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| | | | Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 42 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 42 | i am restoring my truck (well duh) and i need some welding gear. does anyone have any suggestions? like maybe a miller wire welder or maybe a gas outfit i dont realy know any help would be awesome Thanks
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| | | | | Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 42 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 42 | no did not occur to me thanks
Hudson | | | | | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 41 Member | | Member Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 41 | my50trk,
A gas outfit can:
weld
cut
braze
heat stuck nuts, bolts, king pins, etc.
A wire-feed outfit can:
weld
A wire-feed outfit is easier to use on sheet metal than a gas welder. It also heats the metal less, leading to less warpage. However, with a gas outfit, you can braze your sheet metal. IMO, brazing is easier than MIG. It makes a nice seam, and heats the metal even less than MIG does. The bond is not as strong as a weld, but, if done correctly, it is still stronger than the metal itself.
If you can only get one, I would recommend the gas outfit for its diversity and infinite usefulness.
Please note that we have this discussion on a quarterly basis here on this site, and there are a lot of folks here who would recommend the opposite.
Hope that helps some,
Ed | | | | | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 6 Member | | Member Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 6 | This gets discussed alot...In my shop we run wire and gas, I guess that I would recomend a wire feed, like a little Hobart Handler or a Miller 135 especialy if you are new to welding and if you are not using it for much except sheet welding.
Just my 2 cents...
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| | | | | Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 175 Member | | Member Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 175 | In this forum look at a thread called "patch panel welding". It has some great information. | | |
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