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Offline skfarmer

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Re: MIG welding with bottle gas vs flux core
« Reply #15 on: August 29, 2020, 02:38:17 PM »
That is a great suggestion . We will take it under advisement.  A temp ban was on the table but I like the way you think.
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Re: MIG welding with bottle gas vs flux core
« Reply #16 on: August 29, 2020, 03:32:10 PM »
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Re: MIG welding with bottle gas vs flux core
« Reply #17 on: August 29, 2020, 04:56:50 PM »

I am not familiar with the terms innershield and hard wire.


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Re: MIG welding with bottle gas vs flux core
« Reply #18 on: September 07, 2020, 09:26:37 AM »
Damn!!
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Re: MIG welding with bottle gas vs flux core
« Reply #19 on: September 07, 2020, 09:30:56 AM »
Flux core is basically like stick welding without the stick, the smoke, the spatter, the clean up, you just don’t have to stop and change sticks.
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Re: MIG welding with bottle gas vs flux core
« Reply #20 on: September 07, 2020, 06:25:48 PM »
Flux core is basically like stick welding without the stick, the smoke, the spatter, the clean up, you just don’t have to stop and change sticks.

Excellent description, best I've heard it put....
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Re: MIG welding with bottle gas vs flux core
« Reply #21 on: January 20, 2021, 03:53:54 PM »
Every skyscraper since 1980 has been stuck together with innershield. If run correctly it's as good, or in some cases better than hard wire MIG.

I run a lot of innershield nr212 and nr203. It's smokey, finicky, dirty, blows spatter all over, awful on thin metal (anything under 1/4"), and several other unpleasant traits. It eats trash and paint for dinner and doesn't care if the wind is blowing 40 mph. When it's dialed in, it runs like a million bucks and you can dump the metal in. Vertical up is my favorite position to run it. The slag lets you carry a large, hot puddle to really burn in. Full disclosure, I run industrial welders, .045"-.072" wire, and never really under 150 amps. A needle scaler and grinder with a stringer wire wheel are mandatory for cleaning up the dingleberrys innershield throws.

If I am welding inside, hard wire MIG is the most convenient, smoothest, and cleanest. It has zero tolerance for any wind and doesn't love rust or paint without making swiss cheese bird crap welds.

Both have their places.

This is all done with innershield. Not the prettiest, but I trust none of it will come apart.










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Re: MIG welding with bottle gas vs flux core
« Reply #22 on: January 21, 2021, 12:39:43 PM »
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Re: MIG welding with bottle gas vs flux core
« Reply #23 on: May 15, 2021, 06:26:37 AM »
I'll say it is ....
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