forgot to mention two things.... I'm using a set of reading glass's and I've
gone back several times to prove something Mayf taught me..... You weld BEST
when your comfortable... so steady your hands on something and get comfy...
Know it sounds dumb... but the quality of my work get almost to passable
when I'm comfortable...
K
----- Original Message -----
From: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 4:53 AM
Subject: welders
> I've been building this tank for the radiator to hang out in and with last
> weeks post about welders.... thought I'd mention how it's going....
>
> I've got two welders.... a SP 100 Lincoln Mig and a 175 square wave
Tig....
> the tig is capable of doing Stick welding.... which I know NOTHING of....
(
> See Mr Van Scoy....he's an artist with a Stick welder...Why... Who knows..
ask
> Ed )
>
> I actually tried to set up my Mig to weld Aluminum this week.... your
supposed
> to use a .045 liner with a .060 tip and .035 aluminum wire.... it works
great
> for about 6" but after that the whole thing went to poo poo.... then I
decided
> to run the Tig to tack the box together and take it to someone to
> professionally weld it.... Shoot... I got to welding the brackets that
hold
> the radiator in the box and things were going so well that once I got the
> tacks done I just kept going.... so now I'm about to finish the project
this
> morning....
>
> Joe Timney and I had a long chat about gases... I'd been trying Helium to
weld
> the aluminum and the flame was just to hot... if I did it correctly there
> would have been a Helium / Argon mix... which wasn't available locally...
that
> might have made it better... but as it stands I went back to straight
> Argon.... the box is built out of 5052 and I'm welding it with 5356
rod.... (
> don't have a clue if that's what I'm supposed to do but the welds Hold
water
> and Look wonderful.... so it can't be To bad...)
>
> Anyway bottom line.... if your out shopping for a welder... stick with one
> company and buy your stuff from the local welding supply if possible....
if
> you get stuck or want to check prices.... the Lincoln dealer in Louisville
Ky
> is awesome and he also carries Miller .... I've got some killer deals from
> this fella...
>
> Just a couple of thoughts as I'm going along.....
>
> Keith
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