harbor freight has some good prices on entry level migs , check them out, they are also local to me.

 

Nice Thread Love the Titanium welds...Had a Titanium Bike back in the day when i used to race BMX, **** Cracked all the time

 

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Let's not forget this beauty.



That's an H-T member's oilpan, but I forget who.

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haha ya that was me. Now RacerxAdam has redone my oil return line and has made my 3in DP. I must say his work is quality. He wouldn't let me leave until that thing was perfect I'll post up pics of the weld on the pan now and the 3in DP when I get a chance. Thanks Adam.

 

Go do it now, you know you aint doing **** at work .

 

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haha I would but I dont have a digi here.

 

Charlie:

It would take a whole book to answer all of those questions...and someone has done it. Check it The Welding Handbook by Richard Finch. It's available just about everywhere (including Home Depot) and will give you detailed answers. Here are some short ones based on what I know:

1) Common types of welding are: oxyacetylene gas welding, MIG (wire feed), TIG, and stick (ARC) welding.

2) For parts of the exhaust where ultimate strength is not required and speed is advantageous, a lot of people MIG weld. MIG is very fast.

3) This often depends on the skill of the weldor and the machine being used. A novice weldor using a MIG machine can lay down a beautiful bead that is actually extremely weak. TIG and gas really allow you to see the depth of penetration.

I'll let the others take on some of the other questions.

Sonny

 

my contruibute.. Some pics of my Hytech kit..


*thank god for jobs. and i start mine today.. (gonna finish my project now)
-Jordo

 

Damn, those are beautiful!

Alyssa Kay

 

As promised here is one of my MIG welds. It's an 85 amp harbor freight welder. I'm going to sell it to get a hobart or one of the big three. By the way, this weld was with flux-cored wire So that's one of my excuses.

 

damn all those welds are gorgeous...i've never seen that crossweld one before...

&lt;~~ Needs to start learning how to weld

 

man o man, those Ti welds are amazing, so are most of the others in the thread

I think its time ot move up to a TiG

 

and here's some of mine

18ga 304L SS charge pipe






and some good MIG vs TIG data






Modified by javierb14 at 11:25 AM 9/5/2003

 

Great looking stuff and good info guys

 

I really like my home depot lincoln weld pack. I have the one that came with the gas hook up and cart. If you're going to get a welder make sure that you get one that can be upgraded for gas. Once I switched to gas (as compared to flux cored) my welds started looking pretty cool. I can weld stainless and regular steel just fine, for aluminum I will need to buy the aluminum kit for my machine. I will be welding up my stainless Kteller exhaust this weekend so I hope to take some pics and post on Monday.

 

Javier what are you using to surface the flanges when your done.. That turned out really nice. BTW since when do you use a flex joint in the charge pipes..

 

Here is a couple pics of my mig. I have tons more welding pics at home, there are just a couple that I have at work.







Here is some mig and tig





and a bit of aluminum tig

 

bout time I joined in on the fun:
GudeH23A's collector.

 

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I have the same welder I think. Is it the 3200 HD? Do you know what is needed with this setup to weld aluminum? I know I need pure Argon and ER4043 wire. Anything else? Do you need a spool gun or is the provided one fine?

 

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I have the same welder I think. Is it the 3200 HD? Do you know what is needed with this setup to weld aluminum? I know I need pure Argon and ER4043 wire. Anything else? Do you need a spool gun or is the provided one fine?</TD></TR></TABLE>

you will need a compatable spool o matic gun for small aluminum spools.

 

You typically need to change the liner when switching from steel to aluminum. In most cases, the liner for steel is made of steel. The liner for aluminum is made out of nylon/plastic.

Sonny

 

Any of you guys should let me know if you have a gas mig you are selling

 

Hey how long should it take me to cut a piece of steel with O/A that is bent into a 90 and each side is 4 inches. I think its taking me way too long and I must be doing something wrong. Yesterday it took me a little over an hour with the oxy=25psi act=7psi. Sometimes it would cut great and other times it acted like it didn't want to do anything. I preheated the steel(maybe not long enough?) and it would stop at about 2 inches into the cut. Any advise would be great

 

you need to make your base flame too rich.. ACT.. That way when you add the oxy when cutting it will give you a nice hot flame.. You should be able to cut that in about 30 seconds. get the blue flame about 3/4" long.. then hold it at the starting point till that is hot.. then fire the oxy.. then hold the oxy down and start moving forward.. it should blow right through it like nothing. I don't know about the pressure settings but we have always kept the same settings for everything. try adjusting with your ***** and not the reg..

 

OH!! I want to play too here is some aluminum crap I did awhile back! and here is the finished product, keep in mind that I only did the intercooler, not any of the other wack stuff on my friends car. oh sorry about the pic sizes too.





Modified by AZFAB1 at 3:51 PM 9/8/2003

 

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GudeH23A's collector.



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what a lucky guy