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Alright S/A i ment A/C, I just dont like welding 6013 D/C+ or-, personal prefrance, lots of work useing quasi arcs, that a problem?
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Alright S/A i ment A/C, I just dont like welding 6013 D/C+ or-, personal prefrance, lots of work useing quasi arcs, that a problem?
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I ment for on most MMA inverters are DC only, I think AC can be better esp for welding into corners, but not on small stuff, also its not so common unless you got a AC Tig inverter or Transformer
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i always use dc/en wa, just a preference. wooz you the man, a cracker
what matt said about the workpiece being too hot is my experience also. but try to remember what you did last time
what matt said about the workpiece being too hot is my experience also. but try to remember what you did last time
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wooz you the man, a cracker
Hehe, it made my day F/J!
Got to say, I love MMA, just something about the technique that I really like.
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But get out of the shop as it cools - the slag fires off as it cools. Nasty business. Like been shot at.
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Think I've got a few stainless rods, might try them. Would they have a pale blue flux on them? Got given some stainless and some cast iron ones a few years back but the guy didn't tell me which ones were which
Not got a magnet?
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yep see the point, just keeping me corner defended, for oncoming strikes in a UKW stylie...
your right,the Nickel-Iron rods used for Cast Iron are magnetic and stainless (mostly) isnt
Cast Iron rods (both the pure Ni and the NiFe) have a graphite coating (very black) so you might not need the magnet (unless its a John Smiths Magnet)
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Al, got a question for you. I have a bunch of rods of various sizes fitting your description of cast iron rods, and have (until now) been wondering what they were.
They're old Stubbs rods. Very black, they ARE magnetic, of course, and a spark test on a bead revealed very few sparks, so cast seems likely - you think?
Also, they leave a fine glassy slag, and when un-dried, during welding, the slag moves from electrode to work in blobs. I'm about to throw some in the oven for a while, then have a go and see how they perform.
Would they be for cold or hot welding Al?
They're old Stubbs rods. Very black, they ARE magnetic, of course, and a spark test on a bead revealed very few sparks, so cast seems likely - you think?
Also, they leave a fine glassy slag, and when un-dried, during welding, the slag moves from electrode to work in blobs. I'm about to throw some in the oven for a while, then have a go and see how they perform.
Would they be for cold or hot welding Al?
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Enlighten us??
Simple answer is that there ain't one! All the top manufacturer's make great rods, whether it be Murex, Esab, Oerlikon, Lincoln, Bohler... whoever, it's all down to personal preference. You could have a plate welder that's been 'brought up' on Vodex... won't use anything else, the next welder will only use Mildtrode, his mate likes Fincord....
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I agree with most of that.............its certainly down to personal preference, what rods 1 welder raves about another thinks are cack.......its mostly physcological, (thats not to say there arn't genuinely ****e rods out there) when I was a welding supply rep, you could put dozens of reels of mig wire into a company for months with no complaints, but if the manufacturer as much as changed the colour or lettering on the box and the welders noticed, all of a sudden, the wires cack and it don't burn the same etc etc......
However in saying all of that, Tech Al will know much more than me about it, but there arn't a great deal of wire mills and Electrode mills in the world.....so even though some rods/wire are in different boxes doesn't necessarily mean they come from different factories.
However in saying all of that, Tech Al will know much more than me about it, but there arn't a great deal of wire mills and Electrode mills in the world.....so even though some rods/wire are in different boxes doesn't necessarily mean they come from different factories.
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Not true purple and yellow boxes work better, always impossible to get a peeler from blue, or red boxes.....Dont like a red AWS No. either they always give issues in position..........phaa physiological, this is all science mate....
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What's they?
(i've also got a couple of packs of bronze rods. Mmmm)
Not the colour on the bo, btw
