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Welding stainless steel
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Re: Welding stainless steel -
09-29-2005
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Douglas Payne <douggie (AT) cheerful (DOT) com> wrote: Depresion wrote: "Carl Gibbs" <cagmeister (AT) yahoo (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message news:3q02rqFbhag9U1 (AT) individual (DOT) net... Can you weld stainless steel with a Mig? I seem to think you cant as a Mig isnt powerful enough. If not what do you use? With the right wire I think you can but you should have a gas shield on both sides of the weld and a gas feed mask (preferably not the same gas) as stainless produces hexavalent chromium gas when welded and it's carcinogenic. Yeah, and don't look at the arc without some sort of eye protection. It's bright. That's pretty much my knowledge exhausted. To Mr. Gibbs: Ensure gloves are worn, also. The heat from the blue flame thing is very, very hot. It can and will burn your hands. Look for a TIG welder, I think that is what you need. |
Andy
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Can you weld stainless steel with a Mig? I seem to think you cant as a Mig isnt powerful enough. If not what do you use? I've aquired a free complete Magnex exhuast system for the MR2, but a hanger has broke off the silencer and made a hole in it. So hopefully it's a fairly easy repair and we'll have an exhuast worth a few hundred quid for nothing! Thanks for all the advice. One of my Dad's mates has the necessary gear (a |
him to do it. Getting the exhuast Sunday, so with any luck it'll be on the
car in the next few weeks
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N.B. I can't weld. (c: Me neither, but I wanna learn at some point. Might see if I can do an evening course and do it properly! I was going to do one, but it was undersubscribed and cancelled :-( |
although farmers tens to use stick rather than mig. A c&g in welding is
an excellent thing to have on a c.v. :-)
The chap running the course was incredibly good - he gave us a demo of
some tig welding, putting a new end on a small stainless pressure vessel
with internal welds, which really showed the difference between
comptetant ameteur and a pro. His welds were *perfect*....
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SteveH wrote: N.B. I can't weld. (c: Me neither, but I wanna learn at some point. Might see if I can do an evening course and do it properly! I was going to do one, but it was undersubscribed and cancelled :-( Shame. I did one at the local farmers college, and it was pretty good, although farmers tens to use stick rather than mig. A c&g in welding is an excellent thing to have on a c.v. :-) The chap running the course was incredibly good - he gave us a demo of some tig welding, putting a new end on a small stainless pressure vessel with internal welds, which really showed the difference between comptetant ameteur and a pro. His welds were *perfect*.... |
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Can you weld stainless steel with a Mig? I seem to think you cant as a Mig <br />isnt powerful enough. I'm a welder by trade - been doing it for the last 15 years. Yes, you CAN weld stainless with a mig. You have two choices ... 1) Either put stainless wire in the mig - the power difference is marginal. 2) You can just use mild steel wire - just make sure you turn the PSI up on the gas as far as you can. Also, make sure that the surface you are welding is VERY CLEAN. Any rusting in the future will not effect a thick weld and is unlikely to break, as long as the power is up enough, eg. not pigeon shits. :lol: |
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