Paul and I in Junkyard land part 2
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MIGs are cake. It took me about 15 minutes of practice for me to make beautiful (okay, acceptable) welds. Just get the amperage and feed rate set, and then all you have to do is pull the trigger and fill in. Sheetmetal is trickier because it's easy to overheat it and warp it.
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Originally posted by Pele
How hard is it to learn how to use a plasma cutter and MIG or TIG welder... (What the hell do MIG and TIG mean anyhow? Is it any different than an acetelyne torch?)
I need to cut wheel wells out of some car that someone put the front end into a pole and put them in my rusted out wheel well areas, kinda like Setzep did.
How hard is it to learn how to use a plasma cutter and MIG or TIG welder... (What the hell do MIG and TIG mean anyhow? Is it any different than an acetelyne torch?)
I need to cut wheel wells out of some car that someone put the front end into a pole and put them in my rusted out wheel well areas, kinda like Setzep did.
As for the MIG welder ( can't remember what MIG stands for, but TIG is Tungsten Inert Gas), it too is fairly easy to start with. Like good driving skills, just need lots of practice to get better. If I had the free time, I would have repaired my SE instead of selling it. If you can swing it, the $2k needed to get the welder and cutter is a great investment. You can always find somoeone who needs something made/taken apart/fixed, etc...
--Danny
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Originally posted by White84SE
Plasma cutter is like a walk int the park to learn. Imagine an oxy-acetylene torch, but with a cutting path 1/4" wide and not warping surrounding metal. LIterally, it's like a scalpel for metal. Thing is a godsend when trying to work with 16 gauge sheetmetal.
As for the MIG welder ( can't remember what MIG stands for, but TIG is Tungsten Inert Gas), it too is fairly easy to start with. Like good driving skills, just need lots of practice to get better. If I had the free time, I would have repaired my SE instead of selling it. If you can swing it, the $2k needed to get the welder and cutter is a great investment. You can always find somoeone who needs something made/taken apart/fixed, etc...
--Danny
Plasma cutter is like a walk int the park to learn. Imagine an oxy-acetylene torch, but with a cutting path 1/4" wide and not warping surrounding metal. LIterally, it's like a scalpel for metal. Thing is a godsend when trying to work with 16 gauge sheetmetal.
As for the MIG welder ( can't remember what MIG stands for, but TIG is Tungsten Inert Gas), it too is fairly easy to start with. Like good driving skills, just need lots of practice to get better. If I had the free time, I would have repaired my SE instead of selling it. If you can swing it, the $2k needed to get the welder and cutter is a great investment. You can always find somoeone who needs something made/taken apart/fixed, etc...
--Danny
I'm especially proud of being able to cut one layer sheetmetal without harming the layer underneath it, even if that layer is physically contacting. Like butta MIG stands for metal inert gas, IIRC. Basically it's arc welding but with an automatic wire feed and a shielding gas (typically 75% argon/25% CO2). Probably THE simplest form of welding. If you can gas weld or gas braze, picking up MIG will be like falling off a log. Likewise if you can arc weld, MIG will be simple.
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