MIG welding is arguably the easiest method of welding to use, but that doesn’t mean that anyone who pulls the trigger on a MIG gun is suddenly the world’s best welder. There is a lot of skill involved in getting to be an expert, and there are techniques that will help you with different materials, different applications, and so on, but overall you can stick two pieces of metal together quick and start learning immediately.
If you were standing in my shop, with two pieces of 1/8th inch steel in front of you, I can have you making welds that you know will hold within minutes. If you have the desire to make structural and pretty welds, practice and technique will get you most of the way there. Knowing how and why the weld behaves as it does will make you even better, and everyone who welds is always getting better and better the more they do it.
In this video from Edd China he’s going to go into detail on MIG welding and give you his version of the Masterclass, so watch and enjoy.
Video Description:
How to MIG weld? What size welding wire should I use? Is MIG or TIG better? What is the best gas for MIG welding? How much gas?… are just some of the questions I regularly get asked about welding; so, as a great way to put off welding up John’s rusty Range Rover chassis I thought it might be good to do a bit of a MIG welding refresher. Here’s everything you wanted to know about welding but are too cool to ask.
