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[CptTripps]

Take a look at my project today. After I sat back and looked at the completed job, I'm starting to think I have no business welding anything...

I got the job done, and I could dance on the pass-side floor, but does anyone have tips for welding?

I'm using a Lincoln-Electric Pro-Core 100 welder. It's served me well, but I'm not sure I'm using the right settings.

Before
(IMG:http://www.hardman.org/pix/914_pix/IMG_5472.jpg)

After
(IMG:http://www.hardman.org/pix/914_pix/IMG_5485.jpg)

Before
(IMG:http://www.hardman.org/pix/914_pix/IMG_5475.jpg)

After
(IMG:http://www.hardman.org/pix/914_pix/IMG_5486.jpg)
(Forgot to take a pic before I primed it)

I'm using 16ga on the floor, and 18ga on the back firewall. I've got to replace the piece where the seat-belt connects to the long, but that'll have to wait till I can find a drillpress that will work on the 10ga piece I have for there. (Interestingly enough, the long was REAL nice inside...the belt-bolt area was the only part that was hosed.)

Am I as bad as I think?

[TonyAKAVW]

Hey, if its functional, what the hell. Although maybe I'm jsut saying that because my welds look bad too (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif)

I noticed something that you may want to look into while I was welding recently. I live in an apartment and the wiring for the garage seems to be shared with a large floodlight and other garages in our complex. If I try to weld at night, it seems like I don't get enough current to the welder to do a good job. During the day it works great, so check to see that you have a big enough extension cord (if you are using one) and that the outlet is in good shape.

I'm using a MIG welder I'm borrowing from Andrew (phantom914). I started out using flux core with it and then bought a tank of argon/CO2 gas and it works a LOT better (also using mig wire)...

-Tony