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Old 07-27-2018, 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by orwell84 View Post
Thank you, I have a great excuse now to get some oxy/acetylene tanks and pull my torches out of storage. So much you can do with them compared to MIG.

True, MIG does one thing pretty well at the low end: stick steel parts together.
But doing auto repairs, I think, requires a good variable-range heat source.
At least for making espresso, cooking sand dabs and warming tortillas, anyway.
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