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RustyBus
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Yep 0.8 is about as small as it gets. Quite hard to weld thin stuff with it (you can do it with the thin metal technique as detailed in the tutorials, with the addition of having to wire brush the metal as you get close to another weld spot).
To be honest if you're doing anything more than a couple of inches of work, get some gas.
Arran
To be honest if you're doing anything more than a couple of inches of work, get some gas.
Arran
Hi John,
What are you welding outside that needs real thin gasless wire? As mentioned above, 0.8mm is about as small as it gets. This stuff in the URL below is the thinnest I have been able to obtain: 0.76mm; it's a bit expensive and very good.
http://www.rapidwelding.com/dynamic/DisplayItem.aspx?c=ED031448
Frankly I don't use a great deal of it, as I normally use 0.8 or 0.9 gasless wire for rougher outside work on thicker stuff.
Use the thin metal technique as advised above, see tutorials here onsite:
http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/thin-metal.htm
and set as soft an arc as you can - do plenty practice on thin stuff first before welding something like a car. Best of luck with it, I only do thin stuff outside with gasless when there's no alternative...
What are you welding outside that needs real thin gasless wire? As mentioned above, 0.8mm is about as small as it gets. This stuff in the URL below is the thinnest I have been able to obtain: 0.76mm; it's a bit expensive and very good.
http://www.rapidwelding.com/dynamic/DisplayItem.aspx?c=ED031448
Frankly I don't use a great deal of it, as I normally use 0.8 or 0.9 gasless wire for rougher outside work on thicker stuff.
Use the thin metal technique as advised above, see tutorials here onsite:
http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/thin-metal.htm
and set as soft an arc as you can - do plenty practice on thin stuff first before welding something like a car. Best of luck with it, I only do thin stuff outside with gasless when there's no alternative...
