On Mon, 30 May 2005 04:32:15 GMT, "Keith Marshall"
wrote:

Thanks Keith, very informative post. Do you think I am giving up on the
AC
stick welder
too soon? Everyone on here says MIG MIG MIG and gives stories about how
their 3
y.o.
welds car trailers with it. I wish I knew how the MIG would weld this
compared
to the stick.

Well I've always been one to use any excuse to buy a new tool and based on
your apparent interests I think you'll get a lot of use out of and enjoy
using the MIG. But it wouldn't hurt to try another type of rod with your
current welder before giving up on it.

Probably the best thing you could do is find someone that will let you test
drive their MIG to see if it's as easy as everyone says it is. Isn't there
someone you know that has one you can try? Even a cheap fluxcore just to
see what it's like...

I'd be happy to let you try mine but IIRC you're on the west coast and I'm
in North Carolina. :-(

Where on the west coast? If you are in So. Cal, Id be happy to let you
play with any of the welders I have, stick, tig, mig.

Gunner


Best Regards,
Keith Marshall


"I'm not grown up enough to be so old!"


"Rick" wrote in message
news:Uqwme.5714$615.1667@trnddc08...
snip really good stuff!
Also, there is one gotcha on MIG welding that a lot of people seem to run
into when beginning to MIG weld. It is possible to lay a beautiful bead
only to find that it's mostly lying on top of the metal rather than
having
penetrated into the metal. Don't ask me how I know about this one! :-D

IMHO the best way to learn not to do this is to learn to watch the puddle
instead of just zipping along looking at the cool arc and assuming
everything's working well. In other words, get some scrap and practice a
bit before you start on your project. It won't take long to get the hang
of
it and you'll be very glad you did.

Best Regards,
Keith Marshall


Thanks Keith, very informative post. Do you think I am giving up on the
AC
stick welder
too soon? Everyone on here says MIG MIG MIG and gives stories about how
their 3
y.o.
welds car trailers with it. I wish I knew how the MIG would weld this
compared
to the stick.
If it is going to take me 30 hours to weld this with the stick once I
learn how
to actually get
the arc started once out of every ten strikes, and spending some cash on a
MIG
setup would
mean I can do the job with equal strength welds in 5 hours, then it is
worth it.

Sigh,

Rick




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