A roll of flux core 309l wire should be arriving in today's mail .
I'll soon know if it will be the solution to my project . I hope it is ,
I'm a much better MIG welder than TIG . I've been practicing on scrap
exhaust pipe , mild steel and a little SS , and it looks better . But
nobody would actually pay for welds that look like mine ... ah well ,
pretty is secondary , strength and corrosion resistance are my primary concerns .
On 12/15/2021 6:42 AM, Snag wrote:
A roll of flux core 309l wire should be arriving in today's mail .
I'll soon know if it will be the solution to my project . I hope it is ,
I'm a much better MIG welder than TIG . I've been practicing on scrap
exhaust pipe , mild steel and a little SS , and it looks better . But
nobody would actually pay for welds that look like mine ... ah well ,
pretty is secondary , strength and corrosion resistance are my primary
concerns .
That sounds interesting.Just what everyone needs; "helpful" people!
Will you switch the polarity like regular gasless flux core steel wire?
Or... Will you run dual shield?
I was running gasless flux core one day and the welds were going like
shit. I had specifically said I was running gasless, and one of the
morons I was helping turned on the gas when I wasn't looking. The gas
was blowing away the flux smoke. I spent a stupid amount of time
grinding and re-welding.
I only noticed it later because I have a habit of checking the gas
bottles when I walk by. I gave it a light twist, and it moved.
"Snag"Â wrote in message news:spcrch$91l$1@dont-email.me...
 A roll of flux core 309l wire should be arriving in today's mail .
I'll soon know if it will be the solution to my project . I hope it is ,
I'm a much better MIG welder than TIG . I've been practicing on scrap
exhaust pipe , mild steel and a little SS , and it looks better . But
nobody would actually pay for welds that look like mine ... ah well ,
pretty is secondary , strength and corrosion resistance are my primary concerns .
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I still don't know why my MIG sheet metal welds suddenly changed from a
mess of blobs to a smooth even flow with the right penetration. I
stopped practicing and did the fender repairs before losing it.
Possibly the change was from using up the more oxidized wire on the
outer layer of the large spool.
On 12/15/2021 6:42 AM, Snag wrote:
 A roll of flux core 309l wire should be arriving in today's mail
. I'll soon know if it will be the solution to my project . I hope
it is , I'm a much better MIG welder than TIG . I've been practicing
on scrap exhaust pipe , mild steel and a little SS , and it looks
better . But nobody would actually pay for welds that look like mine
... ah well , pretty is secondary , strength and corrosion
resistance are my primary concerns .
That sounds interesting.
Will you switch the polarity like regular gasless flux core steel wire?
Or... Will you run dual shield?
I was running gasless flux core one day and the welds were going like
shit. I had specifically said I was running gasless, and one of the
morons I was helping turned on the gas when I wasn't looking. The gas
was blowing away the flux smoke. I spent a stupid amount of time
grinding and re-welding.
I only noticed it later because I have a habit of checking the gas
bottles when I walk by. I gave it a light twist, and it moved.
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Never use shielding gas with gasless.
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Why would an older MIG have a gas solenoid but flux-core polarity?
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