Interesting.

Except for guys like Ben (the crasy one) it might be a "dying art".
For lack of a better term.

At one point, I thought I'd have the rust cut out and welded, van
painted, blah blah blah. If I had the space, I'd learn more about body
work ( I know nuthin now) and have at er'. Huge learning curve though.
And I think my Westy has been in a couple of significant accidents.
Not too sure how well new body parts would line up. i.e. pretty sure
van isn't "straight".

Oh well. The old wire wheel and paint routine should suffice to slow
down the rust.

Tomorrow I'll check out MIG welders. Hopefully I'll find a reasonably
priced unit that has enough juice to do what I need and can do both
gas and gasless (fluxed wire) welding.

Neil.

On 10/1/07, Chris S. <mrpolak@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Cool site!  I always wanted to learn the skill.
>
> I think more rust repair is done in Europe than US of A due to inspection
> requirement differences.  When I mention "rust repair" here people stare as
> if I just cast a spell.
>
>
> neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>  Hi all.
>
> I've been reading about welding. (Haynes publication) I'm interested
> in trying my hand at welding up some parts for my Vanagon engine
> conversion ( - VC - ) here at home. FWIW, from what I've read, MIG
> welding seems more user friendly and appropriate for the average Joe.
>
> Here's a great site with excellent images and what looks like really
> useful info on MIG:
>
> http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/
>
> there's even a video of the guy laying down a bead. There is also car
> restoration pics worth looking at.
>
> Nice site.
>
> Just thought I'd share.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Neil.
>
> --
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> "Jaco" (Bustorius)
>
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>
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> musomuso1963@hotmail.com
>
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"Jaco"  (Bustorius)

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