Anyone on here used a gasless mig to weld panels on here ?
Gas less mig
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Posted 09 January 2016 - 07:21 PM
as much as I hated gasless,
I have since seen welders at cockburn cement weld panels in a filter house with them no problems,
the unit was a remote one run from a generator 10 metres below,
but were Lincoln brand. 
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Posted 09 January 2016 - 07:32 PM
Gas less mig welders are for farmers who can't stick weld.
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Posted 09 January 2016 - 07:37 PM
Gas less mig welders are for farmers who can't stick weld.
I bet you got one them Sheep shagger
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Posted 09 January 2016 - 07:39 PM
I've used one with success hundreds of times.
Takes a lot of grinding to clean up.
But.....I'm a better grinder than a welder.
Takes a lot of grinding to clean up.
But.....I'm a better grinder than a welder.
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Posted 09 January 2016 - 07:53 PM
Better to have gas, but like me if that is all you have got at the moment, with practice they can work ok, for stitch and plug welding i have to wind my up a fair bit more than suggested to get good penetration.
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Posted 09 January 2016 - 07:54 PM
This has been covered 6 million times.
Type "Gasless" into the search function and have a read of a few dozen threads.
Type "Gasless" into the search function and have a read of a few dozen threads.
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Posted 09 January 2016 - 08:10 PM
This has been covered 6 million times.
Type "Gasless" into the search function and have a read of a few dozen threads.
No worries Boss lets do everything you want to do, just looked in search i reckon its easier to ask a quick question and if you don't get your answer then have a search, ??????
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Posted 09 January 2016 - 08:22 PM
Give it a go if you have to with gasless. It will take a lot of grinding and rewelding and more grinding...use 7mm wire as the flux to metal ratio is higher and more likely you will get aa cleaner weld, if you can call it that.
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Posted 09 January 2016 - 08:28 PM
Give it a go if you have to with gasless. It will take a lot of grinding and rewelding and more grinding...use 7mm wire as the flux to metal ratio is higher and more likely you will get aa cleaner weld, if you can call it that.
That is a great comment Neil about the wire,
you must mean 0.7 wire.
finding the balance.
Like button for you.
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View GaragePosted 09 January 2016 - 09:36 PM
Not the best option but it can be done with enough patience (and usually extra clean up)
Never found anything smaller than 0.8mm wire with flux core but the smaller the better for panel work so if 0.7mm is available then by all means use it.
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Posted 09 January 2016 - 09:48 PM
Thx mate and what's happening with the blue car you were doing ? I watched the videos on YouTube very good you should make some more
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Posted 10 January 2016 - 01:02 AM
Yeah i use gasless, i would use gas but to expensive. Sometimes i can get it down to hardly any grinding. But usually lots of grinding. Harder to get good penetration, most times i weld both sides of the joint, just to be sure.
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Posted 10 January 2016 - 08:13 AM
If you are a beginner with the MIG stick to gasssed welding until such time you are proficient enough to have a go with the gassless wire.
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Posted 10 January 2016 - 10:13 AM
Thx mate and what's happening with the blue car you were doing ? I watched the videos on YouTube very good you should make some more
How do i find these videos ?????
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Posted 10 January 2016 - 02:58 PM
Hi Mox
Search torana restoration on YouTube and watch him it's a blue lx I think there is 6 of them
Search torana restoration on YouTube and watch him it's a blue lx I think there is 6 of them
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Posted 10 January 2016 - 05:53 PM
Gas less mig welders are for farmers who can't stick weld.
I have a farm and I have both, use the stick for stainless
but prefer the mig with gas and .6 mm wire for panels
the wire is a lot cheaper if you buy big roll. I run it onto smaller bobbins using the lathe so fits in the mig holder
you pay for gas but less work over all
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Posted 10 January 2016 - 08:33 PM
Hi Mox
Search torana restoration on YouTube and watch him it's a blue lx I think there is 6 of them
Cheers Mate i will have a look
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