ARC: frame work, farm equipment, pipe, general fabrication
MIG: frame work, suspension (4 link, watts link, air bag mounts) tube frame repairs, body work, farm equipment, general fabrication, building up worn shafts, exhaust work etc
TIG: some body work, I have very little experience with TIG
Torch: body work, exhaust repairs
I'm not knocking Arc welding, I've burnt miles of rod and worked with some very talented high pressure and structural ARC welders. I enjoy it but MIG is just a nicer and cleaner process in my opinion and for my needs most of the time.
It surprises me how many people who MIG weld have never ARC welded.
Here's one of my better MIG welds on a rat-rod crossmember. There's no way I could get that kind of quality from stick welding. Maybe Dave Scott will get me to build his frame??
Flux core ... right?????
How much for lessons Hemi?? That's better than I can do!
-- Edited by slab on Thursday 24th of October 2013 08:25:18 PM
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slab----67 chevy II 2dr post and 66 chevy II hardtop
I would love to post some pictures of my welds if I knew how and if I still owned both the 55 chev drag car I built with it (sheet metal work, frame work, roll cage etc.) The car is listed on this web site for sale. I also built a ramp tamdem axle trailer with it to carry the car.
I enjoy welding with both types of welder, stick and mig, but the mig is SO MUCH MORE CONVENIENT and there is so much less fumes and smoke that it was hard to get the old Lincoln out anymore.
Here's one of my better MIG welds on a rat-rod crossmember. There's no way I could get that kind of quality from stick welding. Maybe Dave Scott will get me to build his frame??
Here's one of my better MIG welds on a rat-rod crossmember. There's no way I could get that kind of quality from stick welding. Maybe Dave Scott will get me to build his frame??
