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I'm curious as to, the boards opinion on these processes.
I worked a shipyard for a number of years and thoroughly enjoyed stick welding (everything). Just before I left, we had more inverters and wire feed suitcases than you could shake a stick at (no pun intended).
I found them bulky, hard on the hands and wrist, smokey (flux core) to fast, and somewhat of a bore as it took some of the art out of welding. I realise that there's more deposition in less time, but man, I hate wire feeders.
I went to a boiler shop and did a 6g pipe test on heavy wall carbon steel pipe and did it with stick then did a flux core test in the 3g on plate (thinking I may have to do this rarely). The very next day I was out on the floor welding down comers in a steam drum 4" thick with 3/32 flux core wire. I couldn't believe it! I had, had enough got into the UA and I've never looked back.
In the field it's stick and tig thats it thats all. It's great to get the fluid motion of a puddle using a tig torch while walking the cup in the joint and then hot passing and capping with tig or stick. It's just enjoyable.
The only place the wire feeder is used on our jobs is in the fab shop, I guess I'm afraid someday it will come out to the site.
What say you?
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I worked a shipyard for a number of years and thoroughly enjoyed stick welding (everything). Just before I left, we had more inverters and wire feed suitcases than you could shake a stick at (no pun intended).
I found them bulky, hard on the hands and wrist, smokey (flux core) to fast, and somewhat of a bore as it took some of the art out of welding. I realise that there's more deposition in less time, but man, I hate wire feeders.
I went to a boiler shop and did a 6g pipe test on heavy wall carbon steel pipe and did it with stick then did a flux core test in the 3g on plate (thinking I may have to do this rarely). The very next day I was out on the floor welding down comers in a steam drum 4" thick with 3/32 flux core wire. I couldn't believe it! I had, had enough got into the UA and I've never looked back.
In the field it's stick and tig thats it thats all. It's great to get the fluid motion of a puddle using a tig torch while walking the cup in the joint and then hot passing and capping with tig or stick. It's just enjoyable.
The only place the wire feeder is used on our jobs is in the fab shop, I guess I'm afraid someday it will come out to the site.
What say you?
Skip
) MIG is here to stay...make it put money in your pocket....only you can do that. Above all, work safe, be safe
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