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04-14-2020, 10:14 PM | #1 |
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Factory welding
The lines of body welding in my '32 5 window, on the inside, are very regular. Look like automatic, not hand done. How was that done back then?
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04-14-2020, 10:37 PM | #2 |
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Re: Factory welding
I assume after welding a million they got it figured out pretty well
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04-15-2020, 12:21 AM | #3 |
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Re: Factory welding
I think those are resistance welds similar to the way band saw blades are joined but that's just a guess. I would think it would take a pile of amps to do the job since some of those welds are 12'' or more.
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04-15-2020, 01:58 AM | #4 |
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Re: Factory welding
As stated, it's called 'flash butt welding'
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04-15-2020, 05:07 AM | #5 |
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Re: Factory welding
And machine done, not by hand.
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04-15-2020, 05:52 AM | #6 |
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04-15-2020, 06:14 AM | #7 |
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Re: Factory welding
The question posed regarded a Ford-built '32 standard coupe body.
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04-15-2020, 07:00 AM | #8 |
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Those were not mass produced and would have been hand welded where fabrication was not time sensitive.
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04-15-2020, 09:50 AM | #9 |
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The machines they developed to weld the model A gas tanks was some relatively new technology for the time. The technology evolved as it was needed.
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04-15-2020, 05:26 PM | #10 |
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Re: Factory welding
The same resistance welding technique was used to weld the bottoms on the hollow steel valve lifters for the V8 engines.
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04-16-2020, 09:44 PM | #11 |
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Re: Factory welding
Thank you, all of you. Automatic resistance welding was my guess, with nothing to go on. Looking at many of the other welds revealed by stripping the interior demonstrates how much investment was made to make these panels. Each weldment had to have a pair of matching "things" that held the parts next to each other and then jam them together the right distance and the correct amperage for the right time.
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04-16-2020, 09:57 PM | #12 |
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The 1932 & others year fuel tanks had a rather harsh & sharp crimped edge with a full perimeter weld where the upper & lower portions were joined
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04-16-2020, 10:03 PM | #13 |
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While we're talking about Ford's unique welding capabilities, what about the way they electrically welded the stainless steel sides to the cast iron block on the early V8-60's.
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04-16-2020, 10:15 PM | #14 |
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Re: Factory welding
And welding the spokes
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