On 12/11/2017 5:49 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:
Â* Well , today it's because I was welding with flux core wire on an
older yard trailer . This thing was a gift , and you know what they say
... anyway , I've used this thing hard , it's primary task is hauling
firewood out of the woods . Tires get green-briar thorns , and metal
fatigues . Well , it's going to be a couple of days until the new tires
arrive , so today I welded up all those fatigue cracks . Also added an
angle iron reinforcement across the front at the top . And most of the
welds had a lot of smut on the top . Because they were burned thru rust
and paint/powder-coat . I don't care what they look like , as long as
this thing holds together long enough to make that 25 bucks I spent on
tires a reasonably decent investment .

Â* --

Â* Snag


Wow! You burned through dirt, paint and grunge? I've never been able
to do that with any of my MIG welders. Now AC stick is another story.
It eats paint like breakfast pastries.

I've got one little Lincoln MIG that is just designed for flux core, and
its probably the easiest welder I have to lay down a pretty bead, but it
shore ain't gonna burn through no grunge.

Now the old Lincoln Tombstone. Its a paint eater. Just doesn't have
much duty cycle from mid range on up. It can only weld about half way
around a 6 inch well casing before I have to stop and let it cool down.