Saabina wrote:You mentioned anti balloon reinforcements. What is the flat surface thickness and why not up it a notch to retain the clean visuals? Would look awesome if the welds are ground and the whole thing polished. Excellent work and project!
Thanks for the questions. The flat plate is .125 inch thick with milled down step to the tubing of .090 inch thickness. I opted to test, before to see if I needed to add a vertical member or two. The amount of duty and cycles it will see I decided not to add the extra members. Perfect vacuum to full boost will see about .060" or 1/16 of an inch overall collapse to expand.
As for the grinding and polishing, the idea did crossed my mind, but that makes you a grinder not a welder. I'll leave it to remind me it is practice for the next welding project.
