A mig welder does make things a lot easier. Avoid the 110v units. They can’t develop the "open circuit" voltage and still deliver current to give good penetration. Flux core wire is better for dirty welding. Gas is the way to go for nice clean welds on clean materials. Dennis
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of neil N Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 9:06 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: MIG welding. Hi all. I've been reading about welding. (Haynes publication) I'm interested in trying my hand at welding up some parts for my Vanagon engine conversion ( - VC - ) here at home. FWIW, from what I've read, MIG welding seems more user friendly and appropriate for the average Joe. Here's a great site with excellent images and what looks like really useful info on MIG: there's even a video of the guy laying down a bead. There is also car restoration pics worth looking at. Nice site. Just thought I'd share.
Cheers, Neil. -- Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" (Bustorius) Please send fav Vanagon/Westfalia links to me at: musomuso1963@hotmail.com |
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