From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Richard Smith"  wrote in message news:m1qzyzowar.fsf@void.com...   
      
   This topic has journey productively far from its start with "Outdoor   
   Welding".   
      
   On that topic...   
      
   SMAW (Shielded Metal Arc Welding) - "stick" welding - is "the only one".   
      
   Okay I have never done / tried self-shielded flux-cored-wire.   
      
   * when you are outdoors, the equipment is too sensitive and expensive   
     for the rough-and-ready work typical of site work.  eg. how well would   
     a wire-feeder do if splashed with seawater (?)   
      
   * the wire rusts then presumably won't feed - so presumably it can only   
     be used in site conditions when you have a "volume" job where you use   
     reels at a time   
      
   So it's "stick" welding for most site work.   
      
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