![]() |
![]() |
#1 |
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Saskatoon
Posts: 100
|
Getting Started
I read a few build threads and they were amazing, so I think I'm going to bite the bullet and attempt some minor sheet metal work myself. I took a welding class in school so I have some basic concepts. So....
- What equipment am I looking at for start up costs? - What kind of welder should I get? Mig / Tig and why? - What kind of sheet metal do you buy and where from? - Any other tips or tricks? -I will probably use a cut off wheel for most of the removal
__________________
-- Tall, Dark and Handsome... Or so my mother says ![]() -- There is no fate, but the fate we make. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#2 |
Registered User
![]() Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: K.C. Missouri
Posts: 1,024
|
Re: Getting Started
Tig is the best, it also is the hardest, and most expensive, if you want to do it perfect, start with the best....
That said, almost all do-it yourselfers, including me will use a Mig. Get a gas shielding set-up, not the flux core...you can get by with a small machine, but it limits what you can work on in the future. I have a Millermatic 210, it is much larger than what I need, but I never will run short on power. You will need at least a 4 1/2 angle grinder, a good air comressor, and a D/A sander. clamps, the list goes on. you will have 1500 on up in decent equipment. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#3 |
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Saskatoon
Posts: 100
|
Re: Getting Started
Where do you guys get your sheet metal and what gauge / thickness?
__________________
-- Tall, Dark and Handsome... Or so my mother says ![]() -- There is no fate, but the fate we make. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4 |
Between Trucks...
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Los Angeles, CA.
Posts: 3,830
|
Re: Getting Started
Not to sound like a smart a$$, I get my sheet metal at a metal place. look in the Yellow Pages or Google for your location. I use 18 or 20 gauge.
__________________
Beat it to fit, Paint it to match... ![]() Last edited by Sinister; 05-12-2009 at 01:34 PM. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Bookmarks |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|