|
|
|
|
| Author |
|
|
Cars & Coffee Killer
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: State of Failure
Posts: 32,246
|
Welding Question
If I wanted to do a roll cage, would I need a GTAW (Tig) machine that could do AC, or do I just need DC?
__________________
Some Porsches long ago...then a wankle... 5 liters of VVT fury now -Chris "There is freedom in risk, just as there is oppression in security." |
||
12-09-2007, 05:12 PM
|
|
|
Parrothead member
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Monmouth county, NJ USA
Posts: 13,828
|
Ive put a bunch together using a regular MIG setup.
__________________
Vinny Red '86 944, 05 Ford Super Duty Dually '02 Ram 3500 Diesel 4x4 Dually, '07Jeep Wrangler '62 Mercury Meteor '90 Harley 1200 XL "Live your Life in such a way that the Westboro Baptist Church will want to picket your funeral." |
||
|
12-09-2007, 05:36 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Cambridge, MA
Posts: 44,277
|
MIG is fine.
  
__________________
Tru6 Restoration & Design |
||
|
12-09-2007, 05:39 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: port st lucie/stuart florida
Posts: 366
|
For a roll cage you'd need dc tig, but if your gonna buy one, buy one with ac, so you can do alum later
|
||
|
12-09-2007, 05:44 PM
|
|
|
Cars & Coffee Killer
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: State of Failure
Posts: 32,246
|
Quote:
__________________
Some Porsches long ago...then a wankle... 5 liters of VVT fury now -Chris "There is freedom in risk, just as there is oppression in security." |
||
|
12-09-2007, 05:55 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: port st lucie/stuart florida
Posts: 366
|
if it were me, and your on a budget, i'd buy a nice used unit.
|
||
|
12-09-2007, 08:22 PM
|
|
|
