Welding Sheet Metal

brayanpeter · 10-20-2009, 08:04 AM

How do you weld sheet metal and what type rods do you use?
I have got a work to do but i don't know how to fix sheet metal out side of pop rivets and screws.
Anyone help me.

JohnnyDigits · 10-20-2009, 09:37 AM

I use a MIG welder, prefer with gas. For shaving I do a lot of tack welds very slow, so I dont warp the panel until the tacks come in contact. Grind down the tacks and use minimal filler to smooth...the same goes for doing repairs. I've never used a TIG and I definately wouldn't attempt with ARC.

AssDragginSdime · 10-21-2009, 01:09 AM

use a thin 6013 on low amperage if you are using a stick welder. do small spots at a time, and let the panels cool so you dont get any distortion.

***sdime98*** · 10-21-2009, 01:17 AM

again?

neo71665 · 10-21-2009, 01:49 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by sdime98

again?

Damn beat me to it, but X2

Mr.woodscrewsNbondo · 10-21-2009, 02:48 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by sdime98

again?

you knew what it was before you clicked it, so why did you?

***sdime98*** · 10-21-2009, 09:04 AM

because i can?

Geat · 10-21-2009, 05:01 PM

This

a bottle of argon

and this.

10-20-2009, 08:04 AM	#1
brayanpeter Registered User Age: 25 Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 8 Location: User is: OffLine	Welding Sheet Metal How do you weld sheet metal and what type rods do you use? I have got a work to do but i don't know how to fix sheet metal out side of pop rivets and screws. Anyone help me.
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10-20-2009, 09:37 AM	#2
JohnnyDigits Low Class Age: 29 Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 217 Location: NC User is: OffLine	Re: Welding Sheet Metal I use a MIG welder, prefer with gas. For shaving I do a lot of tack welds very slow, so I dont warp the panel until the tacks come in contact. Grind down the tacks and use minimal filler to smooth...the same goes for doing repairs. I've never used a TIG and I definately wouldn't attempt with ARC.
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10-21-2009, 01:09 AM	#3
AssDragginSdime **** you Age: 23 Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 9,383 Location: from the mean streets of southington, CT User is: OffLine	Re: Welding Sheet Metal use a thin 6013 on low amperage if you are using a stick welder. do small spots at a time, and let the panels cool so you dont get any distortion.
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10-21-2009, 01:17 AM	#4
*sdime98* slowly, but surely. Age: 24 Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 49,347 Location: Laurel Hill, NC User is: OffLine	Re: Welding Sheet Metal again?
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10-21-2009, 01:49 AM	#5
neo71665 4x4 v6 blazer Age: 29 Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 5,002 Location: rison arkansas User is: OffLine	Re: Welding Sheet Metal Quote: Originally Posted by sdime98 again? Damn beat me to it, but X2
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Mr.woodscrewsNbondo rolling work in progress Age: 19 Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,288 Location: nlr ar User is: OffLine	Re: Welding Sheet Metal Quote: Originally Posted by sdime98 again? you knew what it was before you clicked it, so why did you?
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10-21-2009, 09:04 AM	#7
*sdime98* slowly, but surely. Age: 24 Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 49,347 Location: Laurel Hill, NC User is: OffLine	Re: Welding Sheet Metal because i can?
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10-21-2009, 05:01 PM	#8
Geat Registered User Age: 19 Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 2,528 Location: Knoxville, TN User is: OffLine	Re: Welding Sheet Metal This a bottle of argon and this.
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