Made the key.. Piece of cake!! Well, a piece of tubular steel and a hammer!!
That was fun ;o)
Couple of hours more practice and I think we are there!!
I can now tack two bits of 1″ square tube together
so well that the metal will rip rather than the weld breaking!! I am one happy chappie! ))))))))
I can move on with the build..
After a few weeks of dealing with other tasks,
making some cupboards and finishing the pool cover roller I eventually got back into the garage to work on the car.
My first task is to grind off all the crap welds from the previous attempts - what a lovely job that was.. Not!!
Still I made it a little better asI used a pair of motorcycle ear
plugs to reduce the noise - I had previously been getting
some awful headaches that would last a day or two after I had been on a grinding session.
No problems this time.
With the old welds off
I re-welded the ‘internal’ joints and ground them flat.
Around this time I got fiddling with the welding mask I had been given by my father (a well used one).
I had been unhappy with the view through the glass.
While I could see the arc and sometimes I could just make out the metal, most of the time
it was a case if line myself up before the weld started and guide myself as best I could with very little vision.
I had cleaned the outside and inside of the lens a few times but with very little improvement, however this time I discovered that there were in fact two lenses.
One was clear and I guess is heat
resistant as it is on the outside, the other is the dark glass on the inside.
When I took these apart and removed the gunk between them I discovered that it is actually possible to see what you are doing while you are welding!!!
Another breakthrough - I feel much happier with this whole welding lark now. :op
Anyway I am now the proud owner of a 3 dimensional chassis!!!
I successfully added the four uprights (H) to my lower rails.
Unfortunately the evening was over by the time I finished the last of the uprights but I left the garage itching to get back in and crack on.
I had been feeling a little despondent when things had been going pear shaped, but that is sorted now, the chassis is starting to take shape!!!

On the third week of the month I picked up my old motorbike a Kawasaki EN450 Ltd, this had
been with my brother-in-law as it was overheating one of the new twin exhaust pipes.
He had drawn a blank and concluded with either the pipe is blocked or
there is a stuck exhaust valve - I’m going with the second
as it had been laid up for a couple/3 years.
This is going to take a good few weekends looking at, as I want it on the road for the Summer, unfortunately
the car will have to wait…
Though I may find time to add a few more chassis rails…. : ^P
We shall see..