quote:The hard part these days about welding is to me the fabrication of the replacement metal to be welded in.
Yes, I quote myself
Just as an example, here's a patch that took me quite some time to produce, just started fixing rust on the Longchamp. This patch took not a long time to cut out or weld in, but it took me half a day to create the metal piece to put in. It had to have the curve of the fender, the edge had to be curved like the door to create equal gap, there's a 1 cm 45 degree crease, it has to have a 180 degree bend obviously on the left and finally the right edge has to lowered approx 0.9mm so the main part is flush and needs as little filler as possible. I'm sure a pro could have made an even better patch if I paid him by the hour, but I can't afford that...
(Please ignore the miserable weld at the bottom, a one hand weld needed to fix the patch in place)
