welding = hard

[jbsupra89t]

Well for the first time in my life I welded today at my brother-in-law's shop... all I gotta say is, I have an even bigger respect for that now. Seeing the work that gets put out by ron and many others, it takes quite a ton of work and practice, damn. But boy is it fun, haha!

-J

 

[Ckanderson]

hah... its hard at first.. practice tig welding aluminum IC pipes... thats hard.

 

[mazzer]

Well for the first time in my life I welded today at my brother-in-law's shop... all I gotta say is, I have an even bigger respect for that now. Seeing the work that gets put out by ron and many others, it takes quite a ton of work and practice, damn. But boy is it fun, haha!

-J

what were you using to weld..? mig,tig,arc...?

 

[Dirgle]

TIG is fun as hell. In welding shop class I was one of only two students that could do a decent job with that machine. Even the shop teahcer didn't know how to do it but because we wanted to learn they brought a guy out from one of the local mines to teach us.

 

[IJ.]

JB: LOL nah welding = easy

Welding well = Hard
(Look at Ron's welds they're a thing of beauty I aspire to)

 

[Ckanderson]

tig is the only way to go... mig is for sissys!

 

[souprat]

^^yeah but it works. the guy who taught me to weld(although i'm still not very good) taught me on a cheap stick welder first. then the mig welder was like useing a hot glue gun. gonna weld up my exhaust this winter wooo!

 

[jbsupra89t]

I used the stick deal, haven't done any others, although now I wanna try. I'm gonna just putz around with this for a while till I get decent at that...

IJ: Good point

-J

 

[Mr.SelfDestruct]

^ stick is probly the second hardest for me to use...oxyacetylene is the best to learn with because it teaches you to make a proper bead consistently smooth, to if you practice enough. I love mig. it soooooo easy.

 

[jt2ma71]

I guess when I was learning, stick was the hardest, especially overhead . But having done all processes, TIG became my favorite. If you have access to oxy-acetylene, it's like an old school TIG .
Thanks for the compliments on my welds, BTW. Ron

 

[IJ.]

Ron: Very welcome!

What I wouldn't give for a day or two of hands on Tig instruction by you!

 

[MDCmotorsports]

hah... its hard at first.. practice tig welding aluminum IC pipes... thats hard.

CK alum is easier than steel after a while...

 

[IHI-RHC7]

Not so when doing scratch and go with no pedal. Al is teh suk when you don't have access to a pedal.

 

[MDCmotorsports]

Yeah Id have to agree with you on that one. No pedal = no fun = junky welds.

 

[IJ.]

I use a rotary control on the torch as some of the time I'm not in position to use a pedal.

 

[Adjuster]

Learned on stick, have done some TIG, but really, like the MIG for working on smaller projects.

IJ's right, Ron does artwork and the fit and quality of the finished job is dang nice for sure. One of these days, I'd love to have a FFIM from Ron. Just need to find the money now to do the changes needed for that upgrade.

Personal favorite is welding stainless steel.

 

[Joel W.]

I guess when I was learning, stick was the hardest, especially overhead . But having done all processes, TIG became my favorite. If you have access to oxy-acetylene, it's like an old school TIG .
Thanks for the compliments on my welds, BTW. Ron

ohh so you are "The One"


hahahha Ive been trying to figure out who is this "ron" guy every one keeps talking about... nice work man..

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