whats the best way to weld a c-notch

hey fellas betting ready to bagg my truck and was wondering whats everyones thoughts on welding in a c-notch...arc,mig/wirefeed, or tig....let me know whats the best way for frame welding and the links. thanks fellas

jb weld seems to do the trick and you don't have to wear that pesky face mask

Stick is the the strongest if done right, but not the most attractive. Tig is clean and strong, but more difficult because of the awkward weld position. Mig is prob the overall best for a c-notch. Make sure whenever you are butting two pieces together to chamfer both sides of the joint to get good penetration.

Try here:http://www.minitruckinweb.com/tech/chassis/index.html

mig would be the easiest to work with. i agree though stick is the strongest a good mig will hold everything together

With a welder and some welding wire dont forget gas!

If you are going to be doing a C notch the best welder you can use is a 240V MIG welder. You want to crank the amps up to the highest setting with your wire speed to match to keep up with the extreme amount of current that you will be putting into the metal. You need a dark shade lens of 14 or so to safeguard your sight, shade 10 is not enough. On my Lincoln Pro Mig 175 that would be E and the wire speed would be around 5-5.5ish. Your wire speed also depends on what position you are welding in. If doing overhead or vertical I increase the wire speed by a smidge as to compensate. You need to trust your welds with your life and other people's lives if you intend on doing a project like this. You need to have enough experience under your belt to know whether you have good penetration in both of your base metals and have a slim to none chance that there is any porosity. If you have to ask this question I am led to believe that you do no know what you are doing and you need to leave it in the hands of a professional fabricator or at least a friend that trusts his welds without a shadow of a doubt. Not hating on you man because I had to teach myself how to weld 4 years ago. I drive everyday on my welds as I have a modified suspension. I have also welded for hydraulic applications with not a single weld breaking yet.

Hope this helps.

thanks fella...jb weld..hahah good one.....

brent....thansk fro the advice...i know its important to get strong welds...i weld at work but, just wanted everyones thoughts on it as far a auto frames....little bit different than welding pipe. i do sch 80 black pipe for system systems...just never done any on my truck....thansk for the help....i have a licoln mig 240v w/co2 and a 110v lincoln for mobile jobs....just was wondering if those would be strong enough...

I'm going to guess that 95 percent of the trucks that are bagged/bodydropped are mig welded. Your good to go.

i have never welded with co2,i have alwayz used 75/25 mix thats avaliable at welding supply shops. but that lincoln mig 240v will work perfect for a frame