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| | | | Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 18 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 18 | What's the best type of welder to get for cutting as well as welding sheet metal. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 804 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 804 | For "cutting" you are talking about a torch, works great to cut but a lot of skill needed for welding and it is very limited in thickness of metal you can weld. A MIG is what you want for welding. So, you are talking about getting a torch AND a MIG. But to tell you the truth, I hardly ever use a torch anymore. It can be very handy, but most all things can be using other tools.
What exactly do you plan on cutting?
1948 Chevy Pickup
Chopped and sectioned
owned since 1974 when I was 15.
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 29 Member | | Member Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 29 | Eastwood has a combo welder/cutting torch that "welds like a tig, cuts like a plasma cutter." I have not tried this but so far I cannot complain about the stuff they sell. eastwoodcompany.com item number 19200 for 400 bucks.
Use a big enough catapult and even pigs can fly...remember nothing is impossible, impractical yes, but never impossible.
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2000 Posts: 591 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2000 Posts: 591 | I am not very skilled at welding, so I use a MIG welder for most all of my welding requirements for like-metals . I can usually do a reasonable job, although I am always looking to improve. I use my gas welder for brazing dissimilar metals. But I have found the gas torch to be invaluable for loosening parts (nuts, bolts. etc.) I am in the process of rebuilding a NAPCO set-up for my truck, and quite frankly in some cases I'm not sure how I could have gotten some of the parts off the axles any other way. | | |
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