Mig welding

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Mig welding

Postby knuckles on Thu Mar 25, 2010 1:03 am

For a while now i have been seeking a welder to do some work on my cars.

a friend of mine had a mig 150 laying around so i bought some argon/co2 gas, new tips and new 0.6mm wire and gave it a go myself.
am pretty chuff for a 1st try :)


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need to adjust the speed a bit me thinks and have a play with thicker metal.
well fun i must say ! :D
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Re: Mig welding

Postby Chris 2i on Thu Mar 25, 2010 9:34 am

I love welding, but I need to get myself a MIG - only got an ARC at the mo.

This website (and the forum) is really handy if you haven't seen it already: http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/
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Re: Mig welding

Postby Ruishy1 on Thu Mar 25, 2010 5:01 pm

thats no too bad, seen alot worse !
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Re: Mig welding

Postby Sphinx on Thu Mar 25, 2010 6:58 pm

It's fun isn't it :D
I spent hours and hours practicing when I got mine all set up. Got some pretty awesome looking welds by the end of it if I do say so myself :D
Doing it outside on a car at a funny angle is a whooolllleee different story though :lol:
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Re: Mig welding

Postby G-Muzzy on Thu Apr 08, 2010 3:27 pm

i did a 10 week welding coarse for about £250. seems steep but that £25 a week (2 evenings a week for 2 hour sessions)

well worth it i thought. alot learnt :)
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Re: Mig welding

Postby mitchrs4 on Thu Apr 29, 2010 10:30 pm

Same doing a welding course at my local college.Evening course once a week for a year think it was about 270 :)
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Re: Mig welding

Postby - Danny Boy - on Sun May 09, 2010 2:22 pm

Welding sure is fun, just keep going and you can only get better, i found that :) And Sphinx, i know exactly what your talking about haha
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