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[Joes924Racer]

What should I get tig or mig or a combo welder.

Thoughts or opinions.
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1979 porsche 924 Na
1980 porsche Turbo 931GT Replica
Have u ever driven a turbo.

[Smoothie]

All depends on what you'll be welding, and how much you want to spend.
I've a mig/flux (solid wire w/gas, or flux core without gas) that can do sheet or larger - steel, stainless steel, aluminum by changing the wire and gas (and settings). It was the most versatile, and relatively inexpensive..
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'82 924T, US version, dark green metallic, 5 speed Audi 016G gearbox

[Joes924Racer]

I want a wire feed welder to weld aluminum and light guage steel.
I can just get a mig wire feed welder. Im thinking of a 110 mig welder.
not a harbor freight 199.99 bagger either no. What ever
I get the mig is bestr for all around autobody use. So
Im asking is a mig the best bet.
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1979 porsche 924 Na
1980 porsche Turbo 931GT Replica
Have u ever driven a turbo.

[avaconirl]

Buy yourself a good quality 180 amp mig you couldn't beat it with a big stick for versatility. If you find that you want to do sexy work in stainless then you have to get a t.i.g. For this an inverter stick welder can be used with the right kit and argon gas.

[brupska]

Do yourself a favor. Buy a good quality welder if you want to weld aluminum. If you want to weld Alum. with a mig you will need a 240V welder with high amps. I have a Hobart 135 120volt one and it will not weld Alum. You need high amps because alum. is a very good condutor and I don't have enough. I have never used a Tig welder but they are better for welding alum. . A mig is much easier to weld with though. I can weld just about anything up to 1/4 inch steel with mine. So do a lot of research before you buy. Ask a local welding shop and tell them what you want to do with it.

[PORSCHEV]

Buy a Miller brand mig. They can do both steel and Aluminum if you get the right model. I can tell you right now it is expensive. You need to have 2 kinds of gas to weld both. You need blueshield (argon and Co2 mix) and then you need pure argon for aluminum.

Don't buy a welder where they try to "push" the aluminum wire through the lead like steel. It is too soft and will jam all the time at the feed mech.

Any good aluminum Mig has the handle that is direct feed at the nozzle end.

I have never seen a flux core mig that welds nice yet. That is not how a Mig was designed. It was meant for an inert gas such as argon to help cool and shield the weld and keep the temperature lower to help make a stronger weld and it actually welds at a much cooler temperature. You want this for doi9ng body work.

Thats my 2 cents....had a miller for over 10 years and only had to put wire in it. Never a break down!
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[Min]

If your mostly welding thin gauge metals, just get yourself a oxy-acetylene torch. Makes beautiful welds in steel and aluminum (with the correct flux and procedure). They don't call the torch the poor man's tig for nothing.

Min
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[Joes924Racer]

Learned on a oxy-acetylene torch in high school dont want to go that way.. borrowed a friends wire feed mig a few years back liked that alot..
dont have a ton of money would like to weld aluminum and steel im
thinking of building a turbo kit this summer. Have been looking at bassgts work and like what he has done alot.
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1979 porsche 924 Na
1980 porsche Turbo 931GT Replica
Have u ever driven a turbo.

[Joes924Racer]

From what ive searched for I need a 130 to 150 amp 30 %
duty cycle mig welder, that should handle everthing I want to do.
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1979 porsche 924 Na
1980 porsche Turbo 931GT Replica
Have u ever driven a turbo.

[Fifty50Plus]

+1 on the Miller MIG. I've used Miller and Linde in the past and bought my own Miller. I also had a small 110 volt MIG that barely worked. The Millers have a nice aluminum feed attachment that works very well. Don't bother with the tall gas cylinder unless you are doing a lot of production welding on a daily basis. Get the little 3 foot cylinder with argon/CO2 and another argon only if you are doing aluminum.
Chuck
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1982 924 NA race car - Sold
1981 924 Turbo sold
1982 924 Turbo sold
1972 911 E race car - traded for Cayenne Diesel
1975 914 1.8 Building for H-Prod SCCA

[wombat]

[Joes924Racer]

Well I found a welder its a power mig 130
made buy astro power it some with a bottle.
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1980 porsche Turbo 931GT Replica
Have u ever driven a turbo.

[Scorpio]

be careful with mig and going high amps....i did just that, didnt do my homework and found out that its lowest current setting still blew holes in thin sheet
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[924RACR]

Lincoln has some pretty good deals going at the moment - though they just upped their prices March 1. In particular, most products will come with a rebate you can credit towards a helmet or other related stuff.

I just picked up a Squarewave 175 TIG from them; rebate is going for a cart worth over $200...
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'82 931 Plat. Silver
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[joecitizennn]

You dont have a welder? I thought everybody had one.
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