MIG or TIG? Argon?

Don't need stainless steal at this point.. just regular 16g mild steel.

Thanks

 

dont use 16g mild steel. use sch 10/40 weld els and tig weld them.

 

ok schedule 40 it is.

and a MIG welder wont work? elaborate for my little brain please

 

mig will work (bailhatch makes them) but tig is better. Simply read a little bit in here and you will learn a lot.

 

I use a big ol Miller TIG now ...but yes mig will work fine if you cut a deep chamfer and get a good technique (gravity is your friend).

 

Great to hear, all I needed to know

MIG for time being, TIG if I find the need to drop some serious coinage

 

CHAMFER,??????? PLEASE EXPLAIN

I'M WANTING TO BUY A WELDER SO I CAN TRY TO FABRICATE MY MANIFOLDS

 

cut a little edge in the metal so you can weld in that like wedge o say this represents your flange______ and this is the piping for the manifold |

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_______|_____| _____

if the pipe wasnt chanfered that is what it would look lik sitting agains the flange


what you want is


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_________\________/__

see the little edge there? its where you want your weld to be penatraiting


i cant spell lol but hope fully that helps


*edit* damn it it wont let show it how i want it to but hope fully you can get the point lol *edit*

 

what is wrong with using 16g? schedule 10 is more than enough. sch 40 is just too heavy i find and it holds a lot of heat.