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> Need to do a bunch of welding, Can't do it in my apartment's garage :(
TonyAKAVW
post Aug 4 2005, 03:22 PM
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Its come to the point in my Subaru conversion that I need to finish up a lot of welding on the roller. I've got to finish fixing up the hell hole area, and put together an engine support bar, and weld on a front and partial rear fender. Its probalby a full weekend of work, maybe more. The problem is that I live in an apartment and my garage is not wired well.

I've tried using a 110 mig welder, but its pretty clear that the power is just not there. The spark will start and then the voltage on the line drops and the motor slows down. The arc goes away and the motor speeds up. So welding ends up being a series of dots of weld and I cannot seem to get decent penetration. I'm using a very beefy power cord and I even replaced the outlet on the wall. It doesn't help the situation much.

Seems like I need to take this car somewhere and do the welding where I have access to the right amount of power at the very least. I don't have the budget to take the car to a shop and have the welding done, and I'd rather do it myself and learn from it.

So does anyone want to help? Or anyone have any good ideas on other options?

-Tony

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TonyAKAVW   Need to do a bunch of welding   Aug 4 2005, 03:22 PM
lapuwali   How about renting a gas-powered generator? They h...   Aug 4 2005, 03:49 PM
bondo   Back in the early days of welding they used batter...   Aug 4 2005, 03:51 PM
Headrage     Aug 4 2005, 03:52 PM
ArtechnikA     Aug 4 2005, 03:53 PM
jkeyzer   There's an idea. Gas weld everything. http://www.914world.com/bbs2/ht...   Aug 4 2005, 04:03 PM
jkeyzer   If you found a 220V welder, not much. Your neighb...   Aug 4 2005, 04:05 PM
bondo     Aug 4 2005, 04:07 PM
TonyAKAVW     Aug 4 2005, 04:08 PM
bondo   ...   Aug 4 2005, 04:10 PM
Joseph Mills   Maybe when Pedro is out pulling some sweet jumps y...   Aug 4 2005, 04:27 PM
scott thacher   okay there are several ways to do a cord from the ...   Aug 4 2005, 07:58 PM
bondo   His complex has gas dryers. h...   Aug 4 2005, 08:20 PM
Dr. Roger   Dude, Just pick up two car batteries. Then follo...   Aug 4 2005, 08:31 PM


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