Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 23:04:46 -0400
Reply-To: craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
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From: craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: MIG welding.
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Welding is not that hard, in my mind. I got invoved in it through our
highschool. I was the head of the design and building of our schools "Battle
Bot" for the national competition (we did very well) and built this massive
steel structure. With no previous welding experience, i got some basic
lessons, grabbed some scrap steel, and was pretty happy with not making to
much of a mess after a few days of practice. I ended up buying a MIG welder,
i found a used one with wire feed, its a real beauty. It's a great skill to
master in my mind, even if you dont MASTER it for body work. Fabrication of
parts is definately within the reach of someone willing to put some time and
creativity into it.
Just a pair of pennies from my mind.
-Craig
'85GL
On 10/1/07, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Interesting.
>
> Except for guys like Ben (the crasy one) it might be a "dying art".
> For lack of a better term.
>
> At one point, I thought I'd have the rust cut out and welded, van
> painted, blah blah blah. If I had the space, I'd learn more about body
> work ( I know nuthin now) and have at er'. Huge learning curve though.
> And I think my Westy has been in a couple of significant accidents.
> Not too sure how well new body parts would line up. i.e. pretty sure
> van isn't "straight".
>
> Oh well. The old wire wheel and paint routine should suffice to slow
> down the rust.
>
> Tomorrow I'll check out MIG welders. Hopefully I'll find a reasonably
> priced unit that has enough juice to do what I need and can do both
> gas and gasless (fluxed wire) welding.
>
> Neil.
>
> On 10/1/07, Chris S. <mrpolak@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Cool site! I always wanted to learn the skill.
> >
> > I think more rust repair is done in Europe than US of A due to
> inspection
> > requirement differences. When I mention "rust repair" here people stare
> as
> > if I just cast a spell.
> >
> >
> > neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> > 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:
> >
> > http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/
> >
> > 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)
> >
> > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
> >
> > Please send fav Vanagon/Westfalia links to me at:
> > musomuso1963@hotmail.com
> >
> >
> >
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>
> --
> Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia -
> "Jaco" (Bustorius)
>
> http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
>
> Please send fav Vanagon/Westfalia links to me at:
> musomuso1963@hotmail.com
>
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