Oxy Acetylene or Arc?
#25
06-29-2005, 04:48 AM
RE: Oxy Acetylene or Arc?
ORIGINAL: mickey
welding 101
If yo have a arc welder then go get teh mig attachment for it then make sre it stays where you put it
lso use some heat sink clay and pack the area so that yo suck that heat out of there you dont want to destroy the metal harness in that area by getting it to hot and taking the temper out of it
Now in a pinch you could use your arc welder just pack it with the clay and weld fast.
but all three will hold them in place
oxy/acetylene is a slower weld soit makes more heat and cuses more warpage tot eh metal and also can take the temper out of the metal faster
Arc welding is a faster weld so you can add th heat to wqeld it in and get in and out fast to allow les damage from the heat
MIG puts the heat right where ya need it and will weld and penitrate he metal faster and better then any of the other two will
good luck
welding 101
If yo have a arc welder then go get teh mig attachment for it then make sre it stays where you put it
lso use some heat sink clay and pack the area so that yo suck that heat out of there you dont want to destroy the metal harness in that area by getting it to hot and taking the temper out of it
Now in a pinch you could use your arc welder just pack it with the clay and weld fast.
but all three will hold them in place
oxy/acetylene is a slower weld soit makes more heat and cuses more warpage tot eh metal and also can take the temper out of the metal faster
Arc welding is a faster weld so you can add th heat to wqeld it in and get in and out fast to allow les damage from the heat
MIG puts the heat right where ya need it and will weld and penitrate he metal faster and better then any of the other two will
good luck
well i learned something here
#26
06-29-2005, 06:33 AM
RE: Oxy Acetylene or Arc?
He's having a Sway Bar Bracket made, so I'm thinking he's going to be using some small round tube steel. That's if he's refering to the sway bar endlink as a bracket, he might actually be talking about the bracket for the endlink itself, then he'd be dealing with at least 1/8" plate steel. So he has no worries about warping the metal either way. No need for welding clay.
If he's getting this done at an auto-body shop chances are they should have stand alone MIG welders and acetylene torches. But the torches in an auto-body shop are mostly used for cutting. But regaurdless MIG would be the best route for what he wants to do. And when it comes down to it only two types of welding should be done in the automotive field, MIG and TIG.
So ah, MIG weld the brackets man.
BTW, would this be a good place to let everyone know I'm a certified welder as well? [8D]
If he's getting this done at an auto-body shop chances are they should have stand alone MIG welders and acetylene torches. But the torches in an auto-body shop are mostly used for cutting. But regaurdless MIG would be the best route for what he wants to do. And when it comes down to it only two types of welding should be done in the automotive field, MIG and TIG.
So ah, MIG weld the brackets man.
BTW, would this be a good place to let everyone know I'm a certified welder as well? [8D]
#28
06-30-2005, 03:39 AM
RE: Oxy Acetylene or Arc?
ORIGINAL: tvanwinklehome
Let's see, you tell someone they need spelling 101 and his response was him being way too sensitive??????????????????????
I've had just about enough of your negative comments. If you cant say something nice, please keep your comments to yourself!!!!!!!!!
TVW
you are way too sensitive
Let's see, you tell someone they need spelling 101 and his response was him being way too sensitive??????????????????????
I've had just about enough of your negative comments. If you cant say something nice, please keep your comments to yourself!!!!!!!!!
TVW
#30
06-30-2005, 06:01 AM
RE: Oxy Acetylene or Arc?
first off please keep me out of this argument I have delt with him and his attitude before and dont want to wast my tiem doing it again.
but i will say one thing on this
04 you are just standing there sitring the pot all the time .
now there are times i have agreed with you and not with you
But the comment about a mans military carrer was one i defently do not agree with at all.
unless you have been in the service i would back off that one. it is not even close to being cool to start on that one in the borad or any other. you can have your own opion just dont put it out here for all to read on that subject.
i have said my peice
kicking soap box to the corner for the next time/
but i will say one thing on this
04 you are just standing there sitring the pot all the time .
now there are times i have agreed with you and not with you
But the comment about a mans military carrer was one i defently do not agree with at all.
unless you have been in the service i would back off that one. it is not even close to being cool to start on that one in the borad or any other. you can have your own opion just dont put it out here for all to read on that subject.
i have said my peice
kicking soap box to the corner for the next time/