MIG welder

Oh heck yeah Gary, the absolute hardest weld is overhead. A lot of patience involved there. STill back in the day I was certified to do even those. Now I probably can't hold my hands steady enough to strike an arc. Getting old sucks. But it beats the alternative all to hell.

Detom,

Yes I do remember OXY ACT welding, thats all I had in my Dads garage 25 years ago. We made do .. we used flux coated brazing rod. In Apprenticeship School we did some thing very unusual. We LEAD welded... we use Hydrogen and oxygen. we used a strip of the lead and welded with a pencil tip. It was for about 20 years ago ... lining Hospital Rooms and Roofs in NYC. Its a old technology thats gone.

Ron

I tried Tig'n on my back once in a cramped spot. I didn't have any luck. I had to Mig it.

You should feel 150 amps in the BUTT when your sitting on a pipe welding and you go an change the rod on an ARC welder ??? LOL oh that wakes you up ...

Yea I think TIG is great ..nice and clean but I havent tried it on the car ... the MIG seems to be it. The TIG would make for great fabrication in a shop.

The Mig is deffinantly the economical way to go. My brother and I bought the Tig. I have since told him I am buying his half. He's just going to have to find another one!

G

Yeah Ron, the good old days of toxic substances. Do you remember fire brick?? You used to set your work piece on it when you oxy accetalened?? Yeah that thing was made of asbestous. :O It is a wonder we are still alive.

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Originally posted by comp2:
You ever get a localized sun tan from welding? I have really learned to wear long sleeved clothing even in the heat of summer. My arms past my gloves and my neck under my mask always get UV burnt if I do much.

Gary

I always wonder why people spend so much time in tanning booths and spend so much money on vacation to warm climes. It would be more fun to go out to the shop and burn metal in your skivvies. Of course it might be hard to explain to people "No, those aren't freckles!!!"

On a serious note. Up until last august I worked at a boatyard with a BIG old Acklands tig machine and machinery lathe. To this day I sometimes wonder why I made the decision to leave. I guess sometimes you dont realize what you've got till its gone.

DETOM,

Yea he good old days .. I'm only a young chap still but I spent some time as a real young boy in NYC with my greatgrandpa, grandpa and pop in the pipe fitting industry. I can remember when I was 7 they used to mix asbestos in a pail and put it on the fittings and removing it. But of the old timers lived to 84 & 87 ? when asbestos became a big deal my Dad took his father to be tested like 5 times and he didnt have a spot on his lungs ? My Dad nothing either. But both Smoked cigars and cigarettes both of the oldtimers drank Scitch like water. Maybe it was the booze and the cigars washed it down.

I'm not so sure that asbestos and the lead thing is not just a big scam and money maker.

R

Hell Ron the medical profesion is a scam. Cholesteral bad??? Bah, humbug. Cholesteral never kilt no one. Just an excuse to sell ya pills. Phhht. Well gotta go smoke my pipe and refill my Jack Daniels. See ya tommorrow.

They say that the human body is like an engine . . needs fuel, emits waste etc. I would assume that depriving the body of cholesterol is like draining the engine of oil. Eating healthy stuff like granola is like filling the crank case with saw dust. Doesn't this lead to engine failure?

Sure it does 4NFord. And engines always need to run some alchohol now and then to keep the injectors clean.

Problem with feeding it alcohol is that it thinks its faster than it probably is, makes is drift sideways and many times ends up in crashes!

BTW, you guys notice that in my new avatar, the guy has loaded his pipes with hotdogs and is blowing them out?

I watched that Monster Garage. It was pretty funny stuff.

I bet they don't taste very good that way. Nitro leaves a bad after taste. Charcoal is better.