Welding the Gasholes.

My fingers are healing quite nicely. The weather is drizzly, but at least it's starting to warm up. Finally got back to work on the F1 the last few days. While welding the gasholes up, I found out my welding skills on 18 gauge metal sucks. I did pretty good on the floor hole but the gas fill on the passenger side of the cab was another story. I blew a bunch of holes in it before going to a smaller welding wire and slower speed. Van Aldershof gave me this tip and it's getting better. I need a lot of practice. This make me rethink filling in all the holes in the firewall. I'll practice some more and may do it anyway a little later.

Why i'm so quiet.

I probably shouldn't be telling on myself, but there's a reason I haven't posted anything for a while. As I stated last time, it was getting cold outside again, so I decided to get started on a lamp project in the wood shop for my daughter Mary. Things were going quite well until I was making a test cut on the table saw with a way to short piece of wood. The resulting kickback has slowed me down to a healing period, or a waste of my time as I call it. In the twenty years I have been working on that saw, I only did stupid things twice. (that I know of). I got a kickback about 10 years ago and was hit in the stomach resulting in a bruise to it and my ego. This time I wasn't so lucky. From the picture you can see the results. I only post this to show those that don't work safely what can happen, hoping now that you will. I'm not stupid, but it was a stupid thing to do. Anyway, the weather is great now and I will be at it again very soon. Thanks for sending the sunshine.