Saturday, March 11, 2023

 Mid and Front Offside Floor

This may look a tricky section to fabricate but in essence, it was as easy as the rear floor section in having simple folds. 

Again, it was formed from 1.0mm steel to provide strength and plug weld holes were pre-drilled with a 6mm diameter. 


The panel was seam welded on the end sections with simple butt welds and plug welded to the under-floor plates and vertical inner sill plate. 







Rear Offside Sill






This was a relatively simple piece to fabricate and sits at the very bottom of the photos above. The outer sill had been pre-drilled to allow plug welds on the outer edge of the fabrication. 


I used 1.0 mm rather than 0.8mm steel sheet a) because of the ease of form and b) to add additional strength. 



The panel was then stich-welded  to form a continuous weld  to the vertical inner sill plate and floor and then plug welded to the outer sill plate. By using strategically placed damp cloths and short section stich welds, the work was completed without any panel distortion.