Hello

[Swifty101]

Hello welding world

Im a total novice with welding.

I very keen to get into welding. My old man was a welder but he has retierd so is unable to teach me Ive been reading a lot on your forums about which welders to buy.

I want to learn to weld for car's. Thats my passion.

Any people on here from cardiff / local areas? Id be interested in some help I.E some training on welding if anyone could help?

Al

 

[troppo]

G`day swifty
Firstly welcome to the madhouse, theres plenty of help available round here, just ask. You say your fathers retired, how does that stop him teaching you to weld? A couple of basics you need to remember with welding car panels is that the welding process puts a LOT of heat into the panel and that heat distorts thin steel very easily. You want to minimise the heat you put into the panel, so i would say buy some scrap panels from a wrecker and practice, practice, practice. Rather than being impatient and trying to run beads you want to tack weld, spreading the tacks out so you dont get too much heat in one area.
Good luck mate
Cheers
Troppo

 

[Swifty101]

Thanks for the advise. Im looking at the clarke 90 what you think of that unit? Ive read good things on it.

 

[Country Joe]

Hi there,
What you've read is true. The 90's are good sets, but obviously a bit limited power-wise. They'll do car bodywork just fine - but wont be any good if you're planning on fabricating a 3rd Severn Crossing!
Might even need a small amount of edge preparation to do chassis members, or anything of that thickness.
Still, good and reliable sets though!
All the Best,
CJ
PS - Welcome to the Forum, Swifty!

 

[stuvy]

welcome to the forum swifty, is the 101 as in LR FC101?