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Panel work is a nice place to use a TIG welder.

AAAHHHH a tig would be killer, but not in my immediate future. My partner is working on getting a plasma cutter, they are very cool. How much is a decent tig welder?

I've had mine for awhile, but i think it was around 2g. Very versitile.

Seen a cheap tig/arc at the ole Harbor Freight $199 . I am one to wait and see some one say it was ok and worked fine before i buy one.

Southern i have only certain settings on this lincoln welder. Wish i had one that was tuneable. Would make this work alot easier. Thought about a gas conversion kit for it but for the little butt welding im dong here i hope i can surfice with it. My mustang had full panel replacements and no butt welds were required everything was spotted just like factory. Its alot more simple with them.

Patience is a virtue

Get a decent welder....I bought a 90 amp Mig welder from Harbor Freight.
I need three more to make a decent boat anchor. I now have a Lincoln
135 Amp rig, and 1/4 of a boat anchor.

Buy once....be happy.

Daver.

With your Lincoln is it gas and is there a big difference in it's welding from flux core wire. What settings does it have i have seen the newer ones but didn't really read on them .

bluestang67
Here is a trick I have used in the past and it worked well. It seems (no pun intended) your blowing through when butt welding the body back together. What I have done is using the peace you cut out.The 2" s of scrap. You can pop rivit the 2"s to the bottom half of the car leaving 1" above the top edge. Then set the top half back on. Then poprivit that the the 2"s. This will give you a 2" flange to weld to (1" up and 1" down) and you will be less aptt to burn through. You can put the rivets close together to make the welding easier. when finished drill out the rivits and weld in the holes. Practice this on some scrap till you get a feel for it. If you don't have any scrap go to a junk yard and get a smashed door or hood. Its better to learn on scrap than making more work for your self on the finished product.
Good luck

Cff thanks yeah seen a pic where some one did just that. Well after the fact it would have made it a breeze. . But all in all im just welding it slow and im not blowing thru so all is good. Its taking a little longer , not to bad though.

There is alot more to welding than one may think, I have learned alot in the last year. It's an art form, a craft in itself.

I did bring home a nice chunk of material to back up welds in the future. Put a little radius on one end .

Just a thought You might want to bolt a handel to that so you can hold it. It will get hot while working.

Cff very good idea .

Here is pillar i used strips cut off from boxing plates to fill larger gaps .

also pie cut just a bit to realign taper in pillar.

Talked to a welder at work . He gave a hint and said try a flux core wire with gas and it would give a outstanding weld.

Also want to give some credit to daughters b/f he has helped me so much, He goes at it with enthusiasm and enjoys learning and helping

Mike thank you .

Always great to see the young guys get in envolved, they are a great help to us old farts they just don't know. Looks like the chop is going real well.

Thanks Brick yep finished final welds this morn and grinding . Its taking on a new shape . Same pillar pic in finish .