MIG welding stainless

[SavageSunJeep]

Can I do MIG on SS. I have a very small project with not more than a couple of inches of bead and it would be SS to SS about 1/16th?

[metal-doctor]

Sure can. Use the mix gas & take a scrap piece if aailable to dial in your settings.We have done this many times.

[SavageSunJeep]

OK, I am running C25 all the time, thanks, appreciate the answer...

[platypus20]

When I weld stainless steel, I use a tri-gas mix, 90% helium / 7.5% argon / 2.5% co2, and stainless steel mig wire. While I have tried to weld stainless steel with ER70S-6 mig wire and 75% argon / 25% co2, I never had good results.

Jack

[kelzweld]

All the stainless I've migged, whether with fluxcore or solid wire, has been done with pure argon. Results have been pretty good, if you don't mind a little splatter.

[SavageSunJeep]

I think I will try it with what I have, can't justify the cots to buy all the other stuff for for this small and personal job...just trying to turn the fixed roller wheels (2) on one end of my BBQ so I can slide it out of its hole in the outside counter.

Before I had the counter built it was not big deal, but now it is.

[hogan]

argon 2 - 5% CO2

here is a link with good info on ss welding


http://www.weldreality.com/stainlesswelddata.htm

[aametalmaster]

OK, I am running C25 all the time, thanks, appreciate the answer...

I use 75/25 for my ss projects, its not textbook but i am not building rocket ships....Bob

[lanceman73]

tig is 100% argon. Tri-Mix only for mig. Sorry, that guy that recommends c25. I've done plenty with argon using tig.

[hogan]

SMAW will never die, i agree. Like the vacuum tube, it has it's uses. Although there are easier and more efficient methods that are improved and accepted as industry standard.

[StillBoostin]

For a 2-inch weld on MS or SS, I won’t twist the top on a gas bottle.

Thats funny. I bought all three( Tri-Mix, 75%-25%, and Argon) so I would never have this problem. I recc tri-mix. Get a 20cf bottle. You might need it sooner then you think.

James

[fun4now]

keep in mind without the proper gas and wire you may get hold but will not get weather proof. if you want to keep it rust free you need to do it right. or paint after to rust proof.

[SavageSunJeep]

keep in mind without the proper gas and wire you may get hold but will not get weather proof. if you want to keep it rust free you need to do it right. or paint after to rust proof.

LOL thanks James, but rusting out is the least of my worries.

I live in a desert

I have got 2 fixed wheels on my SS BBQ and they roll in the wrong direction, gonna cut them off and rotate them 90 degrees...

[Craig in Denver]

I live in a desert.

I have got 2 fixed wheels on my SS BBQ and they roll in the wrong direction, gonna cut them off and rotate them 90 degrees...

You live in a desert, it's a BBQ. Cut 'em, rotate 'em, weld 'em. Your buddies are jeepers, if they notice, give 'em a beer. If they're golfers, they don't know what a weld is.

[fun4now]

Your buddies are jeepers, if they notice, give 'em a beer. If they're golfers, they don't know what a weld is.

LOL great thinking.
if rust is not a problem just hit them with steel solid wire and C-25 and they will hold fine.