Bailhatch

stupid idea? I can lay some nice beads with my oxy/act setup but i am getting a MIG setup shortly and it will be a house current 135amp gas shielded rig probably a lincon. Would I have better luck doing a tubular style rather than log because of the material thickness? what about 3/8" flanges? Thanks

rtype11

if its the mig pak think the limit is around 3/8 mild steel, try the New welding thread, they will know for sure.

Phoenix GSR

I have the lincoln 135amp 110v mig welder and it does log manifolds fine, and I use 1/2" flanges... the first one I made I cut open and tried to smash it witha hammer, tried to break the welds in a big vice and it didnt give.. it will be plenty strong..

I laid my beads slow with a lot of wirespeed, so they were pretty big, then I went back and smoothed them out with a grinder.. it was a giant PITA, but it worked out nicely...

hth

Bailhatch

excellent!

I'm glad to hear you tested it too. I was planning on buying some stock to just weld up and smash myself. So the welds were pretty ugly? do you think it was you or the machine?

Ri5e

Got any pics?