Here's the shortest instructions I can give you on MIG welding.
- Use gas. Skip the flux wire.
- 95% of welding is setting the welder correctly. Use scrap to find the right setting.
- When adjusting, use the recommended amperage for the thickness, and adjust the speed from fast to slow.
- The correct speed sounds kind of like bacon cooking.
- You point the nozzle where you're going, not where you've been.
- Weld-through primer is handy.
I have an ancient Mac 110v welder. Pictured below. I bought it from a fellow track junkie for minimal cash (< $100 toatla invested). So far I've accomplished the following with it.
- Welded in rear sway bar mounts.
- Built new trailer ramps.
- Fixed a friend's trailer.
- Welded about 100 bolts, washers, and scraps of metal together.
- Got a really good weld-burn on both arms. (I forgot welding would burn you. It's been 20+ years since that last time I was welding.)
My welder...
