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| Rand |
 Oct 9 2005, 08:10 PM
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I've been MIG welding quite a bit of sheet metal today. A couple of times I had to deal with some gaps and the metal was a bit thin for my welder's lowest heat setting.
Tired of blowing holes? Coat hanger to the rescue! Yep, a good use for those old wire coat hangers... Kind of like gas welding with a torch... feeding the rod into the pool. You can feed the coat hanger into the area you are wire welding and fill the gaps. Get some filler in there and melt it into the sides... Works quite well. Works good for small holes too... lay the wire across, melt off pieces as you need. Then melt it across and grind it off flush. I'll start my progress thread soon too, but just thought I'd share a quick tip that came in handy today. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beerchug.gif) |
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Rand Handy welding tip Oct 9 2005, 08:10 PM
TimT Also when you burn through... and need to fill a ... Oct 9 2005, 08:17 PM Headrage I have a friend who owns a ranch and stables horse... Oct 9 2005, 08:21 PM Bartlett 914 Hey Tim
I am not sure what you were doing with th... Oct 10 2005, 08:15 AM TimT use the copper to back up the weld.
you can place... Oct 10 2005, 08:20 AM Bartlett 914 Thanks Tim
Can't wait to try it
Mark Oct 10 2005, 08:23 AM Racer Chris Oct 10 2005, 08:31 AM Rand A block of carbon is also good for backing up a we... Oct 10 2005, 01:03 PM 9146986 Sorry, but I'd have to classify this one as ba... Oct 10 2005, 07:38 PM root A Long time ago I was riding my motorcycle on a ba... Oct 10 2005, 09:50 PM Racer Chris Oct 11 2005, 07:20 AM Series9 <... Oct 11 2005, 10:21 AM Brando <... Oct 11 2005, 10:59 AM
Rand Just to clarify, my use was simply filling across ... Oct 11 2005, 11:26 AM  |
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