deathbound Posted April 14, 2015 Report Posted April 14, 2015 The tip cleaners in the link are "typically" for torches, but I've used them on wire feed tips also. If the tip gets a little buggered, hit it with a file or put it to a grinding wheel for a second, then run the tip cleaner through it. Quote
fstfish66 Posted April 14, 2015 Report Posted April 14, 2015 im no WELDER,, i have a mig for small stuff,,, PAM works great on the nozzel to keep it from clogging up,,,just my .02 cents Quote
RobertKB Posted April 14, 2015 Report Posted April 14, 2015 (edited) "It's never too late to learn to weld, while your "practicing", look into a community college welding course....or 5. You'll find things to weld that didn't need it." This is great advice. I am 66 and took a welding course at our local college three years ago. It was 10 Wednesday evenings at 3 hours a time, so 30 hours total. It was to be split between MIG and TIG. Five weeks with MIG and then the rest with TIG. I only did 2 weeks with TIG and asked the instructor if I could go back to practicing MIG as I had bought a used MIG welder. He said no problem and a few other students did as well. I also strongly recommend using the Argon/CO2 gas which make for much nicer looking welds. It was nice to know that you can learn new skills at any age. I have since welded in a new floor and repaired the rocker panels on my '51 Dodge business coupe project and will now be able to do "basic" welding when needed. Edited April 14, 2015 by RobertKB 1 Quote
Tony724 Posted April 14, 2015 Author Report Posted April 14, 2015 The tip cleaners in the link are "typically" for torches, but I've used them on wire feed tips also. If the tip gets a little buggered, hit it with a file or put it to a grinding wheel for a second, then run the tip cleaner through it. Okay, I seen "torch", and it threw me off. im no WELDER,, i have a mig for small stuff,,, PAM works great on the nozzel to keep it from clogging up,,,just my .02 cents Hey, I can sneak some PAM out of the kitchen. It won't be the first time I took things from the kitchen for the garage. My wife will never realize how many times I seen some cool stuff she had that worked great in the garage. She just thinks she loses things...hahaha "It's never too late to learn to weld, while your "practicing", look into a community college welding course....or 5. You'll find things to weld that didn't need it." This is great advice. I am 66 and took a welding course at our local college three years ago. It was 10 Wednesday evenings at 3 hours a time, so 30 hours total. It was to be split between MIG and TIG. Five weeks with MIG and then the rest with TIG. I only did 2 weeks with TIG and asked the instructor if I could go back to practicing MIG as I had bought a used MIG welder. He said no problem and a few other students did as well. I also strongly recommend using the Argon/CO2 gas which make for much nicer looking welds. It was nice to know that you can learn new skills at any age. I have since welded in a new floor and repaired the rocker panels on my '51 Dodge business coupe project and will now be able to do "basic" welding when needed. Thats great! I have a Community college about 30 minutes from me. I may inquire about that. At my age, I just didn't know if I would look "out of place" being there. Ugh!! 1 Quote
Tony724 Posted April 14, 2015 Author Report Posted April 14, 2015 If you want to see something welding related and you have Instagram, search user "weldporn"....amazing stuff. I added weldporn to my instagram. "WOW!! I have never seen welds like that. Its like artwork!!!!!!! Quote
DJ194950 Posted April 15, 2015 Report Posted April 15, 2015 Do you use the butter flavored Pam? New to me, Is it Ok with undercoating paint afterward? Or a good cleaning required? Quote
Ulu Posted April 16, 2015 Report Posted April 16, 2015 Pam? LOL... I knew this old guy who was a MIG welder all his life. He used to tell me the best MIG spatter-off was duck fat. I've never tried it, but I'll bet the welds smell nice. Quote
Tony724 Posted April 16, 2015 Author Report Posted April 16, 2015 Well Lincoln ended up sending two 10 packs of tips. I didn't expect that. I have tried to use a Harbor Freight welder about a year ago, i think it was like a 90 dollar flux core welder. Well I really felt bad about my welding skills. I didn't get a bottle yet for my new Lincoln, but threw some flux core in it today, and played around on some metal. It was the welder before. My welds were not that bad with this Lincoln. Doesn't look like a stack of dimes, but looked decent, and I tried to take a ole railroad hammer, and bust the weld apart. It wouldn't break. Now time to practice before I touch the Plymouth with it. Quote
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