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    My rusty rocker panel saga... gotta TIG my way through it

    Ended up getting HF titanium flux core welder, wow! Night and day, so much easier and faster
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    My rusty rocker panel saga... gotta TIG my way through it

    It's separated at the bottom already, I just don't want to have to replace the entire rocker after spot welding that much at the doors. I mean if I really have to, I have to. Can I cut the rocker in half from wheel well to wheel well? And TIG weld it in that way? I have a set of edge setter...
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    My rusty rocker panel saga... gotta TIG my way through it

    Is MIG a lot more forgiving? What's on the car is certainly still weldable, I'll post up some pics
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    My rusty rocker panel saga... gotta TIG my way through it

    Hey guys, all I have is a TIG, and need to weld back up my rusty rockers. What do I use for the existing rust to make it weldable, and how to protect it after welding? It's a long story lol, but I got in too deep with spot welding my unibody chassis. Trying to make a well-handling sleeper out...
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    Garage torsion spring calculation from scratch? Wrong springs - Have weight, etc.

    I have a 16'x7' door, with just a single torsion spring. Seems like the setup is wrong; new garage door opener seems like it struggles. Was trying to disregard the spring that's on there, and do a fresh calculation and just get new springs. Everything unwound when I manually lifted the door when...
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