[AT] Welding Advice

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I was about 9 years old when I came home from school and saw a bright shiny new Forney welder in the garage. Told Dad he didn’t know how to weld and he said “no, but you boys are going to learn”. There were 7 of the 10 boys left at home and we all learned on that machine.


Brother Larry is the TIG welder and Gary is best with the MIG. I do mostly stick welding and some acetylene welding too. I also have a Lincoln 175 MIG.


MIG doesn’t work well on rusty metal at all. Has to be clean to work well. Advantage of the 110 volt MIG is the portability, can use anywhere 110 is available. 220 volts, usually above 150 amps will have more uses to heavier metal. The 220 volt gives a more stable arc as you are using the full wave of the AC current. Use a full DC welder and you will think you are pouring the metal as they are so smooth.





Gene









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From: jtchall at nc.rr.com
Sent: ‎Monday‎, ‎February‎ ‎9‎, ‎2015 ‎5‎:‎55‎ ‎PM
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If you aren't looking to weld farm or construction equipment together, one 
of the larger portable MIG machines would be my preference. I bowered one 
from a friend to weld the sieves back together in a combine, pretty nice 
machine. It wouldn't be able to handle big heavy stuff, but that doesn't 
sound like what you want to do.

Don't even think about a TIG machine. Anyone that can run one of them 
already knows how to weld. They produce the nicest looking work and you can 
pull off some amazing parlor stunts if you have the right skills. But they 
are just not a machine for a beginner. Fortunately most repairs/builds can 
be done without one.  If you run across someone with a TIG machine, make 
friends! That’s one of those things when you need it, you really need it.

John Hall


-----Original Message----- 
From: Ray Trimble
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2015 12:55 PM
To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
Subject: [AT] Welding Advice

Many of you on the list are welder, I have never welded and in my late 60's, 
I thought you could give me
some pointers. My object is to learn something new and do some light 
welding, I would never do a job that
would be dangerout if the weld failed.

What would be the best to start out on arc, mig, tig, etc
What would give me the most bang to the buck?

I have seen this rule on other stuff, that the cheapper a thing is, it takes 
more exsperance to make it work,
is this true in welding?

Please fill in on other things I need to know>

Ray
farmall h
farmall cub
Jd b
jb mt
ac d12
massy 75
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