Thanks Joe,
I'll be looking for it.
Skip
At 06:46 PM 12/8/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Skip,
>
>The only seamless square tubing I know of is 4130 material. Most of the
>square /
>rectangular tubing one would use to build cars, comes in A513 or A500 Grade
>B. I
>wrote a piece for the ECTA newsletter a while ago about tubing...I try to
>find it.
>
>Higginbotham Land Speed Racing wrote:
>
>> Allen,
>> My opinion is that the TIG is much more controllable and more consistent
>> than MIG wspecially at the start of the weld. I would never use MIG on a
>> roll cage, for instance. One thing about square (or any shape)
>> tubing.......be very careful about the quality of the tubing. A lot of
>> square and rectangular tubing is for decorative purposes......not of the
>> structural quality that we need for chassis work. The weld joint in the
>> tubing has potential for disaster.
>> Joe: is there seamless square tubing?
>> Skip H
>>
>> At 07:41 AM 12/8/01 -0800, Allen Young wrote:
>> >Joe and list: You've all given me much to ponder and regroup with. I am
>> >taking a welding class at the local high school and doing mostly mig
>work. I
>> >have a gas mig at home and had planned on using it for the frame work. I
>will
>> >consider the tig suggestion. Is mig a reliable way to go for a fairly new
>> >welder? I've been told that tig welding is a bit more difficult to learn.
>> >Any comments on that?
>> >
>> >I'll keep you posted. ------ Allen in Oroville Ca
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