68 camaro drip rail bead done ✅

[@DoubleRRestorations]

Looks great Roger!

[@perrywe1]

Dude that looks awesome! I don't have that much nerve.....lol. When I fit my roof I'm gonna get Jubes to help me out. lol. Nice to know that the problem can be corrected like that though. Can't wait the see it planished and smoothed out. Thanks for sharing Roger.

[@Tanoble69]

Looks really good, Roger.

[@huck01955]

Looking good Roger

[@black88coupe]

Great job👏👏👏

[@MrFireman164]

Thanks 😊

[@asicerik]

I see no wonkiness at all! Nice work sir

[@MrFireman164]

😂

[@davidbrown-55]

Fusion tacks. Very nice. You know what your doing. I just bought a tig. Have to get back in the game also.

[@MrFireman164]

Yes! Fusion

[@GregsGarage]

I'd say you've just about got the drip rail tackled! The tig welds look great.

[@MrFireman164]

Thanks

[@kennethmays6830]

Looks good Roger. I like to do it with very little filler rod if possible. Just fusion. Remember what Jubee says the body man has to eat too.

[@MrFireman164]

Thanks, I’m the bodyman 😂

[@gunnerjs68camaro]

Very nice work!! I can't wait to see how it aligns to the roof bead.

[@vettepicking]

Remember magnets screw up tig welds if you get close to them. It pulls the arc out all crazy

[@MrFireman164]

Yeah I took them off before I got to close

[@oacumulador]

Happy New Year

[@MrFireman164]

Happy new year !

[@michaelcole4733]

Nice work with the drip rail! I have a question. I always hated grinding my welds with my MIG, using the mig wire with the TIG, is it softer to grind? Isn’t MiG wire harder so that it can be ran through the tube? I mean the temper of it? You know how it seems springy? Anyway keep up the good work!

[@MrFireman164]

Thanks, mig vs tig wire are very similar, one is not harder that the other, the mig welding process makes the weld harder and more brittle which means it’s not happy about being planished so not allowing the weld to flatten, whereas the tig process allows for a softer more malleable weld allowing the metal to be closer to the parent metal therefore planishes out flatter and making for actual a stronger weld. The migs tensile strength is very high, higher than the parent metal because of the heat/cooling process and this makes it want to crack when being planished or if you ever notice when you bend the metal back and forth it will break right next to the weld and that’s because mig welds are so hard. So the short answer is it’s the process not the wire that makes the welds harder or softer.

[@Kevin_Ruz]

"autogenous". Nice work! Welding thin metal is a pain. You made it look easy 😉

[@LakeAndLodgeGarage]

Damn Roger you are making that TIG work look easy. After you shamed me into buying a TIG 😂, I have been practicing last week and am not at that level yet. I did notice that you seemed to using the pulse mode. Does that seem to help you keep the rhythm?

[@MrFireman164]

Yes the pulse keeps the heat down as well

[@samg5543]

where did you get that flat-top railroad rail? I have one but it's rounded on the top edges. one of those would be nice.

[@DarthBobo68]

Zero Tig Experience. Can you jump around on the seam like you would with a Mig?

[@MrFireman164]

I won’t say you can’t but have have heard it’s best to stay in one direction because it does bunch the metal up as it’s moving in one direction because it has nowhere to go if you block it with weld, kind of like damming a river.