[alfa] Welders

[Nash Bap <nashbap@xxxxxxxxx>]

Many thanks to all of you who replied to my query about welding equipment. The general consensus was to go with a Mig unit and use an auto darkening hemet.
 
I was hoping I'd get maybe a few suggestions from my more experienced Alfa brethren and frankly am overwhelmed by the great response. Thank you guys!
 
Regards,
 
Nash Bapasola
GTV6, Montreal
 


 

Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:50:48 +0000
From: "Allen Mitchell" 
Subject: [alfa] Welders

Now, I am sure that all manner of expert welders with years of experience 
are going to tell me I am an idiot, but here goes:

I have a Campbell and Hausfeld welder I got off e-bay 3 years ago. I use it 
pretty regularly, on both sheet metal and brackets, tubing, etc. It is a 
110V one, and I have had pretty good luck welding just about everything on 
my car. I use C25 (Argon/CO2), and would never go back to flux core MIG 
except under duress-smoky, dirty, ugly welds. It was not expensive, and has 
been very reliable.
Welding is great because it opens whole new avenues for problem solving, and 
fabricating. I would like to weld aluminum (and I know that with a bottle 
of argon and aluminum wire I could with my mig gun), but TIG seems like the 
most elegant way to do that-and finding an affordable TIG setup has been 
difficult. The Miller Econotig looks like the best deal so far.
- -Al
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