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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Quakertown Pa.
Posts: 119
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Re: 72 k20 project
Ryan, I have to agree with everyone else that those welds look absolutely great. Steady hand, right amount of filler wire on each dip, etc..... I do some Tig welding at work, I'm a Steamfitter (Pipefitter) most of the time I'm stick welding though. I have two welders at home, a Millermatic 175 MIG, and a Lincoln 175 square wave AC/DC that do a decent job for what I neex to do. I wish I was better at welding on aluminum, but I just don't do it often enough. I have been told that the newer machines like the Miller dynasty are a dream to weld with. Anyway, just when I think some of my freehand TIG welds look good, I look at guys like you and I'm reminded that I'm average at best.
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: sw colorado
Posts: 2,720
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Re: 72 k20 project
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i've heard the dynasty series is awesome too. i hope to test that myself one day, but for now my little everlast is doing its tricks. i decided to get the green one on the chance that i really didnt like the inverter. i do like them, but i am too new to them to feel as proficient as i'd like. i also shopped a little smaller than i will next time. this one is a 250A machine but pulse cuts the applied amperage down enough that i would like a bigger machine. other than that it does fine. i was burning 3/16 309l rods with it just to see how it stick welded and was pretty impressed. my MIG is a MM250, i learned on that very machine in HS so i like it, but i really would like to get something a little different i think. the Lincoln 255s are nice, but the Miller 300xmt i mig with at work is by far my favorite mig power source that i could ever hope to afford as a hobbyist. i welded with an Axcess 450 for a while in my younger days and that is Mig welder. but also $8500 or something. and way to big for a garage. But fun to play with. i got the rear limit straps installed. the frame side ![]() axle side. ![]() the tabs are probably overkill at 3/16" thick. better safe than sorry, right? welded the lower shock tabs at this time as well. ![]() welded the uppers ![]() the straps from Ruffstuff are burly and fairly priced, and they come with a comical tag ![]() painted the upper shock mounts too. ![]() a way long time ago i was going to try to incorporate the dodge shock mounts on the axle. that died a long time ago, but i just ignored them. i finally got my crap in a pile and ground the ugly SOB's off. looks better than i figured it would ![]() ![]() |
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