My suggestion would be to buy the most powerful mig you can afford. You will
find that the smaller handyman types have a very limited duty cycle and only
weld effectively for short periods before needing a cooldown.
Adam
----- Original Message -----
From: lou daly <lou_daly@yahoo.com>
To: snyler <marc@animalfirm.com>; Datsun Roadster
<datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 7:38 AM
Subject: Re: Welding (OTish)
> mig welding
> I had a real bad tr 250 a long time ago
> and i ended up replacing the frame with a newer
> tr 6 one the was less rusty but still needed
> the crossmembers where the - irs susp bolts on -
> fabricated and replaced
> the car also needed rocker panels too
> (they were very easy as they have no curves)
>
> anyway
> i had a very little arc welding experience
> but knew nothing about mig but i bought the cheapest
> mig i could find and was able to do a pretty good job
> (the cheap stuff generally will develop wire feed
> problems eventually)
>
> unlike arc welding, mig is really easy to
> pick up as the burn area is really small by comparison
> so you can still be a novice without destroying stuff
>
> Lou
>
>
> --- snyler <marc@animalfirm.com> wrote:
> > List,
> >
> > I 've been attempting to size up the looming
> > 320 project again, and
> > I'm looking at the body repair. I have a donor car
> > that looks like it
> > will provide all the patch panels I need except for
> > rocker panels.
> > Sounds great, but for the fact that I've never
> > welded a stitch.
> > Any advice on books and videos? Also, do any
> > of you have any
> > experience with some of the small MIG ready machines
> > out there? I was
> > looking at the Lincoln MIG PAK 10.
> > The sheetmatal on the bed/box is heavier than I
> > would have guessed,
> > it
> > looks to be 18 ga. on the box walls. The fenders
> > are lighter (20 ga.?)
> > Any thoughts?
> >
> > -Marc T.
> >
> >
> ==========================================================================
> > Marc Tyler TDROC Sisterdale TX
> > 1970 1600 #SPL311-31016
> > 1965 L-320 #L320 013642
> >
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