I Hate MIG

[norlander]

Damn MIG-I had a job to do-which was welding some 1mm wall thickness tube to .75mm sheet.
Have to TIG that I sez to meself-smashin-have a bash on the old TIG again.
But I thought-maybe I can risk a couple of tacks with the MIG (loaded with 0.8 wire) before tigging the job.Got a pretty good hang on the controls of my Gys now so set them and after two tacks I carried on and welded the job up and it turned out pretty neat so Tommy TIG never got fired up.
It occured to me that if I had tigged it,I reckon there would have been more distortion of the 0.75mm sheet.
Whatever, the Gys is performing brilliantly and the MIG process is now my main method.The Gys set can run 1.0 wire with gas and 1.2 flux core, so Mickey MMA might be staying on the shelf a bit now.

 

[KemppiFrog]

Road to Damascus, heh?

 

[awemawson]

Nah - it was the Champs Elysée more likely - he's in France not Syria

 

[Jan]

Whither goest thou, MIG?

 

[Wedg1e]

Is it just me that sniggers at the name 'Jizz MIG' :snigger:

 

[Kent]

you got to understand there is a reason we have different types of welding plant and its got nothing to do with anything but the job at hand

 

[KemppiFrog]

you got to understand there is a reason we have different types of welding plant and its got nothing to do with anything but the job at hand

Job in hand and Jizz??? Careful... Mods about ( and possibly rockers, it's my age..)

 

[octo0072000]

Job in hand and Jizz??? Careful... Mods about ( and possibly rockers, it's my age..)

Brighton comes to mind

 

[norlander]

"you got to understand there is a reason we have different types of welding plant and its got nothing to do with anything but the job at hand"

not really sure I've grasped that, but somedays I have TIG playday and somedays I has MIG play day, then I has me MMA playday.Then I likes to get me plasma out and then there is me OxyA -reet grand on a wintry day.So my choice of welding process sometimes has nowt t do wi job at hand

 

[Kent]

"you got to understand there is a reason we have different types of welding plant and its got nothing to do with anything but the job at hand"

not really sure I've grasped that, but somedays I have TIG playday and somedays I has MIG play day, then I has me MMA playday.Then I likes to get me plasma out and then there is me OxyA -reet grand on a wintry day.So my choice of welding process sometimes has nowt t do wi job at hand

of course it depends if its work or play. The last time I gas welded anything it was because no form of electric anything was allowed, yep a niche for it for sure

 

[norlander]

Is it just me that sniggers at the name 'Jizz MIG' :snigger: probably-coz its pronounced jiss and rhymes with hiss and errr a well known warm liquid.

 

[Wedg1e]

its pronounced jiss and rhymes with hiss and errr a well known warm liquid.

French beer?

 

[norlander]

French beer?

actually, most of the french beer is around 4.7 - 5.5 so its strength is not lacking, but its often served too cold for my taste and in poncy sized glasses which brits tend too drink too quickly.
There is one really nice beer, like an english bitter and its sold in litre bottles but its 7.5%-which I did not notice until I was 1/2 way down the second bottle

 

[pedrobedro]

Tommy Tig, is it Mickey Mig and Sammy Stick as well, Tig playday and mig playday ? Are you in a special establishment by any chance ?

 

[norlander]

Are you in a special establishment by any chance -no-just in Wally workshop

 

[sardine]

Warning...there may be fumes in your workshop, possibly glue.

 

[Wedg1e]

actually, most of the french beer is around 4.7 - 5.5 so its strength is not lacking, but its often served too cold for my taste and in poncy sized glasses which brits tend too drink too quickly.
There is one really nice beer, like an english bitter and its sold in litre bottles but its 7.5%-which I did not notice until I was 1/2 way down the second bottle

I'm partial to some of the Belgian offerings myself; Leffe Triple and Radieuse spring to mind along with Belzebuth (a trifling 13% ). Also Pelforth (is that French?) is a tasty drop. Those who say English beer is best should maybe stick to their Carling lagerp155

 

[norlander]

http://www.beermerchants.com/pelforth.html bloke in our bike club is a wholesaler for Belgian beers and supplies our club events with the draught stuff and he can supply Delirium on draught
http://www.beermerchants.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=delirium+tremen -I thought it would be interesting to hook up a keg of DT instead of the regular stuff one night-and it the result was definitely interesting. The beer I like is this one http://www.beersofeurope.co.uk/la-goudale-biere-blonde. Its described as a blonde beer but its amber in the glas and very similar to an english beer, so I always put a few bottles in Phil the fridge when me mates come over.

 

[Jan]

Overall I tend to prefer English Ales over most lagers. The ones with their own characteristic flavours such as 'Old Speckled hen', 'Old Peculiar', dark milds or Irish stouts (excluding Guiness which I find too dry). The only thing is that after a few weeks I 'go off' them and have to try something else. Currently this alternative is 'Brasserie' beer (4.4% abv) in 250ml bottles from Aldi. The bottle size is perfect for a pint of lager snakebite by topping up the glass with Aldi's own 'Taurus' apple cider (5% abv). One or two of these, straight from the fridge, makes an excellent refresher on a hot day or to wash down my dinner.

 

[norlander]

Overall I tend to prefer English Ales over most lagers. The ones with their own characteristic flavours such as 'Old Speckled hen', 'Old Peculiar', dark milds or Irish stouts (excluding Guiness which I find too dry). The only thing is that after a few weeks I 'go off' them and have to try something else. Currently this alternative is 'Brasserie' beer (4.4% abv) in 250ml bottles from Aldi. The bottle size is perfect for a pint of lager snakebite by topping up the glass with Aldi's own 'Taurus' apple cider (5% abv). One or two of these, straight from the fridge, makes an excellent refresher on a hot day or to wash down my dinner.

Do you Like Marstons Pedigree by any chance? (I'm from Burton-on Trent where its brewed) its my favourite english ale, I think Sainsburys used to have some nice beers like a proper India Pale Ale at about 5.5 or higher.
Not far from me is a micro brewery run by an english couple and they turn out some decent kit.