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[MAC702]

What's the joint and joint prep? How physically big is it? I'm not picturing how it's not visible for you.

A picture is worth a thousand words.

[MAC702]

Sorry. Thought it was obvious it made no difference in what I was doing whether the shielding gas was used or not. It was just a waste of gas, in that case just CO2. The job went just fine.

You'll have to contact a wire manufacturer as to why they chose a different polarity.

[MAC702]

Now that it's already established why self-shielded FCAW should not be used with a shielding gas, and that it won't help with spatter even if you did, I'll add that before I knew better, I did it through much of a roll. I can confirm the results of it being a waste of gas.

Now, to add...

[MAC702]

Who do you expect your typical customers to be, and what type of jobs do you expect?

When I did it years ago, I went with the Miller Trailblazer series, at that time it was the Model 301G. I really liked that machine, and found it far superior in arc quality and its generator system is...

[MAC702]

Which roll? Your third?...