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Is it worth welding ?
cardiff_gareth:
I have just bought a cosmo welder, gas/gasless mig welder. Got it through Ebay but they now sell them through B&Q.
Not the best write up but its done me good and didn't falter on me once. You can get them for about £150.
If you get the same one I have, I'll give you the settings :wink:
lyndon:
Cheers mate. Now to charm the wife !
Landynuts:
I would get the clutch/gearbox sorted, once that's done you can sort the rest as a rolling restoration whilst teaching yourself welding.
spy:
I went to college to do a welding and fabrication course. Mig welding is really about practice. I learnt enough in an hour to teach myself with practice. Maybe get a mig and get someone to show you?
As for the money, take a look at the value of old discos on ebay. You may be able to buy a better one for a grand than the one you have and sell yours.
It might be a case of better the devil you know though?
Cheers,
Mike
clbarclay:
--- Quote from: "Leslie Henson" ---so I would suggest that a Mig weld repair would have the same or very similar properties as gas welded repairs.
--- End quote ---
I can't find the website right now and have sills to get back to, but as i understand it oxy-acetaline welding can incoroperate oxygen from the atmospere into the weld (making it weaker) compared to MIG/TIG/MMA which produce inert gas sheilds around the weld preventing the oxygen entering the weld.
Plus there are other diferances like electric welding is done at much higher temperatures, temperature spread.... etc. etc.
The in a nut shell the welding processis are not necisserily the same.
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