Todays Project - What did you do today?

[Highpower]

After cutting out the center section and sanding the paint from the edges it was time to weld the two halves back together again. I didn’t want to weld the base to my welding table so I clamped the halves to a piece of copper plate to keep them flat and left about a 1/16” gap between them. I tacked them in several spots before finally welding them together with the MIG. I finished it off by grinding all the welds down flush since the inner plate has to slide back and forth underneath.


I also cut a piece of ¼” steel to use as a base plate to attach the new mount to. Something that won’t bend under the weight of the motor. But it looks like I will have to replace the hex head bolts with some countersunk screws, since they interfere with the movement of the adjusting plate on the new motor mount.



Oh well. Enough for today…..