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Re: [oletrucks] Welder needed.

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Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Welder needed.
From: Robert Baird <bairdr@charter.net>
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 19:56:29 -0600
http://www.thetorchman.com/Here is a link to a neat torch for gas & Oxy.  This 
torch is great I wont one I looked  it over at Chickasha swap meetRobertBruce 
Kettunen wrote:>If you have 220V available in your garage, think about a 220V 
gas/wire >feed (Mig) welder.  Miller makes a real good one.  This will give 
>you the range from thick structural metal to sheet metal.>>Look for multiple 
heat settings and infinite wire speed.>>110V for sheet metal works too, but it 
will be more difficult job >to weld thicker metal.  A second 220V stick welder 
could be used >here but doesn't do as nice a job.>>I would still consider 
keeping a 220V stick welder like a Lincoln >"buzz box (looks like an old 
cathedral style radio) is a real good >general purpose stick welder.>>One other 
thing I did that has been very handy is to make a 25 ft >220V extension cord.  
I used industrial 8 guage rubber clad cable >and the appropriate ends.>>I have 
never had any luck with flux core wire feed (no gas).  Ot!
hers >may have different experiences.>>The new auto darkening helmets are 
great.  Get one where the darkness >can be adjusted.  I have a Hobart solar 
helmet with adjustable darkness >and can't see myself ever going back to the 
old helmets.>>All my humble opinion.>>Bruce Kettunen>57 3200>Mt. Iron, MN>>>At 
Wednesday, 5 November 2003, you wrote:>>  >>>What type of welder would I need 
for truck restoration . Any reccomendations >>    >>>.>  >>>I dont need the 
best but I want something that can do it all. From >>    >>>frame work>  >>>to 
body work . Im just starting out and Ive got a 467 panel truck >>    >>>and a 
55>  >>>Chevy pickup that need restoration . Thanks Mark>>oletrucks is devoted 
to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959>>>>    
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