Thread: Welder advice needed
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Unread 18-12-2005, 13:40
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Re: Welder advice needed
A google search is a great way to find out but simply speaking, a MIG welder has a spool of wire that it feeds through a hose and out the tip of a "gun" when the trigger is pulled. The wire is made electrically "hot" so it arcs and melts away as it is being fed out of the gun. It requires one hand to operate. The wire is very small diameter (about .030") A TIG welder has an electrode that makes the arc. Then with the other hand, a relatively larger rod is fed into the arc by hand.
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