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Last_Paladin · 04-21-2012, 10:03 AM

I am a fan of the z cuts. Either way, with the plating you did, it should be fine, since you moved the stress zones out and they're not in direct shear. By going | up and down, you add a stress point by heating the frame on either side, baking the carbon out of it and making it more brittle. So, when you add weight, it's focused on the frame straight up and down. Instead of Z or / like.

Remember, the big truck frames are heat treated, which is why they say not to weld on them. So, when they cut, butt and weld, they re-treat it to some degree, no carbon to bake out, it's all steel with little chance of inclusions. At least the shops I use do.

04-21-2012, 10:03 AM	#117
Last_Paladin Registered User Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Beverly, MA Posts: 472	Re: Build #2 Crusader! I am a fan of the z cuts. Either way, with the plating you did, it should be fine, since you moved the stress zones out and they're not in direct shear. By going \| up and down, you add a stress point by heating the frame on either side, baking the carbon out of it and making it more brittle. So, when you add weight, it's focused on the frame straight up and down. Instead of Z or / like. Remember, the big truck frames are heat treated, which is why they say not to weld on them. So, when they cut, butt and weld, they re-treat it to some degree, no carbon to bake out, it's all steel with little chance of inclusions. At least the shops I use do.