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I built this trailer in high school welding class but my 4th year of taking it when I was a senior
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Those are some funny looking jeeps.
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I built this trailer in high school welding class but my 4th year of taking it when I was a senior
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Those are some funny looking jeeps.
Looks like a Chevy or Dodge hauling deports, about right, need to verify hauler.
Start with arc,once you understand where the puddle is,then mig,it's hard to see the puddle in mig.Tig is good to learn too,try some oxy/acetylene time in to,great for heating things up.I'd say if like it enough take same classes
TIG is art, MIG is science and stick is flinging crap at the wall. I could build a Jeep with a MIG but with a TIG I wouldn't have to do as much grinding.
I have to disagree here. Mig is a science? Ok so you set the wire feed speed and the power and you pull the trigger(mmm sounds like bacon)... its the exact same thing as stick except you don't have to control the distance you keep the electrode from the material. Where is the science? Deciding whether to push or pull? I would venture to say anyone who can stick weld well (or throw shit at the wall as you put it) can mig but the opposite is not necessarily true. Especially in the more challenging positions.
Now you're talking,one challenge we did in school was weld beer cans together or maybe run some beads on the sides:brows:When you have practiced and think you know what your doing, give aluminium a shot and then you will realise how much you really don't know....
Ask me how I know:thinking:
Here is a challenge for all the welders out there. Weld the two edges of a razor blade together.
I watched a couple YouTube videos that I found pretty informative. I haven't picked up any equipment but I was interested in the process at least. This guy isn't great, but he seems to have good info.
http://youtu.be/bxpUeeKMXUo
Then I watched this guy. He seemed to have a pretty good handle on it too.
http://youtu.be/w4RrDeUKcH4
How pretty does it need to be?:bleh:
This is a good video for the basics.
I do all the welding on my Jeep. Not real pretty, but it all works. I have added LCA skids, C gussets, Evo sliders, rear track bar mount & front axle sleeves. My dad taught me to weld stick when I was in high school. When I bought the Jeep I bought a Harbor Freight 220 GMAW machine. I wish I had bought a Miller, but it works.