# Help a welding noob

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-a-welding-noob/17750
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [September 20, 2006, 10:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-a-welding-noob/17750 "2006-09-20T10:46:03Z")
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### Author: ![98FREAKGTP](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/98freakgtp/32/7213_2.png) [@98FREAKGTP](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/98FREAKGTP)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2006, 7:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-a-welding-noob/17750/28 "2006-12-09T19:16:03Z")

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> [@focusinprogress](#):
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> ^ could you elaborate a little bit with some pics/examples? lol. i think i know what your saying, but at the same time the manifolds o throw together are about 1/8" wall tubing…would a 110v buzz box have strong penetration through something that thick?
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> someone should really hold a small welding class lol.

If it was me fixing the manifold, I would grind the crack out a little bit so the weld has someplace to go and bond without just sitting ontop of the manifold. I think a 110 can go up to about 1/4 inch. I can remember one of my first welding jobs, I had to weld 3/16 pipe to 1/8 plate. . .and I didn’t have any problems. But then again it was a small part, and got hot very fast, where as a bigger part will take alittle while to get hot.

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