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Gunner Asch[_6_]
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Metal advice needed
On Tue, 08 Jul 2014 08:29:26 -0400,
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On Tue, 08 Jul 2014 06:27:39 -0500, Ignoramus2738
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On 2014-07-08, SteveB wrote:
On 7/7/2014 5:14 PM,
wrote:
I'd just stick weld it. But then I have a LOT more stick welding
experience tha wire feed experience and I can make a MUCH better job
with a stick welder. A 6010 or 6011 "tack rod" would be a lot better
than the 7018 or 7014 for the application. 6010 requires DC electrode
positive to make a decent weld, so in most situations I'd be stuck
with 6011 on a "buzz box" The application has no need for the extra
strength of a 7000 series rod. And 7018 that hasn't been kept
perfectly dry can be a trial. (like all Lo-Hiy rods)
If you can stick weld that well, wirefeed should take you until lunch on
a bad day to learn.
But should he? Does he need to learn to use wire feed?
The reason why I am asking is that we have both a stick and mig
welder, and I historically used only stick.
Just welded with 7018 for two days straight, making ramps for the
30,000 lbs forklift.
And so I am wondering, will I benefit somehow from using MIG instead
of stick?
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Mig is a lazy man's welder. Don't need to keep changing electrodes. As
far as I can tell it has no other advantage for most applications.
There being nothing wrong with that btw. Stick allows you to use a
smaller machine to weld thicker materials. An equivalent sized MIG
will be a big assed workhorse of a beast in most cases.
That being said..for normal 1/8-3/8' weldments..MIG works pretty
darned nicely and its a heck of a lot faster and easier to weld
aluminum with a proper feeder/gun than it is to weld with aluminum
electrodes
Ive got a MK products feeder and an Prince XL gun and welded up a
friends aluminum rear bumper on his racing pickup truck a hell of a
lot faster than I could have with TIG and did as pretty a weld as TIG
There is a place for all three technologies. With some over lap.
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