[TheForge] MIG Welders

[Jerry Smith]

Mark,

I would use stick or gas for this sort of project. A
stick welder may dim your house, but the weld would be
deep and strong, gas wels would not dim your house but
if done right could or would be deep and strong.

Just my 3 cents worth,

Jerry

--- "Mark A. Pesetsky" <pesetsky at Princeton.EDU> wrote:

>  
> 
> 
> Must be in the air....Was going to post a question
> conerning my welder
> which is a WELDPAK 155. It is a 230VAC and I have
> added the MIG Gas
> conversion kit:
> 
>
http://images.andale.com/f2/115/106/3777381/1110723865633_linconvkit.jpg
> 
> Now I have never used my welder in this way and I
> was wondering if there
> are any basic instructions/suggestions that some of
> you more experienced
> welders could provide. I have read my manual and
> found very little
> concerning this thus far. I am in the middle of
> building a Kinyon style
> hammer and the welds that I have waiting are 1/2"
> PLATE TYPE WELDS and I
> wanted good penetration for them....Don't need the
> hammer coming apart
> ya know...ha
> 
> TIA
> Mark
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