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Subject: Re: welders
From: mit-eddie!hercules.acsu.buffalo.edu!tobin@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Mike Tobin)
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 90 16:53:02 EDT
> 
> General question:  I have to do a good bit of body work on several of my
> vehicles (dreaded rust repair).  I have an Oxy-acetylene torch, but I 
> understand that a MIG setup is infinitely better for dealing with sheet 
> metal.  Since a simple MIG unit can be had for $300-400, how hard are they to 
> learn how to use???  Does anyone have any suggestions as to what to look for 
> in purchasing such a unit??? and what might be useful but not essential???
> 
> 
> Eric Dashman
> dashman@etype.rti.org
> 
Alternatively, anybody had any experience with "stitch" welders?
According to the ads they're thingies that allow you to do sheet metal
with an arc welder.  They claim they're easy to use and arc welders can
be had for less than a MIG unit.

Mike Tobin


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