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Originally Posted by Baxlin
Off topic, sorry, but seeing AndrewBrown’s sig/tag line - “just because you own a welder...etc”
That’s me. My Dad bought me a welder some years ago, I know it works, because mates have borrowed it, but I haven’t a clue how to use it!
Back on topic, is it all getting a bit personal, chaps?
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Hello Baxlin
Regarding my signature I have seen some really crappy substandard even dangerous
poor quality blobs of metal on many cars pretending to be "welding" in my career as a vehicle engineer
going back to 1985.
It's not hard to weld properly you just need to learn properly the one thing people try to do which will ruin your welds every time is weld rusty metal.
www.mig-welding.co.uk is a great site to learn welding. also some you tube channels too
The main thing is hands on practice and more practice but not on anything you need welding properly first, scraps of steel of the appropriate thickness is old wings and old sill sections etc these are great fodder, give it a go to build your skills and experience before doing your car,
its a lot more difficult having to clean up a bad welding job on your car by trial and error rather that having a bit of practice beforehand.
Learning the theory of the welder set up, weld penetration and gases etc will give you a great head start and save you a lot of time and money long term.
Doing an adult education evening class is brilliant because you learn tried and tested tricks of the trade from professional trained welders i.e. the college lecturers and you are not burning great big holes in your car or burning the garage down.
Long story short if it looks like this
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1d/45...8599544b5f.jpg
You're doing it wrong
