QUOTE(Steve @ Nov 17 2013, 06:52 PM)
Gave up on trying to fix the hell hole myself and called Milt aka Zeke.
Took two Saturdays to fix, but my hell hole is finally done. I'm glad Milt makes house calls. He was a pleasure to work with and I learned allot by watching him work. I highly recommend him.
Well, working with Steve was a pleasure too. I used his Miller 140 which we had some problems with the first day. Make no mistake, that is a very nice unit, but it had the larger liner in the torch lead for .030 and .035 flux core wire. I didn't think to ask him about the set up but the the drive feed was jerky using the .023 solid wire.
Steve purchased the smaller cable and installed it in the lead. Made all the difference in the world. What you see in the pic is a combination of welds done when the problem existed and some after the fix.
I can tell you that I prefer all areas to be welded to be bare and blasted if possible. Especially if there is/was rust (and when is that?) When you are MIG welding and the arc traces over some rust left in the pores the arc stutters. It's very difficult and gives a good reason to use oxy/gas when you can. But, that's hot and slow when you're under a car or inside the engine bay.
Weld thru primer is not a favorite of mine either. It conceals what the metal really looks like and it does make the arc more difficult to maintain. All I can say is Steve's car is not going to fall apart. By the time he hits some of the poorer looking welds with a disc and sprays some rock guard in there it should look pretty good.
Thanks, Steve. We had some good conversations ion between all the racket I was making.