Welding HELP, Please ???'s
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crazypj
Split personality, I fake being smart
John Rebel said:
Dissolved acetylene and oxygen
Acetylene is pretty unstable as a gas so it's dissolved in acetone or some other fluid (I forget what though, you can Google it if you really want to know)
With auto dark, make sure you get a good helmet suitable for the welding your doing, cheap ones usually don't have adjustable lens plus, they are normally set for MIG welding (being blind means you won't be doing many of the things you did previously
John Rebel
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A lot of good information
John Rebel
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What would I need to weld stainless?
mercuno
what did I get myself into
Geez This was made incredibly difficult for some reason. I have been a professional welder for 10 years. The smaller machines I have used for fences and car bodies were always always miller. 135 -140 amp machines are good enough to weld on some pretty thick material and right above being to cold to weld on anything. Hobart is just another name for miller for the most part.
You are gonna be in the 400 dollar range used but it is worth everypenny.
Run a fluxcore 035 wire so you wont have to keep getting bottles filled.
easy enough to be used by a 5 year old and holds strong as tig for our applications.
Get a spool adapter to run the larger spool so you can weld longer inbetween refills.
Then you can always get a bottle of the correct gas and run stainless or aluminum (with a push pull gun)
When you get some spare change get a 12' tweeco lead because you will wear out the stock gun rather quickly. If you are using it often..
Tig will take a long time to learn and it isnt cheap for a good peice of equipment
Stick is just better suited for larger higher amp projects.
You are gonna be in the 400 dollar range used but it is worth everypenny.
Run a fluxcore 035 wire so you wont have to keep getting bottles filled.
easy enough to be used by a 5 year old and holds strong as tig for our applications.
Get a spool adapter to run the larger spool so you can weld longer inbetween refills.
Then you can always get a bottle of the correct gas and run stainless or aluminum (with a push pull gun)
When you get some spare change get a 12' tweeco lead because you will wear out the stock gun rather quickly. If you are using it often..
Tig will take a long time to learn and it isnt cheap for a good peice of equipment
Stick is just better suited for larger higher amp projects.
John Rebel
New Member
Lot of good info here
mercuno
what did I get myself into
7018 will hold fine but is more prone to cracking and proper fusion due to dissimiliar materials
7018 will be the first point of deterioration due to rust
Whatever your opinion may be with your master king dong welding experiences combined---given the current context----why would you even think about it. Run stainless 308 or 309 rods and be done with it.
7018 will be the first point of deterioration due to rust
Whatever your opinion may be with your master king dong welding experiences combined---given the current context----why would you even think about it. Run stainless 308 or 309 rods and be done with it.
BoneDaddy
Been Around the Block
mercuno said:
'Master king dong' welding experience? Is that a new certification I've never heard of? Sure would look good on a resume.
Seems to me that welding is a pretty broad subject and there's often more than one way to do it right. I, for one, enjoy reading about new techniques and procedures and trying them out for myself so the 7018 on SS is something I'll try out rather than just use 308 or 309 and be done with it.
Morgan: I've only ever used the tri-mix for stainless and can't get it at my current job so I'll give the Argon a shot. It sure would make things easier to be able to swap tanks and spools on my portable miller rather than pull the humongous exhausts off the snow groomers and bring them over to my TIG machine.