January 22, 2008 - More welding.
And it's at the tricky stage now. In the picture I'm in the middle of welding the #3 runner to the flange, while the #2 runner is wrapped around it and held out of the way.
I have now finished all of the welds except one. But it's causing a problem. Not in terms of access, but a problem I didn't see coming. One of the tubes is stuck in the collector. Okay, that's not terribly serious. But I need to move it out about 1/8" so everything lines up perfectly. Without that I'm going to have to do some really ugly sectioning to make this work. I don't want to.
My TIG welding is definitely better, but conditions are getting more and more difficult as I go on so it's difficult to say just how well I'm doing. When I have nice access and a good joint, I can lay down a pretty bead. Most of them, however, are not.
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