tortron Posted Tuesday at 06:15 Share Posted Tuesday at 06:15 5 minutes ago, cubastreet said: When I was at tech, some rep brought in a roll of Flux core wire that also used shielding gas. It's party trick was the beautiful welds in all positions even with me holding the torch. Anyone know this voodoo wire? gas-shielded flux-cored wires. https://www.thefabricator.com/thewelder/article/consumables/all-about-gas-shielded-flux-cored-arc-welding-wires 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubastreet Posted Tuesday at 06:28 Share Posted Tuesday at 06:28 Surprisingly cheap at boc https://www.boc.co.nz/shop/en/nz/mig-flux-cored-welding/mig-mag-welding-wire/flux-core-welding-wires-fcaw/magmate-71c-mild-steel-mig-wire%3A-15kg-spool 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling Posted Tuesday at 07:22 Share Posted Tuesday at 07:22 While painful to weld upside down, inside a boot, I never had any issues with plain wire + gas. I wouldn't do that with flux wire unless I was going to drink a lot of milk afterwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizzl Posted Tuesday at 07:34 Share Posted Tuesday at 07:34 9 minutes ago, Bling said: While painful to weld upside down, inside a boot, I never had any issues with plain wire + gas. I wouldn't do that with flux wire unless I was going to drink a lot of milk afterwards. Respirator helmet for the win. i use one for alloy welding now, probably 10 years too late for my lungs. mainly got it for cool air flow during summer. its nice to go home and not feel like shit. galvanic poisoning is worse than being kicked in the nads 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling Posted Tuesday at 08:09 Share Posted Tuesday at 08:09 Yeah one of those helmets would do the trick for sure. I just rolled 18V fan blowing all the goodies out of the car and outside the environment. Can't really justify such luxury when I only weld once a year on average. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geophy Posted Tuesday at 08:28 Share Posted Tuesday at 08:28 Have done a few nights for the local structural/ heavy transport fella and he gas flux core for everything. Shits amazing for 5mm and up just melts in, heaps of penetration and no splatter. Weld speed is about twice that of solid wire, great for positional too. I brought a 5kg roll for home which I have played around with a bit, ill take a pic of the label tomorrow. Not something a normal person would need at home but for reskinning a truck bed or smashing out some portals for a building, super invaluable. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubastreet Posted Tuesday at 19:54 Share Posted Tuesday at 19:54 12 hours ago, Bling said: While painful to weld upside down, inside a boot, I never had any issues with plain wire + gas. I wouldn't do that with flux wire unless I was going to drink a lot of milk I was welding 12mm steel vertical and upside down, it's not like the gasless stuff or plain wire with gas. It doesn't seem to sag or drip. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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