(OT) Electric Welding.

hls wrote:
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> "Paul" > wrote in message
> ...
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>>
>> I have a stick welder (Lincoln 220) and a cheap
>> mig welder (Kai Kang Fu or something).
>> IMO, a mig welder is hard to use and takes a lot of practice.
>
> I disagree somewhat. A poor quality MIG welder is a pain. A decent one
> is, IMO,
> extremely easy to get good welds.

Interesting. I probably like a stick welder better because
that is what I grew up with. I don't like the way the mig
welder nozzle shield gets in the way of seeing the weld
as its being done.
OTH, my son likes the mig welder better and after just a couple
of hours he has gotten pretty good at it.

In article >,
"hls" > wrote:

> "aarcuda69062" > wrote in message
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> >>
> >> I disagree somewhat. A poor quality MIG welder is a pain. A decent one
> >> is,
> >> IMO,
> >> extremely easy to get good looking welds.
> >
> > Fixed it for ya.
>
> After spending half a year in a stick welding course, instructor let me have
> a go
> at the MIG and TIG units. Easy as falling off a log with a good machine.

You are blessed with the hand-eye co-ordination gene...

> Have you ever watched the Orange County Choppers show?

When I didn't have a sharp stick handy to poke myself in the eye.

> I note that they
> are welding the fine stuff without any eye protection at all.. Or at least
> that
> seems to be the case. What do you think of that?

I think they are extremely stupid and slaves to vanity.

I am watching Orange County Choppers right now on the TLC channel.
cuhulin

"aarcuda69062" > wrote in message news:nonelson-
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> I think they are extremely stupid and slaves to vanity.

Vanity is a strange word to apply to those guys.. Arrogant, yes.

"Paul" > wrote in message
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> hls wrote:
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>> "Paul" > wrote in message

> OTH, my son likes the mig welder better and after just a couple
> of hours he has gotten pretty good at it.

I had a lot of trouble seeing what I was welding with a stick welder. I
could
see much better with the other types, and that is probably why I did better
with them.

There is definitely a lot of art and technique in welding. It did not come
naturally to me, I guess.
We were welding line pipe, etc.