Canadian Tire is clearing out a bunch of welders right now (at least
they were on the weekend). The one I paid $750 for (MIG Pak 15) in June
is now on for $500. Sigh.

Robyn

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Rob
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 8:30 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: MIG welding.

What kind of wire welder did you end up getting? I guess a lot of us
are looking and brands/numbers are good.

Rob
becida@comcast.net

At  10/1/2007 08:04 PM, craig cowan wrote:
>Welding is not that hard, in my mind. I got invoved in it through our
>highschool. I was the head of the design and building of our schools
"Battle
>Bot" for the national competition (we did very well) and built this
massive
>steel structure. With no previous welding experience, i got some basic
>lessons, grabbed some scrap steel, and was pretty happy with not making
to
>much of a mess after a few days of practice. I ended up buying a MIG
welder,
>i found a used one with wire feed, its a real beauty. It's a great
skill to
>master in my mind, even if you dont MASTER it for body work.
Fabrication of
>parts is definately within the reach of someone willing to put some
time and
>creativity into it.
>
>Just a pair of pennies from my mind.
>-Craig
>'85GL
>
>On 10/1/07, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> > >
> > > --
> > > 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
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > 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
> >