Welding and Fabriction advice 101

[murray]

my sugestion to you
1 have a look at supa cheap or auto1 you might have to modify to suit your needs
2 check yellow pages for roof rack manufacture's
they wuold be you best bet

[murray]

ever had to weld in a panel patch its done like this weld top right corner bottom left corner bottom right corner top left corner then mid right side mid left side mid topedge then mid bottom edge
(union jack) this stops the middle warping do small weld no longer than25mm and stager them do a bit on one the go to another then come back to it

[junglejuice]

Years ago when I worked ofr a generator installer we used to weld diesel tanks while they were still full of fuel, no way I would even attempt this with petrol though.....

[murray]

do not weld fuel tanks period
leave it to the specialists
they have all the gear and proceedures

[Morgs]

Murray - This thread is absolutely tops. In the past I have had access to an industrial mig welder with gas at a friends factory. He is now overseas and I have no access to a welder. So I have to buy one. Essentially I will initially need a welder to move the rear spring buckets on the tj. I also need to cut and weld some rhs on my rear tyre carrier. I don't see a need for welding any critical strength points on the tj (control arms etc) but have absolutely no idea what sort of welder to get. I have used a stick welder on a few occassions in the past and quickly realised that I was spoilt by the gas mig.

Are you able to suggest a relatively inexpensive stick welder that I could buy to use at home (no 15A point)?

[junglejuice]

I bought a Renegade 200A/60% inverter unit from Tradetools, excellent little machine, being an inverter it runs really smooth, very easy to set with the digital read out and welds very nicely, I personally like MIG's but didn't want the gas issue but with this unit and various sized rods I can cover most of the jobs I would ever do, I have 1.6mm, 2.5mm & 3.25mm.
I have used it for wleding up exhaust systems, fabricating my drawer unit plus lots of other jobs, although it does require a 15A outlet which is not too difficult......

[Morgs]

Originally Posted by junglejuice

I bought a Renegade 200A/60% inverter unit from Tradetools, excellent little machine, being an inverter it runs really smooth, very easy to set with the digital read out and welds very nicely, I personally like MIG's but didn't want the gas issue but with this unit and various sized rods I can cover most of the jobs I would ever do, I have 1.6mm, 2.5mm & 3.25mm.
I have used it for wleding up exhaust systems, fabricating my drawer unit plus lots of other jobs, although it does require a 15A outlet which is not too difficult......

I just jumped on their website and the unit does look good. The gas issue is the only reason I won't get a mig as you said. Maybe I'll just have to run the welder from the oven power point until I get told off by the missus coz she needs the oven