and forth till it's all welded?
Thanks,
Great work by the way!
Thanks,
Great work by the way!
This is how i weld housings without distortion
As for tubing systems i do one complete weld at a time that way my distortion is counted for during the next fitting