G'day Folks,
I thought I'd start a thread here before I go and embarrass myself at weldingweb. I mean why embarrass yourself there when you can do it here?
I'm in the middle of getting better at welding with my arc welder. I've reached the "I can make it stick mate" stage - I can even stick two bits of 0.7mm sheet together (butt weld) but it isn't pretty and so now I want to try and teach myself how to do a better job.
Now I know that most welders here only use MIG - perhaps there's a few of you with gas ot TIG? - I don't know... but whenever I say I'm using an arc welder / stick welder I seem to get a lot of grief. If you'd like to join in with the giving of grief could you please do so in this thread
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/body-repair-restoration/303669-my-w123-saloon-sedan-old-accident-repair-bit-rust-repair-thread.html I'm happy to hear your views!
My reason for using an arc welder is twofold.
1) I've already got an arc welder and about 400 1.6mm welding rods to practice with.
2) I reckon if I can get almost good at arc welding I'll have learnt a lot of transferable knowledge for other types of welding.
I've started this thread to try and get some tips from those of you out there with some experience with arc welding.
This could be an empty thread! We'll have to wait and see.