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gas welding AND mig welding? |
VaccaRabite |
Jul 30 2010, 03:06 PM
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En Garde! Group: Admin Posts: 13,475 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
I am interested in teaching myself how to weld with gas. O2 Accetiline, not MIG gas.
I have a mig welder that I am sort of competent with. Is there benefit to welding with gas over MIG, or am I going to find that if I buy the tank set up, I'll never use it over MIG. Zach |
Root_Werks |
Jul 30 2010, 03:10 PM
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Village Idiot Group: Members Posts: 8,341 Joined: 25-May 04 From: About 5NM from Canada Member No.: 2,105 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Gas is really hot.
My Dad taught me on tank welding decades back. I inherited his setup about 6 years ago. Never used it, not once. I just don't do anything that can't be completed without a mig. That said, if you can weld a good bead with tanks, you can weld almost anything. It's an art controlling the flame, heat, wire etc. I welded sections of old Bugs together with tanks when I was like 14-15 years old. It was all my Dad had other than an ARC welder (Just punch holes in body sheet metal). So I had to learn. Got so good with it, I graffted in an oval window section on my 66'. Get a used setup if you can, learn it, master it and you'll be one of the few that can do it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif) |
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