[AT] Welding & Forney

[Herb Metz]

I still use the 180 amp Forney that Dad bought when I was 14 or 15; a 
neighbor helped me learn how to weld.  Still have 20-30 vision but can't see 
very good for welding. The special instant-change lense hood sure helps. 
Most of the farmers around us produced welds that looked as though 
maintained a large flock of chickens <grins>.  Hope to spend some time 
within the next year trying to weld using friends DC welder. The history of 
Mr Forney is very interesting; including the large Forney Museum in Fort 
Collin, CO, new location in 2001. Herb(GA)

-----Original Message----- 
From: gdotfly at gmail.com
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2015 7:01 PM
To: ATIS
Subject: Re: [AT] Welding Advice

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
To: ATIS





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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