<VV> MIG

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Well, I just keep learning more things from you guys! But I prefer MIG, and 
so does my next-door neighbor, who has a gog named MIG, after the Soviet jet 
fighter(s), not the welding process.

--TB

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In a message dated 6/3/2005 7:14:29 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
stapon1 at earthlink.net writes: 
> 
> The American Welding Society calls this process Gas Metal Arc Welding. The 
> name was changed as non inert gas mixtures are used and they wanted the 
> process name to reflect that (Although everone still calls it Mig)
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Roger Gault" <r.gault at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "Corvair List" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 1:14 AM
> Subject: Re: <VV> MIG
> 
> 
> >A Google search of this arcane translation of MIG yields the following:
> >"Mechanical Inert Gas" - 80 hits
> >"Metal Inert Gas" - 12,700 hits
> >
> >"Metal" wins.  "Mechanical" must be an early mis-naming.
> >
> >Metal Inert Gas welders are better than Mechanical Inert Gas welders.
> >
> >;-)
> >Roger
> >'65 Convert and Metal Inert Gas welder.
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message ----- 
> >From: <vairologist at juno.com>
> >To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> >Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 1:57 AM
> >Subject: <VV> MIG
> >
> >
> >>Smitty says:        Tom I guess this will light off another war of
> >>opinions, but the Acronym MIG stands for Mechanical Inet Gas.