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Old 01-04-2016, 09:39 AM   #43
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Originally Posted by bogieboy View Post
welding 20ga steel with 1/16th rod at 60 amps is like trying to weld it with a cutting torch....LOL...


yup, I tried doing some crazy stuff like that once. I picked up a china plasma cutter/stick/tig welder a while back and mostly tig weld now unless I'm in a hurry then I use my Clark mig welder (copy of a miller that when I bought it was about 1/3 the price of a miller)

if you are welding (especially filling a hole or gap) thin metal then using a brass/copper backing plate is really helpful. you can make one from old copper tubing http://www.ehow.com/how_4821642_weld...eld-spoon.html
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