From: none@none.com99
On 4/2/2025 2:56 AM, Richard Smith wrote:
> "Jim Wilkins" writes:
>
>> "Richard Smith" wrote in message news:m1r02fa6ab.fsf@void.com...
>>
>> By the way - never tried it but - stainless flux-cored-wire runs on any
>> argomix - Argon with some CO2.
>> ----------------------------
>>
>> Does it run with either gas alone? I have Argon for TIG and CO2 for
>> autobody MIG, and free stainless flux-core that I haven't tried yet. I
>> modified my old 75A Century machine to allow changing polarity. If I
>> had a good reason a neighbor might loan me his Hobart 140.
>
> Simple answer - don't know (pure Ar or pure CO2).
> Ask the Co. who makes the wire?
> Look up in spec-sheets from the likes of Lincoln, Bohler, etc?
>
Not if its mystery wire as atleast one poster in this thread has posted.
I generally run pure Ar on the TIG machine for everything and on MIG for
Al. I run C25 for Mig steel. For most things it just works. I had a
bottle of trimix when I first started learning to MIG weld because the
gas supplier said it would run stainless or steel. I hated it, and it
probably added years to my learning curve. I don't weld all that much,
and welded even less back then.
In order to remember basics I have written some of them on the top of my
Miller 212 with a black paint marker. (In spite of my gripes about
things he didn't follow through on, Gunner's suggestion of a Xylene
based paint marker was excellent.)
As to xylene based paint markers, I don't buy any other kind now, and
then get lost long before they quit working. The markings hole up
fairly well. The markers last a long time. They seem to mark on stuff
other markers won't leave a readable line for long. They have one
issue. Markings take a long time to dry. I can live with that.
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Bob La Londe
CNC Molds N Stuff
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