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PostPosted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 1:24 pm
Gentlemen Please

Lets keep posts to facts and techniques theres always more than one way to skin a cat.

There seams to be 3 diffrent repair theories going on here none of wich are wrong or right except by the person doing the work

1. Body shop repair style quality work done as good as it can be done in a short time period.
2. Hobbiest repair where the repair is done as best one can or knows how to do with the available equipment.
3. True sheet metal repair done to perfection with the repair hard to find if able to find it at all requiring little to no filler the hardest repair that takes the most time & experience.

I am of the perfectionist side of the argument myself, and agree wholeheartedly with the way Rock explains it.
That being said I believe this video shows it being done the right way myself, Rock thank you for sharing this with me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv5bKXJ3kEM
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 2:40 pm
I agree dennis. I side with the perfectionist and would not use a glue patch (think I seen you demo that). There's more than 1 way to skin a cat of course. Considering all the tools it takes to prep for a glue patch a harbor freight mig would be almost as cheap and more sound in a butt weld without a mapping issue. http://www.harborfreight.com/90-amp-flu ... 98871.html. Plus the time savings. Difference couldn't be 30-50 bucks and a mig is elementary to operate. Plus you have the machine for other jobs and work on other projects. Plus with all the you tube it's more easy to do than 30 yrs ago when most of my metal work was with a torch. The plus's just keep adding up. My opinion is just my opinion gentlemen. But its based on my research and experience.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 6:39 pm
I dont know any thing about that 100 wonder there but I wouldn't be caught dead using one :rotfl:

Just my experience but your work is only as good as your knowledge & skills, and the tools you use to wield them with.
A cheap welder is just that... cheap.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 6:46 pm
Play nice dennis. Some ppl don't have the money you do. I personally have a Lincoln but a buddy of mine has this Harbor Freight unit I have used at his place with success. How many times have you used one?

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 6:56 pm
I didn't say it wouldn't weld ????? Im not saying that lol I just wouldn't count on it being there when you need it the most :allgood: :allgood: :allgood: :goodjob:


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PostPosted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 5:16 pm
Well dennis, I am speaking from my experience. It will work for years if used occasionally and not every day all day long. But I'm feeling you. :allgood:
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 7:09 pm
There are some cheap migs out there that weld pretty good. If you do just sheet metal work there is no need for anything with alot of power.
Remember to respect the cheap welders duty cycle which could be 20%.

I have not tried to tig sheet metal, if I have some time this week I'll give it a shot. I usually stitch weld with the mig.

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 7:43 pm
Great point Glen as well as you other guys. The OP has been out for 2 months...I'm out too...... :goodjob:
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:02 am
The OP has been out for 2 months...


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Excellent observation! He might have finished the whole car by now!



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:45 pm
Hello all, just joined the forum and stumbled upon exactly what i was looking for, the right topic with experienced people behind the replies. Just a little background of what Im dealing with, 1997 F250 OBS supercab, In a moment of enlightenment I decided I would put a factory ford sun/moonroof in a truck that never had a factory sunroof option. The donor was a 93 Lincoln Mark VIII (cause I like to be different). Well... As with all projects I bit off more than I could chew and am now looking to educate my way out of it. So as it stands, I've mig'd the whole thing in, and with the experience I do have, managed to not to warp 98% of the work, right up until the last section. So I thought long and hard, came up with a solution, witch appeared to be working, only to make it worse in the end. Now, I'd like some advice and some insight to something I can do to fix what i've done, and more importantly, how to avoid it in the future. since the OP had gone awol, I hope you all don't mind a good old fashioned thread hijacking, :goodjob: To better illustrate what my issue is, ill see if i cant get a few pictures up. Thanks in advance for any words of wisdom.
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