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stan
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Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 5:39 am

and the comments about MIG welding being easy....

its very easy to make a MIG weld LOOK good, very easy infact, but its not as easy to get good penetration and therefore a good weld.

generally i usemy arc for making shit since its higher amp=more penetration=easy welding heavy gauge. only use mig on cars...whish i try to avoid at all costs!
Dan
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Joined: 28 Jan 2005
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Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 5:47 am

what amp arc welder are you using stan?
stan
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Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 5:56 am

it goes up to 190 iirc
Dan
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Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 6:51 am

ah right the same as my mig then, i can arc weld, its just a pain in the arse, i dont like arc welding, much prefer mig!
stan
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Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 9:56 am

yeah if i had a mig that went that high i would probably use it over the arc...but arc is cheaper, and i get free rods off my old man
JB
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Joined: 16 Feb 2004
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Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 2:07 am

this flux core wire seems to work well...even outside...but then again i have never welded with anything else so maybe it is terrible but i just don't know it Very Happy.

mine doesn't have an amp dial...just two switches...kinda like low medium and high lol.

i did a bit of arc (stick) welding on a course...quite fun, need a good bit of practise to make it neat, but it is a fucking strong weld.
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