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psimitar Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,506 posts · joined Jan 2009 ·

#894081
Hiya,

I'm looking for work at present in my field but if anyone needs a hand on an old VW or even modern watercooled then for a bit of cash in hand I may be able to help.

I'm northside Brissy but depending can go south too.

Just PM me or reply to this thread.

Cheers,
Mike
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beetle_nut Wolfsburg Wizard

465 posts · joined Jan 2012 ·

#901650
What kind of work u do mate?wouldnt b a welder by any chance.im on south side.

MISS VDUB Administrator Mrs KOMBIBOB

2,565 posts · joined Sep 2005 ·

#901765
Might help if you explain what work in your "field" means? What are you able to offer people?
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psimitar Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,506 posts · joined Jan 2009 ·

#901783
Oh yea 🙂

Well I'm an electrical and electronics engineer working as a control systems engineer but as I have over 20 years experience working on cars, DIY and many household jobs.

On cars I've stripped and rebuild complete engines and many cylinder heads, anything brakes or suspension, non-ecu car electrics, MIG welding, metal machining (lathe and milling), Panel fabrication.
Wood work I canmake wood frames, make proper mortice and tenon joins.
Household a bit of general plumbing, painting, almost any household maintenance including electrics.
General gardening
Pool system installation.

So as you can see I'm multi talented. Tooling is the only thing that can keep me from doing some jobs.

Um yea, that's me 🙂
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psimitar Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,506 posts · joined Jan 2009 ·

#901955
beetle_nut wrote:How good r ur welding skills.could u weld in a golde rag clip into a beetle roof.
Not too shabby. I'm self taught but if you look at my resto thread you can see my welding skills to some degree in the latter half of my thread. Few bits of same thickness scrap to get the welder settings dialled in and good to go. I presume this would be using my welder as you don't have one?

Lap or butt weld? If you've joggled the roof for a lap weld then it makes the alignment easier but not too much difference in welding ease. Um, have you cut the roof aperture yet? And are you going to lead load the welded area afterwards or just use body filler?
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psimitar Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,506 posts · joined Jan 2009 ·

#902012
beetle_nut wrote:I hav a mig here 2 use.i want it butt welded in.final cut around not done yet az im getn it were it needz 2 be.but wil be done very soon.0406756058.if ur interested.only if ur confident u could do it.thank you im james im in salisbury on south side.
Is your welder gas or gasless? I'm not a fan of gasless as they spatter too much and the weld pool is too hot for thin steel.
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psimitar Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,506 posts · joined Jan 2009 ·

#902183
beetle_nut wrote:Itz a gas mig,i dont like gasles either.if u want 2 look at car just giv me a call and we can arrange something.il go get mig back frm my mate.
I'll give you a call tomoro arvo 😉
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psimitar Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,506 posts · joined Jan 2009 ·

#902615
beetle_nut wrote:Hey mate u stil interested in haveing a look at my bug.thank you.
Yes mate. Sorry been under the weather with some vomiting viral thing so didn't feel to chatty this arvo.
Hopefully over the worst of it and shall call tomoro. Sorry for not calling.

Cheers,
Mike
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beetle_nut Wolfsburg Wizard

465 posts · joined Jan 2012 ·

#902642
Thats ok mate.call whn ur up 2 it.hope ya fellin beta soon.

psimitar Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,506 posts · joined Jan 2009 ·

#905382
blistered_bug wrote:Hey mate roughly how much do u charge and would u travel to gold coast
Um, I don't have a fixed rate as depends what needs fixing. I'm welding in a golde ragtop for a guy for $200 plus a few small repair patches too in between the roof cooling for the next lot of welds. This may take me 4 hours or more to allow cooling time to minimise warping.

I'm very fair on pricing so let me know what you have in mind and I can give you a ball park. As your on the gold coast I'd only ask for petrol money and maybe a tenner for lunch 🙂
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volksguy05 Casual Dubber

44 posts · joined Oct 2007 ·

#967972
Hi psimitar - I was looking at replacing a front apron on a 71 bug and also need a few fender bolt-to-body (?) thread sections welded in to the body..... I am in Clayfield and in no rush, just wondering if you would be interested in this at all? And could provide a price.... cheers, Kyle
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psimitar Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,506 posts · joined Jan 2009 ·

#968116
Hiya Kyle,

How straightforward is the front apron? Does it need removing? Is the wheel well and side panels around the bumper brackets nice and solid?

For the wing mounting captive nuts. Do you have the genuine VW captive style nut or want normal M8 nuts welding in. Either way, depending on whereabouts the nut is will dictate whether the old nut can be removed without cutting a rectangle around the nut from the body and then replacing with new steel with the nut welded to it. Is it just snapped bolts or the thread in them is knackered? Is the wing mounting flange on the body in good order or has rusted around some of the captive nuts?

Pricing will depend if it's a bit of fettling before welding new pieces in or if the old parts need removing aswell and everything is dressed ready for welding/fettling?

Once I know the condition of things I can give a more accurate price on the work. If you think pictures would help then my email is mike.sacher@gmail.com.

Cheers,
Mike
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volksguy05 Casual Dubber

44 posts · joined Oct 2007 ·

#968584
Hi Mike,

Sorry mate I havent been on here to look at your reply. I will get some pics and email you direct that might be easiest.

Cheers,

Kyle
72 Super Beetle / EJ22 powered

adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!

1,476 posts · joined Aug 2014 ·

#1004889
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