The manual for my MIG machine suggests special drive rollers for flux core wire- and the company doesn't sell them. One of the technical guys on their forum suggested using the solid wire drive rollers for flux core wire, which seems to work fine. You might give that a try, just to save the expense ...

Rather than guess, put your parameters into the Miller weld calculator, here:
calculators/mig-flux-cored-welding-calculator

Welcome to the forum, sorry to hear about your injury.

Any possibility of swapping hands, so your other hand feeds and the paralyzed hand holds the torch?

The only tip/trick i can offer is to wear your PPE. For the longest time i've had a fear of one of those 3/64ths slitting disks turning to shrapnel. That fear came true while using a disk and it pretty much exploded, i took two to the face shield i was wearing.

Opening weekend! Let us know how it was, to strut and fret your hour upon the stage!

Cast iron is outside my experience, but I'll jump in to possibly provide some clarity. Olek, please check me: it sounds like Olek is repairing a crack in cast iron, and asking what method he can use to grind out the crack. He uses the phrase "white hardened iron" (which returns no hits in ...

Welcome to the forum! Your machine is capable of either gas shielded MIG (solid wire) and self shielded flux core welding. The machine's electrical polarity needs to be set up differently for each process: EP electrode positive for solid wire, and EN electrode negative for flux core. First thing to ...

Everlast Canada is located in Burlington, is that near you? I'm sure they could help.

EVERLAST WELDERS CANADA
5109 Harvester Rd. Unit A2
Burlington, ON L7L5Y9
Phone:905-637-1637

Welcome to the forum! Are you from Hobart, AU?

Definitely talk to the school's placement office and a respected instructor for what to expect. An interview for a welding production position will be different for a welding engineer.

Found it! Welcome to the forum
Please let us know how your build goes!

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Welcome! What kind of welding do you do?

I thought i remembered seeing photos and descriptions of rail car repairs on another site, so i went to find them but couldn't, sorry. It's hard to know which way to go. You've got a certain amount of freedom because you're not married, but you still have to ask yourself whether a long distance move...

Hey, JetMech, welcome! Good on ya for learning TIG! The welding variables that affect steel (such as arc length and torch angle) have an even bigger effect on aluminum. It's definitely possible to learn on aluminum, but you may find the learning curve a bit steeper. Taking your questions in order......

The cut and etch segment starts at about 2:07 http://welding-tv.com/2017/06/20/overhead-welding-7018-dual-shield-flux-core/ At first I thought you were talking about the fit-up gap on the 3:00 member... didn't notice possible delam until you mentioned it. How does that happen, a flaw in the rolling ...

What is your voltage setting? The Miller weld calculator,
https://www.millerwelds.com/resources/w ... calculator

...says wire feed speed for 3/16" steel is should be at 320-340 inches per minute. I just guessed 3/16"- what's the actual thickness?

Olek, long posts are fine as long as they are about welding. This thread started because of some needlessly abusive posts, and that problem has been resolved.

Your posts are fine, no worries.

Glad to hear you're enjoying it!

I've never done aluminum MIG so i'm out of my depth, but- the OP gave 35 cfm as the argon rate. That seems high- is 35 in the right range?

(I checked the Miller weld calculator but it didn't give a flow rate.)

...some angle and square/rectangle tube welding projects for making some machine tools to help in bladesmithing and woodworking projects... By any chance, are you thinking of a belt grinder? Part 2 of your original post was "which is best for a newbie". Since $$$ are a concern, flux core ...

Welcome to the forum! Homeboy pretty much nailed it, but i'll add a detail or two. Broadly speaking there are two types of wire-feed welding, determined by the type of wire you use. Solid wire welding, often called MIG, uses shielding gas (such as argon-co2 in various mixtures, or just plain co2) to...

I found this on the SSC Controls site: www.ssccontrols.com/tig-cross-reference-guide/ Models That We Cannot Make Models that use high-power rheostats that are not compatible with the SSC design. Miller RFC-23A3 pin/2 pin (two twistlock plugs) Miller®: Dialarc 250 AC/DC, Dialarc HF, Gold Star 330 A/B...

Good morning, welcome to the forum! Does your literature describe the pedal in terms of electrical properties, such as ohms? If yes you can find a similar after market pedal. Finding an exact replacement may be difficult. If you find a pedal with the right ohms you may need to fit it with the right ...

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Sometimes those electric gates have casters- is that part of the plan?

You've been away?

Kidding, of course. I must have missed the memo, not playing along at home: what's your "significant distraction"?

No worries, we'll keep the light on for ya.