1952 AEC Regal III [2547]

2017

Norman Julian 11 Nov
: I should pay homage to the welder that has built this trolly and restored numerous cars and tonnes of welding on this resto.
: Maxwell Mcroberts
: beats my little CIG Compact 2 ARC
: Norman Julian
: Compact 2 welders are about 30 years old now

3 Nov
: Norman Julian
: Well I bit the bullet and bought this today. Hopefully all my aluminium woes will be solved.

: Peter Velthuis
: Nice Norman.
: My dream machine.
: Greg Gibson
: What gas did you get?
: Peter Velthuis
: He would have gone for laughing gas lol.
: Feral Pigeon
: Peter Velthuis Doesn't laughing gas (AKA nitrous oxide) make your car go a lot faster ?
: Norman Julian
: Argon
: Greg Gibson
: Yep argon is the go.
: You want speed shield for mig
: Norman Julian
: They said you can weld aluminium foil with this.
: I immediately said " why would you". LOL.
: Greg Scott
: Fantastic norm please post some before and after shots of the results I'm very interested. !
: Marea Julian
: I'm glad he bought it, he was arguing with himself for weeks!

4 Nov
: Norman Julian
: I'm a quick study!
: I have already worked out where the on and off switch is.
: Norman Julian
: I am going to do the easier job first.
: Make a trolley for the machine and the bottle.
: They want $350 for a shop bought one.
: Carle Gregory
: hehehe i find that ironic that they are selling a trolley to some one that wants to weld
: Greg Scott
: Weld up the tig trolley with the mig ! Lol
: Norman Julian
: How did you know! LOL

Andrew Blacklock

lol

4 Nov
: Norman Julian
: Some of you are probably saying what has a welder got anything to do with this restoration.
: To me it is a very important part of this resto because a great deal of this bus and the next is aluminium and most of the parts are complex shapes that need repairing in some way or form.
: Finding a welder [person] to do the necessary work is hard and when you do they either don't care to do the work, too busy to do the work or can't do it and when you do they charge you like a wounded bull.
: This type of welding is very difficult because the old aluminium is very thin and in most cases very oxidised.
: I decided to finally get one but a lot of questions were asked and advise given by my next door neighbour.
: This is a variable pulse and amperage machine that will help with the varying degree of oxidation of the old aluminium. Another reason for buying it is that I want to do it myself at my leisure and in my own way.
: Feral Pigeon
: The best tools for the job always cost more and that's because they do the job properly.
: I do the same when buying electronics test equipment.

7th Nov
: Norman Julian
: I made a start on the Buddy Holley yesterday.
: Because I'm old I made the top of this trolley high enough that I don't have to bend over too far to see the dials to adjust.
: You will have to excuse the messy bench.
: It is a workshop afterall.
: The welder will sit on top with a shelf at the bottom to carry all the normal rubbish.
: The space at the back will carry the gas bottle.
: It is only tack welded at the moment.

Norman Julian 16 Nov

: I had this delivered today from the states.
: 7 lbs of brass screws.
: No metric in this lot, all imperial. Shame I couldn't get them from here.
: Because I believe in period restos it was a bonus that these are slot head.
: Finding specific suppliers of these types of brass screws isn't easy.
: Steve Maher
: If you had asked I could have put you on to a guy here in Sydney
: Peter Velthuis
: You telling me he screwed up.
: Norman Julian
: No comment
: Feral Pigeon
: None of that metric rubbish, thank you, be a crime to put them in a British bus.
: Norman Julian
: True that!

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