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Re: [oletrucks] Welding/Welder Question

To: Paul Blosser <paulblosser@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Welding/Welder Question
From: Grant Galbraith <trks@javanet.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 16:26:53 -0400
Does Cammpbell-Housfield sell parts to change the flux core to mig. To
change a Lincoln over all you need is smaller cable sheath and tips for the
.023 wire and a gas solenoid.

Grant 50 3100

Paul Blosser wrote:

> I got the truck completeley off the frame this weekend and the frame is
> about ready to go to the sandblaster -- maybe tomorrow!
>
> Anyway, I've been looking around at MIG welders and also thinking about
> other options for welding patch panels, etc.  I hear that MIG is great
> but I already have a Lincoln Arc welder and a Campbell-Hausfield Flux
> Core Wire welder (I should have saved my money and bought a MIG when I
> bought it), but don't think I need three welders.
>
> Does anyone have any experience with the stitch welder and the spot
> welder that Eastwood or JC Whitney sells?  These hook up to a standard
> arc welder and use the lower amperages to weld sheet metal.  I'd
> appreciate your insight.  If I 'have' to buy a MIG I will and probably
> see if I can get rid of the CH welder.  I think I'd like to keep the
> Lincoln as there's always something big around here that needs welded.
> Also, has anybody used the auto-darkening helmets.  What do you think,
> what is a good brand and where is the best place to buy.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul Blosser
> 1954 3100
>
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