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nitroheadz28
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JUL 13, 02:10 PM
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Kathryn, you don't know how lucky you are to have a family that can teach you these things and guide you along the way. Hell I'm 20 and I've never touched a welder, sure I'd love to learn but I'm not exactly going to put down $500-700 for a good welder that I'll use just for the Fiero. Keep it up, you've accomplished a lot so far. Consider me jealous and impressed  .
Woooo I own pg 7  [This message has been edited by nitroheadz28 (edited 07-13-2011).]
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kathryn
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JUL 13, 04:59 PM
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okay dad and i didn't buy the wielder it is my Uncles. thank you by the way uncle bob!!!
and yes i used the wielder, but that doesn't mean that i'm good at it.
i was petrified of the thing because all my life i've been told don't mess with electricity and if you see a spark shut everything off!
and now they tell me hey let's go play with lightning and if you don't get a spark that's a bad thing!
gee whiz sometimes i wonder at our sanity!
lol
thanks for checking out my thread and keeping up to date.
-kathryn
p.s. now you're not the only one who owns page 7....lol...
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MadMark
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JUL 13, 06:16 PM
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Kathryn, wait until you try out TIG welding. It is a whole different art where you can control the lighting in your one hand and feed the welding wire in with the other. When you learn to TIG weld you will make very pretty puddles that hold the metal together tremendously well. You can do almost as good with a good MIG welder, but it is a lot harder to make it look great with the MIG, but it is faster.
While I am not good at doing wood working, since you have to start all over if you make a mistake, with steel or aluminum and a TIG welder you can just grind out any imperfections and weld in some more metal. When you are done no one will know the difference.
Whether you know it or not, that weld that you did was pretty good for a first attempt. Keep up the good work.
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michhiker28
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JUL 14, 11:10 AM
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I am sure that Kathryn needs a bit more welding practice....but at least she got over some of her fear of "playing with lightning." Kinda fun once she realized she could get the parts to stick together...lol! Thanks again Bob for the quick lesson and letting her learn. We are to the point of removing the back clip next and dropping the cradle. Lots of work has been done, lots more still needs to be done.
-MH
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kathryn
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JUL 15, 03:32 PM
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hey everyone i'm still trying to keep up although i won't have any reports to give...shame
but soon, well as soon as i get back any way i'm going to have alot of sanding and de-rusting to do so yeah
but i have a huge whole in my car litteraly
save me my poor fiero is falling apart from the inside out
i suppose that it is just up to me to save/fix it but still it's sad.
i'll get on sometime later thanks for all your support and help my project has been made so much more fun when i can read your thoughts and ideas!
thank you for making me laugh and think and thank you to all of you who have given me better ways to do the things i'm trying to do!
hope that you all can have just as succesful of projects as mine.
-kathryn
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TopNotch
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JUL 15, 04:32 PM
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Maybe you should find a nice Southern or Western rust free Fiero, and transfer all the good stuff you have done up till now to it. Getting rid of rust is a lot of work that you shouldn't have to do.
This message is a hint to your dad.
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kathryn
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JUL 16, 08:58 AM
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no i will not just move all my good parts onto another car i am staying true to my car through and through no matter how much more work i have to do!!!!!
i am just going to suffer through it and make MY car look good not just some other car plus i need enough work to last me three more years.
so just to let everyone know i am sticking with my car and not a different one
-kathryn
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kathryn
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JUL 16, 01:16 PM
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sorry i know you were trying to help it's just that this is the only way i have to learn and i want to be able to say i worked on my car through the good and easy times and the not so easy times.
plus i don't need to have even more parts to get mom worked up about we've already taken up most of the downstairs and the shed so....
yeah sorry again when you're all trying to help sorry
thanks for still coming and watching my progress!!!!
sorry
-kathryn
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blackrams
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JUL 16, 03:30 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by kathryn:
sorry i know you were trying to help it's just that this is the only way i have to learn and i want to be able to say i worked on my car through the good and easy times and the not so easy times.
-kathryn |
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As I've said before, You Go Girl! Don't be sorry, it's your project and you do it the way you wish. 
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Ron
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J-Holland
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JUL 16, 04:40 PM
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