This is an observation and a question-
I travel around a little bit, and last week I was in Las Vegas. Whenever I go to a new Town, I always look in the Yellow Pages and seek out any Rod Shops and go to look and/or buy stuff.
I go to Vegas at least once a year, so the SoCal Speed Shop is a must see event for me (buy T-Shirts, maybe some off-the-shelf doo-dad).
Anyways, I have been in three or four Shops in different cities in the last few Months, and I was looking at the quality (and ideas!) in Workmanship of in-progress Rods.
I was shocked to see in all of the Shops that I visited recently the amount of Weld Shrinkage in the Metal. I mean these guys are putting so much Heat in the Welds that the Weld Beads were at least a 1/4" (or more) below the parent Metal.
This isn't a criticism (really!), and I'm certain not indicative of most Shops. I was just shocked and am trying to figure out why. Maybe because they are on a tight Schedule and aren't waiting for the Metal to cool, maybe some other reason. Obviously, they are going to use a lot of Filler (I wonder if the Car's Owner knows this?). Aren't most of these Shops on a Time and Material basis? Anybody else notice this?
Maybe I'm too critical-
I travel around a little bit, and last week I was in Las Vegas. Whenever I go to a new Town, I always look in the Yellow Pages and seek out any Rod Shops and go to look and/or buy stuff.
I go to Vegas at least once a year, so the SoCal Speed Shop is a must see event for me (buy T-Shirts, maybe some off-the-shelf doo-dad).
Anyways, I have been in three or four Shops in different cities in the last few Months, and I was looking at the quality (and ideas!) in Workmanship of in-progress Rods.
I was shocked to see in all of the Shops that I visited recently the amount of Weld Shrinkage in the Metal. I mean these guys are putting so much Heat in the Welds that the Weld Beads were at least a 1/4" (or more) below the parent Metal.
This isn't a criticism (really!), and I'm certain not indicative of most Shops. I was just shocked and am trying to figure out why. Maybe because they are on a tight Schedule and aren't waiting for the Metal to cool, maybe some other reason. Obviously, they are going to use a lot of Filler (I wonder if the Car's Owner knows this?). Aren't most of these Shops on a Time and Material basis? Anybody else notice this?
Maybe I'm too critical-