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gwhammy

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What do you think I could get away with, 3/8 inch on a t3 flange or go ahead with 1/2 inch. I'm a little tight on space so every little bit helps. Some of the flanges will have alot of extra metal around some of the edges.
 
For a spacer it should be fine. Most likely it will warp if you're welding on it.
 
I've got a big belt sander I usually flatten all my flanges with. Even the 1/2 warp some welding on them. I'm thinking just hanging he351's off of them the 3/8 is what I'm going to try.
 
I've got one that looks like this.
 

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I just finished my He351ve swap on the Junker Drag Truck and I cut my flanges out of 1/2" thick angle iron. With just my cheap lower temp Harbor Freight 120volt flux core wire welder it warped the flanges. I was wondering if it was due to the angle iron stock or just the nature of welding on 1/2" flanges.

I guess they all warp!
 
It's just the nature of a weld. You can skip weld and help it but trueing up the flange is the best way I've found.
 
Great, now I have an excuse to buy a belt sander! Years ago when I was a kid, we used to race my Dad's belt sanders. Wind em' up, and drop them on a sheet of plywood. Tons of fun for a 10 year old.
 
you can just set them side-by-side and plug them into the same power strip... hit the button or plug the power strip in, and let 'em go :D
 
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