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cdcool1
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Me and my dad have been looking at getting a welder, but whats the difference between MIG, ARC and TIG welders? From what i can make out, is it something like MIG use gas, ARC use Electricity??

What should we be looking for in a welder or does it depend mainly on the aplication??
Matt H
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dont forget to buy afew buckets of sparks for the welders
cdcool1
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Whats the point in replying if you've got nothing to contribute???
Andrew
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Try and get a Gas one as the Electricity ones drunk juice like anything. A Gas one will be a bit more portable too.

I don't know anything about welders really but my Dad had a cheap £90 jobby Electricity one which was shite so he lent a Gas one off his mate which was boss. He made a trailer with it within one day. It took him longer to take a Mini apart for the wheels and a few other bits he wanted for the trailer.
cdcool1
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Nice one, cheers mate
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marcus is a welder
Marc
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That i am
Drew
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well answer his question then
Adam-D
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marc,
i need a automotive welder

would i be right in saying a gas migwelder with autofeed would be good enuff?

needs to be able to cover every aspect of automotive welding.
Marc
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quote:
Originally posted by cdcool1
Me and my dad have been looking at getting a welder, but whats the difference between MIG, ARC and TIG welders? From what i can make out, is it something like MIG use gas, ARC use Electricity??

What should we be looking for in a welder or does it depend mainly on the aplication??


They all use electricity. MMA - Manual Metal Arc uses electrodes, which you have to chip off after welding. MIG - Metal Inert Gas uses gas and wire. TIG - Tungston Inert Gas is like a combination of the two were you use a rod and gas.
Marc
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam-D
marc,
i need a automotive welder

would i be right in saying a gas migwelder with autofeed would be good enuff?

needs to be able to cover every aspect of automotive welding.



Get one with differant wire feed setting etc. Ones with high and low are crap, as are gasless setups.
Ojc
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Marc fancy doing some welding for me?
Marc
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Not on a car i dont
Adam-D
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gotcha

i have a tig welder atm its ok but it only fills small holes
PaulW
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I need to get myself a welder for converting a beam to rear discs...
cdcool1
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Are there times when you would use a MIG welder instead of ARC welder and vice versa?
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Right if your going to be welding on a corsa, you want either a MIG or Oxy-acetylene welder.

MIG runs off electricity and uses gas(argonshield light) to stop the weld from being exposed to atmospheric conditions. A lot quicker to weld with due to the heat being produced with electricity and not gas. Easier to learn with then gas welders.

Oxy-acetylene is a gas welder setup, two bottles, oxygen and acetylene. Very slow to weld with, produce a lot of distortion on flat panels if not corrected. Harder to learn then MIG.

Spot welders (resistance) are useful if your doing a lot of panel replacement, but just do a mig plug if your not using it constantly.

TIG welders primarily used to weld ally, are incredably difficult to learn to use. I've been learning for two years and still fcuk it up! Wouldnt bother with this unless your weorking on racing cars etc...

Hope that helps, if your going to be welding on your car, get some tuition from somebody that really knows what their doing. Colleges probably offer night classes for intro to welding plus it would help immensly. Welding your car can be fooking dangerous if you dont do it properly.

Good luck fella
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i have a lovely little MigMate105 always works properly and don't use shitloads of gas, not that ideal for big welding jobs, but it's ok for bodyshells etc
danregs
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i've been looking at a clarke 175TE MIG

any1 got any views on this? think it should be a good'un

its here if u wanna look

dan
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i have a tig i can weld up small holes it is hard to get it right or you end up makeing the hole bigger
and it isnt as neat as a mig
cdcool1
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Cheers everyone, looks like MIG is the way to go for me then

My dad wants to get one as he's just stripped his old 205 down and got the engine out of it which is mint condition, and he wants to make a trike (midlife crisis!)

I 'm wanting to use it to simply weld a few bolts upside down on the inside of my boot to secure a false floor in properly, so nothing thats going to be dangerous if i fuck it up

cheers again for the help fellas
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Get a MIG welder, they are the easiest to use once you are practiced up. They are cheap too, and they are good for welding car parts up. Used mine to make my rear seat sub frames, and I'm going to be fabricating an exhaust system for my car with it.

Once you get really good, you can make aluminium stuff like header tanks cos they can weld aluminium up too
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beware of arc eye
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Yes, thats not good
AndyW
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o work as a contrustion engineer building the metal supprts etc for buildings and am currently bout to be taught how to weld...all our welding gear is electric ran MIG so i guess thats best as for the job we do we need the best

[Edited on 04-07-2004 by AndyW]

 
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