Weld/Solder coat hanger wire

[DANALLY]

I will take a few pics of my set-up so everyone can see what I do. The filler rods are sticks...they actually look like arc welding sticks. They melt to the metal well but it takes timing and perfect heat. You would never be able to make it with a butane torch or other form of heat. I've tried it all.

My secret is that I actually used to weld for a living...oxy map set-up is an art.

 

[hrddrvr]

Your wire rigs were the main ones I was thinking of, so I'm really appreciative that you decided to chime in on this thread. I would definitely like to see more detail on your technique, but honestly, I think it's out of my league I think brass and soldering are within my grasp, so that's the route I will start with.

 

[MAXXMASHER]

My brass made bumpers.

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Didn't I just see this awesome rig in RCCaraction?? Very nice work, sir!!

 

[Intashu]

Didn't I just see this awesome rig in RCCaraction?? Very nice work, sir!!

Yes sir you did.
been giving me grief for it's smaller scale on the rocks though. Keeps getting hung up on rocks. Haven't had time to build a rock slider plate under it. That and the Topper is black now instead of tan.:mrgreen:

Oh, and on the note of this thread, here is a honcho rear made out of brass too!

 

[TheScaleAddict]

Check out my wraith build. it's got LOTS of brass.

 

[TheScaleAddict]

Still have a lot to weld on it, and a lot of welds to sand and polish. But it's off to a grand start.

 

[hrddrvr]

I'm still in the very early stages. I cheated and found some solid brass rod It was a good material choice for me, as it is easy to bend and solder

Anyway, here is the first creation. Very far from being done, and definitely not as refined as some of the other designs/builds here on RCC, but I am proud of my first work.

The rod is a single piece bent all the way around the chassis. That will be the basis of my shape, which was fairly complex. I will have some other complex curves, that I hope turn out as good, and are easily integrated into the existing piece.

You can see my build thread here --> http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/losi-micro-rock-crawler/410930-what-what-will.html

 

[elsewhere]

Still have a lot to weld on it, and a lot of welds to sand and polish. But it's off to a grand start.

Looks good so far!"thumbsup"

 

[TheScaleAddict]

Couple of more tubes/welds into it now.

 

[jgorm]

Nice mini fab work guys! You could do small stuff like this with an oxy acetylene torch, and you can also do full size truck fab stuff too (but not as nice as a plasma and tig). You can weld steel and stainless with a torch, but you will need a tig welder to weld aluminum. I'd suggest welding over brazing if you want it to hold together for a lot of crashes. There are plastic welders out there for ~$100 where you use them like a hot glue gun, but they shoot out plastic.

 

[TheScaleAddict]

Thanks. Brass and solder is plenty strong for this scale. My joints don't break. Even if they did, it'd be an easy fix.

 

[dirtracer20]

Nice mini fab work guys! You could do small stuff like this with an oxy acetylene torch, and you can also do full size truck fab stuff too (but not as nice as a plasma and tig). You can weld steel and stainless with a torch, but you will need a tig welder to weld aluminum. I'd suggest welding over brazing if you want it to hold together for a lot of crashes. There are plastic welders out there for ~$100 where you use them like a hot glue gun, but they shoot out plastic.

You can weld aluminum with oxy fuel. I've seen it done.