Garyh's Sammio build - Page 6

Paul L · #**101** 8th June 2012, 21:42

Great work Gary.

I love the fact that people have just learnt to weld and got on with it.

It is something that I hope to master one day.

Cheers, Paul.

PS

Whilst I know nothing...

I would have thought that adding extra patches would strengthen the chassis?

chap68 · #**102** 8th June 2012, 21:53

hi there hope you dont mind me saying this but you need to go up on the power on your mig abit down on wire speed and up on gas flow more you will get a much smoother neater continious weld!! good luck

Mister Towed · #**103** 9th June 2012, 07:29

It could be worse. You could be building a JC Midge, a death trap if ever there was one! That is a JC Midge avatar our chief safety advisor uses isn't it?

garyh · #**104** 9th June 2012, 18:15

T, I bought a set of those plans in the late 80's... And sold them on eBay a couple of months ago when I was selling everything, so I could build this car.

Viatron · #**105** 9th June 2012, 19:13

Built a jc locust years ago, very errrrr wooden...

garyh · #**106** 9th June 2012, 19:33

And clad in aluminium!

Viatron · #**107** 9th June 2012, 19:49

But to be fair the chassis was very substantial there are still some around as well they pop up on eBay occasionally, inveriabley wrongly registered though, John Coperthwaite or his company anyway still lives on in the electric kiddy car format I think

Viatron · #**108** 9th June 2012, 19:55

But to be fair the chassis was very substantial there are still some around as well they pop up on eBay occasionally, inveriabley wrongly registered though, John Coperthwaite or his company anyway still lives on in the electric kiddy car format I think

lancelot link · #**109** 9th June 2012, 20:03

They were very much a car of their time ......

The positive side of old Moss , J.C. , Spartan etc stuff is that they are cheap to buy and ,as we have proved recently with a couple of builds , can be re-bodied with Sammio bodies...

MoriniMan · #**110** 9th June 2012, 20:34

That takes me back over 25 years. My first kitcar and one of the first Ford based Locusts.

garyh · #**111** 10th June 2012, 18:44

Well this i have managed to string a few days together and actually get somewhere... just another 4 patches to go, then onto the outriggers.

And I can order a pair of these next payday.

Mister Towed · #**112** 10th June 2012, 19:18

Your chassis repairs look very good Gary. You sure you're not a professional motor mechanic?

garyh · #**113** 10th June 2012, 19:52

I'm blushing T... Like yourself, i am really enjoying all this. A couple more bit in the jigsaw and i can move on. Have already asked the Mother in law if i can have some lessons on her sewing machine..

Mister Towed · #**114** 10th June 2012, 20:04

Is that to do your own interior? If you can manage that I really will be impressed as it's the only bit I'm not doing myself.

garyh · #**115** 10th June 2012, 21:03

Who knows, I know you have to unpick the old cover which gives you a pattern to use, then lay on your new fabric and cut out... then just stitch it all together, job done!

Mister Towed · #**116** 11th June 2012, 06:51

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Originally Posted by garyh

Who knows, I know you have to unpick the old cover which gives you a pattern to use, then lay on your new fabric and cut out... then just stitch it all together, job done!

Sounds simple enough. Slight fly in the ontment is that I only started with bare seat shells so I don't have a pattern to copy. I'm also aware that you need an industrial grade sewing machine to stitch leather or leatherette. Trying to use a domestic machine for heavy duty trim materials is the equivalent of trying to fix the Forth Road Bridge with my 100 amp stick welder. I wish you well if you do have a go yourself though.

garyh · #**117** 13th June 2012, 09:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by chap68

hi there hope you dont mind me saying this but you need to go up on the power on your mig abit down on wire speed and up on gas flow more you will get a much smoother neater continious weld!! good luck

I have a Clarke 150, it has switches that i have on max as someone said that before, speed is on 5-6? shall i try 4? I havn't been able to do one continuous bead as i seem to blow holes. So i am just stitch welding. I would really like to know how to do it neatly as then i wouldn't grind it back.

oxford1360 · #**118** 13th June 2012, 09:35

I'm sure everybody is familiar with this site - the tutorials are great and there is lots of useful advice - even for blasting and spraying.
http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/index.php

garyh · #**119** 13th June 2012, 09:52

That was interesting, pretty much what Chap said and a couple of other poosibilities. Cheers.

oxford1360 · #**120** 13th June 2012, 10:00

That forum led me to check the wire speed controller on my Clarke. I measured how many metres per minute were coming through at different settings - just do it for 10 seconds to save wire!
Immediately I discovered that it was flying out at the fastest speed whichever setting I had it on. The Clarke spares service is great and I had a new PCB in no time which made welding much more enjoyable and effective.