how to bend rocksliders to follow the body line...

If you run a bead or heat it with an oxy then quench it with a wet rag it will have more influence on the contraction.

Try this every 8 -12 inches and see how the bend looks, if it isn't enough go every 4-6 inches.

If you get someone to roll you a piece of RHS you need to start with a piece about a meter longer then you need, as they need a bit extra each end to start the rollers on.

Cheers,

Tim

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Originally Posted by discowhite

turning the amps up that high will blow holes in the SHS.

cheers phil

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The object of the exercise is to put a hot enough weld down to cause some useful contraction, not to blow holes; therefore; adjusting the machine to within the amp range specified on the packet and doing some practice beads on an offcut of the same thickness first, is not a difficult to achieve.

I agree with Disco_ute84; the oxy set will do the same job but probably cost more, given the exhorbitant price of gas nowadays,

Cheers Charlie

the problem with pad welds is the build up of heat, so you still have to change the amp settings to suit. i just cant see how it would be benificial, time and money wise, to sit there and pad weld away to acheive the same result with one cut??
i might not have been welding for 24 years, more like half that, so i do know what im talking about.

cheers phil

okay okay....so the best way to do it would be to roll it??

just fit them "as is" and use trees to bend them into shape while off-roading !

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Originally Posted by klappers

okay okay....so the best way to do it would be to roll it??

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no not really the best way imho would be to cut and weld it to shape .......:angel:


cheers

Get um sticks rub together, Make big fire have barbie and beers while watching offending item heating up, bend to suit, forge could also work.:)

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Originally Posted by klappers

okay okay....so the best way to do it would be to roll it??

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I agree, it'll give a really nice smooth professional factory line to the slider.

The big question is does anybody know of a ruff price for getting sliders "rolled"?

TIM.

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Originally Posted by discowhite

the problem with pad welds is the build up of heat, so you still have to change the amp settings to suit. i just cant see how it would be benificial, time and money wise, to sit there and pad weld away to acheive the same result with one cut??
i might not have been welding for 24 years, more like half that, so i do know what im talking about.

cheers phil

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Hmmm! I think the goal posts keep getting moved here Phil. Who mentioned pad welding?

Single beads using the technique described by Disco_ute84 will work. So will every other method decribed on this thread. The efficiency or otherwise can be decided by anyone who is planning to make rock sliders.

Cheers Charlie