Well ive been on about teaching myself to weld for ages, so bought one of these:)

 

Got several books and DVD to teach me and now to practice......right where did i park the skoda LOL

Well ive been on about teaching myself to weld for ages, so bought one of these:)

Got several books and DVD to teach me and now to practice......right where did i park the skoda LOL

:rofl: :rofl: poor skoda!

my attempts look like pidgeon poo

you will get better results using a inert gas rather than gasless wire, remember learning to weld and being really proud when i could get sweet v's in my welds, get a auto darkening mask as well , it does help

so, which bit gets burnt and holes in first :D

very helpfull site ;) http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/index.php

 

Vijay

Good luck try not to set your hair on fire from all the sparks, as Retro620ti say use gas (argoshield light) as the nasty chemicals in the fluxed cored wire will turn your brain to mush. He's right about the auto darkening helmet as well as you will be starting the weld in the correct place instead of three inches away from where you want to be.

http://www.bocindustrial.co.uk/bocindustrial/product_information/gas/shielding_gases/argoshield/argoshield_light.asp

http://www.bocindustrialbook.co.uk/Published/Home/ref_10_3_1_1.htm

haha this brings back some memories.

 

My dad has a welder, neither of us can weld. Anyway he passed it over to my to weld up the exhaust on my Almera.

 

"dad can you smell burning???"

 

"omg your hair is singed"

 

Not only that i thought my arms were getting hot the burning smell was a mixture of burning flesh and hair. Youch!!!

Well i bought a welders jacket, gloves and hat so fingers crossed the only thing to go up in smoke is the car lol

get yorself a large lump of metal and lern on that on a table.

then progress to some thin scrap metal.

then do the work on the car.

 

if your feeling realy brave try some Ali lol

marcus i will drop your car at yours then so you can have some more practice !

Thought you welded it last week

get yorself a large lump of metal and lern on that on a table.

then progress to some thin scrap metal.

then do the work on the car.

 

if your feeling realy brave try some Ali lol

 

Yep not going to go near a car for a while, gonna practice on spare bits of metal untill im semi-comfortable, then progress to welding my wifes gob shut lol

The best advice I was given when I started to weld was make it sound like sizzling bacon, welding is easy its the setting up of the rig that is the hardest bit.

 

As said don't use gasless you will just blow holes in everthing and get disheartend.

 

Have fun

Made sure i got a gas one, was advised against a gasless one

BOC's prices have gone up since I signed up with them in 2000. It's about £40 a refill now, so make sure you knock of the main gas tap when your done!

Does anyone know how much the autodark masks cost? I just bought a normal one for £15.

you can get solar powered autodarks for around 80 quid now

Cheers, maybe next Christmas!

Take a look at these bud

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WELDING-HELMET-AUTODARKENING-MASK-used-w-mig-tig-welder_W0QQitemZ110186030902QQihZ001QQcategoryZ67052QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Looks like the front cover lens is a strange size, you may find it difficult to get replacements once they get covered in spatter.

you got your car back yet mush?

get yorself a large lump of metal and lern on that on a table.

then progress to some thin scrap metal.

then do the work on the car.

 

if your feeling realy brave try some Ali lol

 

Very good advice. When I first bought my TopMig I cut the sills out of my old P6 Rover and welded new in all one side. By the time I'd finish the second side i'd got good at it. So good that the first side looked really crap.

 

I ended up getting the angle grinder out and cuting it all out and re did it.

you got your car back yet mush?

 

:( Nope

Take a look at these bud

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WELDING-HELMET-AUTODARKENING-MASK-used-w-mig-tig-welder_W0QQitemZ110186030902QQihZ001QQcategoryZ67052QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

;) I bought one off ebay and it works great. It's so much easier to use, especially when you've no room under the car.

 

Thanks for the link!

as already said, you definitely need to purchase an auto dark proper mask, it really does help, when i first started welding using an arc welder i'd tac something completely random as couldnt see where the end of the bloody rod was, anyway a steady hand and practise is all you need, if you are you gasless type, then you really need plenty of ventilation as the fumes are no good for you at all.