I second that motion. A good MIG welder (or even a wire-feed welder)
can do wonderful bodywork, with a little care. They aren't terribly
expensive, and once you have one, and have praciced a little, you will
find it INCREDIBLY useful. (Try laying a bead of weld along the cutting
edge of a mower blade, grinding it down and sharpening it. You may
never have to sharpen it again!)
I just finished building a new exhaust system for my Midget with mine,
and even that was pretty easy. (obligatory LBC content)
Chris Kotting
ckotting@iwaynet.net
Lancer7676@aol.com wrote:
>
> Kevin--
>
> I , too am a novice. I, too, have welding to do on my '67 Sprite that has
> rampant body cancer, meaning welding a number of body panels in. I had a
> welder come to appraise my situation. He just looked and shook his head, and
> said, "David you have well over a thousand dollars worth of welding to do
> here. You would better serve yourself if you were to buy a little MIG welder
> and learn how to use it." That piqued my interesst and I studied and
> studied--and found a little MIG welder at TiP in Youngstown, Ohio--maybe not
> far from you. Off their showroom floor I saved about $50, paying just $319
> for the welder, and $ 89 for the gas bottle.
>
> Anyway, Ihave found MIG welding to be a very easy thing to do. I am still a
> novice, am still learning, and have yet to weld a MAJOR project like floor
> panels (both of which I will have to do), but I am gaining confidence that I
> can do it. What little welding Ihave done with the MIG has been successful.
>
> Anyway, please think about and weight this option. It seemedthe best for me.
>
> ------David
> '67 Sprite MKIV, Victoria, aka, Vicky
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