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Andr� ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chevelle 69" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 1:36 PM Subject: RE: [Chevelle-List] welders? > Andre, > that's pretty close to what they go for here as well when not on > some sort of a sale. My model is probably the bottom of the line 220v > unit. I had to buy a kit to make it work with gas, but the price was so > good at the time I couldn't pass it up. I had to open the unit up and > modify the insides slightly to make it work with gas. But I got to see > the inner workings and I was very impressed. I worked in electronics for > many years, so I have some idea of what I was looking at. Even this > smaller unit will just about stretch your arm out when carrying it, very > heavy! > > I haven't had much time to weld with it yet, and I did have to take it > in for warantee repairs already. But it turned out to only be a fan, > which I won't hold against them, "stuff happens" sometimes. > > What welding I have done I was very happy with! ..well as far as the > machine is concerned. I, however, need more practice :) > > Man... It sure is nice to have your own home to be able to work on your > Chevelle in the garage .....but trying to find time to do it with > keeping up with all the things you have to do to keep up a home is > another story! > > JD, as I understand it, the 100v units will weld mild steel up to 3/16 > inch thick. Anything thicker and they won't cut it. But you won't run > into anything thicker than 3/16 on a car under normal circumstances I > don't think. Not even the frame is thicker than that. > > While these MIG welders are SUPPOSED to be able to weld aluminum, my > instructor didn't recommend it. He said to use TIG, which are very > expensive machines. I haven't tried stainless. > > Steve > > > > ------------------------------------------ > Steve, > > Are you happy about your 220 volt/155 amp lincoln, I've been thinking > about getting one for a while now, it is about $ 500/600 her in Italy. > > As you probably know we only have 220 volts here (and 380/400 volt > industrial) so a 110 welder wouldnt work anyway. > > Thanks > > Andr� > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html > To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
