Well,
Fancy meetin' you here! LOL
Thought about asking you, but I bug you enough.
I knew heat would be a concern. I would likely weld an inch of the driver side perch and switch to the pass. side perch etc., maybe even doing opposite sides and ends of the perch each time.
"Today I think just one good clean pass on each side will do the trick"
If I remember correctly, you would tend to direct the arc down toward the thicker metal (tube) and then pull up to the thinner metal (perch) as you go along? Or would you just weld the V in a straight line, making sure the metals are pooling together?
My dad taught me to weld on his "tombstone" Lincoln 225 when I was a kid. Then I had a welding course when I went to a 2 year Technical College for auto and diesel mechanics after high school, but that has been a long time ago.
Since then, I have only ever owned a budget 70 amp MIG , designed for no more than 3/16" plate. No stick welding for a long time.
Picking up a used Lincoln this weekend. They're pretty bullet proof. I think Dad's is from the late 50's maybe, and he still uses it. It has the stamped steel amp selector switch. Not as old as the ones where you had to select the amps like you were plugging connectors into holes on a switchboard though.
Larry W.
Last edited by Mrf1002u; 02/03/2016 4:39 PM.
