In today’s episode were reviewing where to start with welding and what type of welder to get when youre starting to weld on cars.
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In today’s episode were reviewing where to start with welding and what type of welder to get when youre starting to weld on cars.
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Never get a mig machine as your first welder was the advice given to me of an old time welder who is now long gone. He recommended as my first welder …..an oxy acetylene torch. Way more useful…heating metal to bend….brazing….hardening metal….welding everything even aluminum….and even heats up your coffee. Older aircraft were often welded with an oxy acetylene torch. It was at one time before tig, the only acceptable way to weld chrome moly tubing for aircraft and race cars.
Learn to weld with a torch and then tig and mig is very easy. Mig for your first welder will give you easy welds….and often good looking welds….but often allows for bad habits to be gotten away with. A good torch will give you the ability to learn how to tig much easier as mig is just sometimes too easy. Welding is a learnable skill and with enough practice, you can get really good at it. Mig is just too darned easy and lets you get away with things that a welding torch or a tig machine will not. With a torch as your first welder, your mig welds will be much better when you get a mig machine.
Solid information and rationale. I was building a structure primarily out of aluminum and needed the finesse and quality of a TIG, and had some experience with them several years ago, but had to relearn a lot and practice before my quality and strength was up to snuff. For most builders, a gas/mig will be best.
Does the MigMAX 215 welder require gas? Harbor frieght site says works with or without shielded gas. I’m a newb just want to know if need to get a gas bottle too.
Damn! I really wish we could have seen the car in this video completed by your team. 🤷🏻♂️🤬🤬🤬🤬
Great video as an intro to welding, helped me decide in choosing one for my w108 rebuild
RIP eleanor
Good Stuff! Very useful for me to decide on an entry level Mig welder. Appreciate your input and comparisons . Cheers from Motown
Hey i want to make go karts and cross carts what type of welding machine and how ''strong''
does it need to be
Great video on the welding machine recommended uses. Which welder would you recommend for doing a proper floor pan replacement? Sounds like I could get by with the $50 HF version since the welds would be covered but once I got comfortable, the Vulcan version you have seems like it would be a better value in the long run. Thanks.
Very informative! Thank you!