First gen diff drop

Slug City

 

Only a wire wheel to clean and that waas the second day I'd welded. Far to go still.

Anywhoooooo......

Headers?

 

I am apparently incapable of welding in a straight line, lol. My longer butt-welds look like an areal view of a river system, lol

I think my problem is that I haven't spent enough money on equipment yet.

I blame the fact that I'm currently working with flux-core and dragging the gun I tend to loose my place. Once I convert to gas, I'm hoping to get a better view of my work.

 

Oh yeah! I was just trying to remember who that was talking to me about the headers. What a coincidence.

This thread.

 

Everyone should start with a stick rod. Cheaper equipment and can make beautiful and strong welds.

 

The only welding I've done was at a weekend practice course and it was the same thing...couldn't go in a straight line for the life of me. We were using stick welders though, haven't tried with a gun

 

The gun seemed easy but we didnt have any automatic helmets so finding your place was hard

 

I think the funniest part is I met you on reddit before you had tw

 

Even the internet world is a small world lol

 

I've heard that argument before. I think everyone has their strengths and weaknesses, and what they prefer. I started with a 125 Lincoln.

I can't call myself an expert, but it seems like what most people recommend is based on their own experiences. If you started on a stick, you likely recommend a stick for beginners. I started on a gun, and that worked for me. For me, the gun just seemed more "approachable" (for lack of a better word). Though I did have limited prior experience with a gun, so that's where I went.

The one thing no one recommends is TIG for beginners, lol...

 

Real small sometimes and its always surprising. hows the truck looking after the accident?

 

Damn dude, no auto-darkening helmets? They're like $40 at Harbor freight!

I like the gun because you have a consistent hand position from your work. Just one less thing for a noob to worry about.

 

Gun was definitely less intimidating. made it seem possible to do it right

 

College isnt going to put buget into that for 20+ helmets at once when they already have some from before I was born

 

It’s all about accessibility. Stick welders are generally the cheapest and easiest to get. If more people looked into it more they’d realize most stick welders with removable leads are also TIG ready. More and more people that I see now, only like to TIG and not even touch a stick rod.

But the easiest to learn will always be the squirt gun.

 

I’ve got all the parts sitting at the house right now. I just need to get home to put them back on. I’m just really torn on whether to swap engines now. Considering the rad support is out and everything is so accessible.

 

It would put it down for a bit thats for sure. But youd be able to make sure its done right. I know which id go for but im a little biased... You were considering doing it anyway before and now youre somewhere at about 1/3 of the way if you did swap (everything is pulled, yeah?) glad the frame isnt bent

 

lol, squirt gun.

yeah. I have no intention to ever do tig, so that was never really something I considered as an advantage. I'm not building NASCAR roll cages or anything. Might get a spool gun one day to do aluminum. Would be nice to do some projects with lighter material.

I'm just not patient enough, and I know that I don't weld consistently enough to keep up the skill set. I'm bad enough with my gun. I haven't really even touched my welder since before my accident last October.

 

lol.

In my machine shop class, we had to do it in groups. I think we only had 3 or 4 helmets. And that was a big name fancy pants UC with a reputation for engineering.

 

See that makes perfect sense. For most hobbyists in the garage dancing around on projects, a little MIG is perfect.

I travel and do it as a profession. So my perspective is a bit different. Though when I’m home, the last thing I think about is welding some BS.