The murdercycle mechanic across the street from the shop and I have become friends... he even came over to Thunderhill to get a case of "I need one of these"... His name is Kenny.
So Kenny came over the other day and I had the TIG out and was doing something. He says "I've never TIG'd before". I said - have you gas welded? Yep... and he can MIG... I set him up -- he lays a real decent bead his first time. Gas welding teaches you how to feed filler... and of course you have to keep the bead going with the torch head... so it's two handed coordination. Some people suck at it -- some people can pick it right up.
All of the settings can be found on the internet... there's so many of them on a decent machine that unless you're a professional you'll never remember them all.
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Originally Posted by Vince@MSperfab
Well in that case you will have to make one of two things, make more time learning or make more money to have someone else do it for you.
If you have a TIG welder at your disposal start burning tungsten and if your in a shop already make an excuss to use it. Fix a bumper bracket, make a transmission crossmember.
With the tips here and experience you should be able to figure it out. BTW, that picture I posted was a practice piece I had an apprentice do. It's .120 wall 2"x5" flat that he cut. It's a fabricated square tube in a square tube slip fit. That was after playing with my TIG welder for about an hour.
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