Learning to weld

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freelanderoig said:
you do get a bit of slag on gasless
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not with clean metal. you might get a bunch of goobers, that you have to grind off..
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I could go on and on about the IMMENSE PLEASURE I get from OXY/ACETYLENE welding BUT I wont!
You are all praising that NEW FANGLED GISMO. the MIG welder and I don't blame you!
BUT if you get pleasure from TRICKY and you love the OLD FASHIONED like I do?
Then go oxy/acetylene !! If only simply to not making it just a CHORE
SO All you 21st century mig welders!
Lets hear it for the 20th CENTURY gas welding BAD BOYS
CHRIS
 
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There are quite a number of MIG welders about that will do gas and gasless welding so it doesn't have to be an either or choice.
 
jamesmartin said:
it depends from welder to welder and what thickness your welding,practise will show you it becomes obvious when you have too little or too much same with wire speed
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I have a gas sealey 170, most welds look good but not always strong weld, but I guess like you say practice practice practice...
 
chris7 said:
I could go on and on about the IMMENSE PLEASURE I get from OXY/ACETYLENE welding BUT I wont!
You are all praising that NEW FANGLED GISMO. the MIG welder and I don't blame you!
BUT if you get pleasure from TRICKY and you love the OLD FASHIONED like I do?
Then go oxy/acetylene !! If only simply to not making it just a CHORE
SO All you 21st century mig welders!
Lets hear it for the 20th CENTURY gas welding BAD BOYS
CHRIS
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Gas welding is the biz :)
Once you learn to do it properly *and* learn to control the distortion then you can tackle stuff which just leaves everything else in its wake! I do a lot of TIG which is superb for fine quality work but nothing will ever replace the versatility and ability of oxy acetylene.
If you can gas weld then you truly understand the process and can quickly turn your hand to every other technique.
 
Lets also hear it for the many Technical Colleges we have in this country. I get to see an awful lot of p*ss poor welds in my job but you rarely see anything other than competence from someone who has been to a "Tech" and learned to do it properly.
 
Vintage-and-Classic said:
Gas welding is the biz :)
Once you learn to do it properly *and* learn to control the distortion then you can tackle stuff which just leaves everything else in its wake! I do a lot of TIG which is superb for fine quality work but nothing will ever replace the versatility and ability of oxy acetylene.
If you can gas weld then you truly understand the process and can quickly turn your hand to every other technique.
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i learned with gas and stick ,migs were the new thing at the time ,gas is something like a lathe people should learn but things move on which is why gas is rarely used
 
For the record (&thats probably the best excuse you'll ever hear... )

I sometimes stand by something I was taught or told as an apprentice...

"A good looking weld is not always a good weld"

I've quoted that once or twice :p

Rich.
 
jamesmartin said:
i learned with gas and stick ,migs were the new thing at the time ,gas is something like a lathe people should learn but things move on which is why gas is rarely used
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Just like in machining, lathes, mills, shappers, before cnc came along. operator needed to how to do stuff. Now days a machinist just loads the material and pushes a button, then takes the parts out when finshed
 
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