Hello,
after several weeks of reading a number of interesting posts I’ve now joined as I think this forum will help me to get back into welding. Although I started off as a time served marine engineer back in the eighties, where arc and oxy-acetylene welding was taught as a key skill, I haven’t welded for many years now and would like to get back into it; I have, amongst other things, my old American car I want to sort out.
I recently borrowed a friends MIG to weld a replacement sill to my daughters car, and found that after a few practice runs I was well on my way (I suppose it’s similar to riding a bike, once you’ve learnt you never forget!). The main issue I found was that my friend reckoned his minimum amps was about 40 which took a bit of getting used to. I’m keen to get my own MIG and will be post a thread on the appropriate bit of the forum – I do like the sound of the Portamig 185, although it’s a little more than I wanted to spend.
Looking forward to getting back into it,
Regards
Guy
after several weeks of reading a number of interesting posts I’ve now joined as I think this forum will help me to get back into welding. Although I started off as a time served marine engineer back in the eighties, where arc and oxy-acetylene welding was taught as a key skill, I haven’t welded for many years now and would like to get back into it; I have, amongst other things, my old American car I want to sort out.
I recently borrowed a friends MIG to weld a replacement sill to my daughters car, and found that after a few practice runs I was well on my way (I suppose it’s similar to riding a bike, once you’ve learnt you never forget!). The main issue I found was that my friend reckoned his minimum amps was about 40 which took a bit of getting used to. I’m keen to get my own MIG and will be post a thread on the appropriate bit of the forum – I do like the sound of the Portamig 185, although it’s a little more than I wanted to spend.
Looking forward to getting back into it,
Regards
Guy
