A mig welder does make things a lot easier. Avoid the 110v units. They
can�t develop the "open circuit" voltage and still deliver current to give
good penetration. Flux core wire is better for dirty welding. Gas is the
way to go for nice clean welds on clean materials.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
neil N
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 9:06 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: MIG welding.

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.

--
Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia -
"Jaco"  (Bustorius)

http://web.mac.com/tubaneil

Please send fav Vanagon/Westfalia links to me at:
musomuso1963@hotmail.com