Hi all,

I'm currently on the home stretch of a road trip that incorporated some fairly remote parts of australia. The most challenging being the crossing of the simpson.

Most of the trip was done without incident but I did snap the lower part of my strut insert where it attaches to the lower control arm about 90km out of Maree on the oodnadatta track. I managed to limp Into town where I removed my front strut and got it welded good enough to at least get me home.

If it happened in the simpson it would have been more of an issue. Anyway it has prompted me to look into the technique of welding using 2 batteries which would be a good capability to have.

Most people's setups use cables and some welding electrodes to set up a basic arc welding arrangement but I also notice that some have made a basic ageless mig setup using a 24v spool gun.

Has anyone here had any experience in using either of these techniques?

I'm self taught with both mig and arc but I learnt arc first and it is my preferred method of welding but wondering if the mig setup would prove more versatile.

Cheers for any sharing of experiences...

Simon

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