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| | | | Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 571 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 571 | Does anyone know how thick AD sheet metal is? I want to get the right welding wire to repair some holes in my truck. Thanks | | | | | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 | Shipwright,
Some cab corners I have are touted as being 19ga which is around .044 thick. Your probably going to end up with .024 wire, which is about as small as it gets.
Stuart. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 355 Member | | Member Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 355 | 19 gauge is correct throughout, to the best of my knowledge. | | | | | | Anonymous Unregistered | | Anonymous Unregistered | I have used both .025 and .030 wire on AD sheetmetal. Both seem to work fine. If you have some holes you plan to fill I would suggest .030 and a piece of copper to "back" the weld. Helps reduce the heat build up in the metal. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 | There was a posting somewhere about the metal gauge. The answer that I remember was that the external sheet metal is 19 gauge and the floor is 16 gauge. | | |
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