Welder
 

Hi folks! My father have 2 or 3 welders. One is a MIG welder that weld like ---- (dunno why) and the other is a big fatty (like 100lbs, 240V) rod welder.

Can I do some custum stuff with these or I need to buy a tig welder? Is it enough strong to make a manifold? Downpipe? I did some catback pipe welding, but it takes less heat than a mani or downpipe...

TIG welder would be nice, but $$$ :( I'll check for used on local sell. I go to my parents house this evening will take pics of the welder to figure it out.

Ciao ma gang de vous-autres!

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a mig can do anything you want it to do.

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I forgot to mention that the mig welder have no gas input. Good anyway?

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are you sure its not a mig flux welder?

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Probably a flux mig welder yeah. Maybe the rod is not the good one :o

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Flux nig nig

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if you have a flux-core welder you need to try to find a wire feeder that has a gas hook up b/c flux-core sucks on exhaust pipe and welding on headers

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pics of wire feed machine.

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get a tig torch and reverse the polarity and add some argon, now you got a tig.

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Mig is the way to go! A good mig(no fluxcore) can do stainless real nice also.

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fluxcore is teh suck! You really should use gas or find a mig welder that can use gas. Post up pics of your welder, what brand/model is it?

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Damn, this topic is old and im -------, damn ------- drunk (working in a bar is hard... lol (6 beers, 4 shooters and still driving my car...)) the welder have no gas inlet so its fluxcore. No pics needed, the welder suck anyway...

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IM not goin to post pics but ihave a 251 millermatic and she does a pretty damn good job for the stuff i do, the gases i use are 75-25, 90-10 and 98-2, you want a weld that will hold up on exhaust use 90-10 gas, 90-10 gas makes a good penatration weld

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at least you can still count the number of drinks you had! :6

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Hehe, yeah. I cant even remember that I have written this lol