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[unlucky mark mv6]

Just joined the mig welding forum,and i beleive that debs is also a member on there too.Who thinks were sad then?

[sexydaz]

 

[Marks DTM Calib]

Its not a bad forum that, a few useful guides on there.

I wish they had more info on TIG welding sets though.

MIG is not to hard, practice is the key and setup the skill.

[unlucky mark mv6]

Ok,so we are saddos then,but in all fairness there is some good stuff on there for sale,and some interesting projects,might be worth a look if you are considering buying equipment like air compressors,plasmas and air tools etc,plus if you want to learn to weld for all you amateurs out there.

[Debs.]

Indeed I`m a 'saddess'.....this, I know: but making things in metal is so gratifying!

It`s nice to know that there are other people out there, whom still 'do'; rather than those who simply watch others doing.

Pulsed-TIG and MMA (arc) welding are my interests......but thankfully, the MIG Welding forum is a 'broad church'.

Come on you secretive OOF metalworkers/welders: come out of the closet.

[sexydaz]

ive been a fabricator  and we had a lovely big cebora and then dropped down sizes with other migs cant remember the makes.i made owt from gates,railings,security,machine guarding,refurbed swarf conveyors,refurbed telescopic covers.il admit its a nice skill to have i was shit hot but havent touched a set up for 6 years and tbh i dont miss it,all the fumes and grinding shite the welders forehead and even the best of welders and experienced yer still wake up some nights with the ole it feels like someones thrown a bag of grit in mi eyes

[sexydaz]

Its not a bad forum that, a few useful guides on there.

I wish they had more info on TIG welding sets though.

MIG is not to hard, practice is the key and setup the skill.

correct if you get the wire feed and the power correct on a decent welder yer can teach anyone to weld in 30 secs

[unlucky mark mv6]

Well to be honest i left my welding job in 2003 to become a plumber and regret every minute of it.For a start the money is shit,theres too much red tape,and forever doing courses for this and that,plus in the plumbing trade you never know what time your going to leave the job your on if anything goes wrong,so therefore im going back into welding making gates and railings.Any orders.

[Marks DTM Calib]

I am just about to make a chimnia out of an old propane bottle....

Have been welding loco body sections, steam heat pipes and fabricating some nice chunky brackets (which have now been galvanised) to support a fence on our latest platform development.

Loads of welding on shite bland rover chassis sections.

Some welding on omega exhausts (Lambda bosses and new flexi joints)

I quite enjoy it.

I have my own hobby MIG (a clarke 135) which is pretty good plus have access to Oxy/Acc, ARC and a rather nice Murex 405S with a transmatic 2x2 wire feed unit.

I would ratehr like a TIG unit....but dont know which one to get and there are mixed views on various forums.

[Marks DTM Calib]

And dont worry about the cylinder, its empty and has been filled with water to expel ALL gas first

[holtender]

Mig welding is very satisfying, but nothing beats the satisfaction of the old Oxy acetalene gas welding we used to use.

I've spent many days of my life trying to get some  rusty old heap through an MOT test.

[unlucky mark mv6]

And dont worry about the cylinder, its empty and has been filled with water to expel ALL gas first

Bet me to it mark.

[Andy B]

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I would ratehr like a TIG unit....but dont know which one to get and there are mixed views on various forums.

No specific idea of make, but AC would be handy for TIGing ally

[TheBoy]

Its not a bad forum that, a few useful guides on there.

I wish they had more info on TIG welding sets though.

MIG is not to hard, practice is the key and setup the skill.

As I said earlier, I've had one piece of success using my mig in anger