Gregs Fleet

[TdracerTd]

Brazing with tig... I didn't even know you could do that! Now I'm going to have to try it.

[HQ355]

You need special tig brazing rods, normal ones don't work and it has to be spotless. AC and high frequency work well but you can also use DC with good results

[VL400]

Yep, silicon bronze rods. Have to be very careful on the heat input to not melt the parent metal and only braze the joint.

[psyolent]

VL400, the holes were there for mudflaps. I won't be putting them on so filling them instead. I like the clean look on the VN.

[vlad01]

I have to get mine welded up and then redrill them. All the wholes are in the wrong locations to fit genuine mudflaps and Id say the holes are result of some cheap universal ones fitted at some stage.

[psyolent]

thats always another option vlad. i can't imagine these holes were in the right location either, as, one was too close to the edge and had basically become open. pointless really. installed by someone in a hurry who didn't give a shit clearly - its just a VN right.


more filing


more filing


and some etch priming

much better

[vlad01]

My holes are in between the factory locations, so out by 50mm or so.

[vlt304]

if only they did accetylene! i have oxygen accetylene and argon, im over the rental increases every year!

Bunnings do D size oxy and acetylene with no rent here in Brisbane and total tools do argon and argosheild mig gas no rent. the refill is almost the same price as boc and done on a swap and go type system.

[HQ355]

I have total tools Argo sheild, I'd never go back to boc (bunch of cunts) after they tried reaming me for another 12 months of bottle rental when I returned my last one even though I had the paper work to prove I had paid 12 months up front when I got the bottle. My beer gas is on a special arrangement through a bikie I use to work with, $50 for a full bottle and no rent

[psyolent]

yeah i hear you vlad. these were just plain wrong, and, looked awful. now they look great and, will look fantastic with a coat of asteroid silver

i didn't know that vlt304.
pretty sure bunnings don't do it but total tools do so it seems.
alot of the places say you can use straight argon for MIG and mild steel work - this true? HQ355 - i like that $50 a bottle. win. even if it is for carbonation