weldsplatter
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Is it right that you cannot gas weld on car bodies anymore?
Is it right that you cannot gas weld on car bodies anymore?
The new generation of cars aren't worth restoring anyway! Let them rot and be scrapped/
Is it right that you cannot gas weld on car bodies anymore?
I agree - actually I might not - define new
We are going OT here, let's start a new thread.
have u tried inspecting welding with underseal and catty slapped on it if u have just started gas welding u will soon pick it up i learnt meself 30 years ago .the more u do the quicker it gets. its easy to weld disimlar and worn thickneses of metal with just one settingI heard it through a third party, a welding tutor he said he could not confirm it be he had heard rumours.
So I decided to ask the forum, cos there is bound to be someone who can or cannot confirm.
Incidentaly I did my first piece of gas welding last night it is a bit of the dogs kahoonas with thin metal, I hardly had to use any filler rod and the finish was superb, hope they aint banning it
its only difficult to get it from BOCIs it something to do with the difficulty in getting acetylene?
mig might be fast but gas is more versatile practice makes perfect. more people would use it if it wasnt for all the so called dangers of acetylene and the price of bottle rentalI did a oxy welding course early this year. Our panel beater instructer said he no longer oxy welds new cars because of the composite alloys and the fact that a lot of new cars have gone down to 0.6mm sheet for weight. Anything less than 1mm is tricky.
In my opinion, oxy welding is the best form of weld for car bodies because of the softer weld it is a lot easier to stretch and skrink and panel beat. It is true though, because the flame is 3000 degrees centergrade instead of the 6000 for mig, you spend more time heating the panel and therefore increase the amount of warpage, leading to more panel beating, patient tacking can mitigate this effect.
I am awaiting delivery of a new torch head that mixes gas in the chamber giving a softer more concentrated flame and supposedly giving less warpage that migs????
mig might be fast but gas is more versatile practice makes perfect. more people would use it if it wasnt for all the so called dangers of acetylene and the price of bottle rental
Thanks For that Mr.BOCthe price of bottle rental