Uncle Stu,
Love the bit about anointing the wounds. I spent about an hour yesterday and got the cart put together and the welder set up for MIG welding. I also need to go acquire a bottle. I will probably pick up a smaller bottle at the farm and tractor store here in town. I need to find a good storage place for it, where it will be out of the way from traffic through the garage.
The welder recommends pure CO2 for thin sheet metal and 80/20 CO2/Argon for thicker things. I will take your advice and do some research.
My other uncle, not uncle Stu, knocked over an oxy\acetelyne unit while changing bottles, when I was a kid, and blew a hole through the barn wall where the tank decided to go. I think my grandfathers last words when he passed at 93 were; "Don't let John do any welding". Funny 35 years later but nobody was joking that day.
Looking forward to adding welding to the list of things I learned while working on my truck.
Bill Schickling
