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norlander
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Yes, I got that bit Richard, I am not clued up enough on gas shielded fc, and, for what I do, its too high tec/spec for me, I'm using basic fluxcore as I am welding 1.5mm -4mm m/s in the open-and its windy down here,which is ok as the wind whips the fumes away nicely
.Back in my den, I just use plain 0.8 with ar/co2 mix as again, I'm just migging plain old m/s.
I got the 1.2 basic gasless fc to do the 4mm, but I was also joining the 1.5 to the 4,and the 1.2 was a bit pokey, so I went back to the 0.8, and the GYS fires that in no probs-it will burn into the 4mm no bother, and I have juice n wire speed to spare on the settings.
I realise we are still talking about welding m/s with the gas shielded fc, but for my application,It would be tech overkill.
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That's what I would do with it. And he's got a nice shiny 200 amp yellow box just perfect for the job.Honestly, just give it a 3.2 or larger low hyCoulda done the job by now
just teasing ya though there is much truth in it
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Came across two interesting articles from Millers and Lincoln which gives recommendations for achieving maximum penetration including using the thinnest size wire you can get away with, CO2 as the shielding gas and pulling/dragging the torch instead of pushing.
http://www.millerwelds.com/resources/tech_tips/MIG_tips/
http://www.lincolnelectric.com/en-g...-theory/Pages/variables-weld-penetration.aspx
http://www.millerwelds.com/resources/tech_tips/MIG_tips/
http://www.lincolnelectric.com/en-g...-theory/Pages/variables-weld-penetration.aspx
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yes I saw those and had a play,and now I push on some joints and pull on others. its been a useful bit of info for me.
But you still need to do that barn with stick, so gerron
with it 