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This video is frame and sides. You've already seen us do some frame work. We're
gonna be doing a little bit more work
and it's going to be engine mount stuff.
We're also going to be doing some strut mount work. The strut is a shock
and coil in one. Struts need a place to mount; hence the word strut mount.
It takes a big piece of sheet metal probably about a quarter of an inch
thick.
Instead of taking two pieces and welding them together,
it's a lot stronger if we score it, bend it
and then weld it on the inside. You're gonna see us scoring that in a few places
and then hammering it over.
It's not only gonna be strong, it's also gonna look really nice too.
There is no roadmap; there is no guide to doing this. So, one of the methods that we
use when we make a custom piece is to use cardboard to mock it up - to template
it out.
That way, you can cut it with scissors you don't have to worry about spending a
bunch of time on a piece of thick metal. It saves us time, saves us material, saves us
money.
Then you're gonna see us working on Minerva's side. The white
of the epoxy coat that we put on
makes it difficult to see. So, you probably won't be able to notice it in the video; but
there was a lot of warping in that panel.
It could have been due to some rust, it could have been
because of a previous accident. We're really not sure.
Just to be safe, we're going to replace it. This is becoming a recurring theme in
Minerva.
This method we're going to be using is also spot welding...
but, it's surface spot welding (aka same side spot welding).
Instead of the two sides that you saw before where you pinch the
two pieces together, we're going to take the two electrodes and we're going to
put them on the outside...
run that current through and that's gonna welded it to the existing body.
I don't know about you, but I'm cold. We're going inside!