I have a gas rig and a mig. The gas is slow and hot. It also spits through
rust. I was good with it though and could form metal over curved areas. I
bought a mig and had some trouble learning how to use it in rusty sheet
metal. I was always blowing through. The trick is, lots of starts and
stops. As soon as you see cherry red glowing, you have to get off of it. I
have an LCD screen helmet and that helps with the starting and stopping. I
welded 50 plus holes in my 76 spit floor pans and near the end, I did not
need to put patches in, I could just weld the hole shut and grind it flat.
I ground the bad spots on the bottom and used plastic undercoating to cover
up the weld spots after painting the whole car bottom. I used argon-co2
mix, the argon was too expensive and I did not see any difference in the
weld or the ease of weld.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-spitfires@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-spitfires@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Mike Ginter
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 7:57 PM
To: Spit list
Subject: Welding Spit body panels
Hey gang,
I'm trying to learn a little bit about welding for the purpose of
repairing Spitfire floor pans etc... I have been focusing on
MIG/TIG/ARC/Gasless and started to wonder. Can this type of work be
performed with a gas welding rig?
Mike
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