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sheilding staineless

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 3:41 pm
by carllee31
how do u guys set up for sheilding the back side of your staineless welds? thanks!!

Re: sheilding staineless

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:52 pm
by piwko4
For pipe, i usually tape off the ends and make a small hole for the tubeing from the tank to fit in.
For flat pieces, seems like a cabinet is required.

Re: sheilding staineless

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 8:05 pm
by carllee31
piwko4 wrote:For pipe, i usually tape off the ends and make a small hole for the tubeing from the tank to fit in.
For flat pieces, seems like a cabinet is required.
Thats what i thought i would have to do and i do alot of thin sheets and not many with a root gap and ive been have issues sometimes, now is pure argon good enough? or is a mix say 75% argon 25% helium better or worse?

Re: sheilding staineless

Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 5:46 am
by admin
pure argon is the way to go. 75/25 argon/ co2 is only for mig, never for tig and never for purging.

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