What can you tell me about gas welding?

[Plasticman]

then you need instructing its its finer points, i cut nuts of shafts and even bolts and reuse the bolt etc, virtually no heat input and very quick if done right. do it slowy and its a mess of mush, also helps if you modify the smallest burning nozzle to a smaller size,hehe
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[Simon Baxter]

I had gas tackle, sent the bottles back, never used it.
Mig and tig for us.
If you can gas weld then you should be able to tig.

[HarryMann]

Simon, You do live in another world entirely then ...

a modern one!

[Plasticman]

haha
tigging is easy and has a very important place, as does mig , but take the time to learn gassing and understand what happens to metal before it does and you will be more proficient in most other types of welding, heat is good for freeing off stuff too which is why i cvouldnt live without a set, depends on the type of work you do in the end though
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[VAN with a PLAN]

Lots of good replies here thank you. It is the versatility of gas that apeals but it does seem that it is not too welcome around domestic properties!
I would dearly love a nice TIG set up but am really after the ability to weld ally, suitable TIG sets are out of my price range

[HarryMann]

How much ally, if just very occasionally then those Lumiweld rods from Frosts might save spending a fortune on hardware..

http://www.frost.co.uk/lumiweld-kits.html

Now waiting for the laughs....

[VAN with a PLAN]

Sounds a bit like snake oil doesn't it I'd love to hear if it works!
Anyone tried it?

[Plasticman]

depends on what type of ally your wanting to weld and what you wish to fbricate (given practice of course) so please enlighten. for some ally work tig is the only real way to go, but if its sheet for bodies then gas
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[VAN with a PLAN]

I am hoping to get into a spot of coachbuilding - I have been trying to find a suitable chassis for a while now and have located and Austin Seven chassis that has been used as a tractor and then left to rot.

Ideally I would be hand forming an ally body so being able to aneal sheets of ally prior to working them and weld them. Somthing like this but a bit less bling:

[Plasticman]

thats simple enough , and virtually no annealing, you need ally 16g, grade 1050 , for working bodies, gas to weld, its very very fast,and anneals as welded allowing wheeling out or raising out, you'd need a wheel to form the guards and some skill with it, i gave up teaching it 25 odd years ago and got rid of the old english one i had along with a load of formers from tvr in the old days. i found some more info ref gas gear so will pm you
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oh and the car above, evil rivit work ,rough but looks a lot of laughs so go for it

[VAN with a PLAN]

It does look fun doesn't it? No idea where I'd keep it if I got one but I'll worry about that later
Thanks for all the help Mike, I have replied to your pm