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Originally Posted by joedoh
glad to hear! its amazing that lowering the heat and turning up the speed is a cure, sounds counter intuitive.
yeah 22 ga is a little thin when you are welding it to the 18ga of the fender. in that case I would start my weld on the thicker side and pull it to the thin. we are talking about maybe 2mm of movement, so it will take some practice, just imagine twisting the gun almost as soon as you start the tack.
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Thanks again! I actually went to a local welding shop today to buy some 18-gauge sheet metal (16 bucks for a 24" x 30" sheet - not complaining). While I was there one of the guys asked if I had considered torch welding the panels. I told them I had never seen nor tried it. They invited me into the back of the shop, grabbed two scraps of 18-gauge and showed me how it was done. Very cool of them to do that and the weld bead wasn't NEAR as large as my MIG spot welds. Granted, they were experts at doing it though...
They earned my continued business for sure.