chicagojimmyjames
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Hi again
Last question for this weekend. Thanks for those other speedy replies.
The plan:
I'm going to MIG weld a stainless steel coupling onto the side of a large stainless steel cooking pot, so that I can add a dump valve near the bottom.
While I have brazed stainless several times with silver and tin, I've never MIG-ed it. I currently have the wire and the gas, my question is actually about protecting the inside of the pot.
I could purge it with argon or CO2, but I wondered about the brush-on flux that is used with brazing. Wouldn't that also protect the inside wall from oxidizing when it heats? It would be much easier than purging.
What do you think -- Give it a go? Stick with gas? Use overkill and do both?
Thanks in advance.
Last question for this weekend. Thanks for those other speedy replies.
The plan:
I'm going to MIG weld a stainless steel coupling onto the side of a large stainless steel cooking pot, so that I can add a dump valve near the bottom.
While I have brazed stainless several times with silver and tin, I've never MIG-ed it. I currently have the wire and the gas, my question is actually about protecting the inside of the pot.
I could purge it with argon or CO2, but I wondered about the brush-on flux that is used with brazing. Wouldn't that also protect the inside wall from oxidizing when it heats? It would be much easier than purging.
What do you think -- Give it a go? Stick with gas? Use overkill and do both?
Thanks in advance.