1/16 flux core

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FCAW GS is gas shielded. You wouldnt happen to be an Ironworker would you? lol...

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.045 I can run no problem and I love it. But my boss ordered like 30 spools of 1/16 wire and we have to use it all before he'll buy more wire. So if we need to weld 1/8" material its a 2 inch stickout and barely enough voltage to burn the wire off....

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cfh...

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What are some good starting parameters and how much gas and stickout should i be using? I can lay every position down well except vertical at 28.5V and about 150 IPM. What's a good setting for vertical?

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Sch. 80 is way too thick to penetrate with short circuit. Sounds like whoever is testing you doesn't know what they're doing.

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Is there a way to know without running practice beads though. My boss has been on me lately for testing how it runs before welding because it "slows down production"

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The shop I'm working in now has some old Miller CP-200's set up for our flux core. I'm having trouble dialing it in because its a crank machine that sets open circuit voltage instead of closed. Is there a way I can determine what I'll be actually running at without watching the volt meter on the welder?...

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Can I run the old school TIG welding setup without high frequency on this? It's AC only.

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Keep your speed more consistent and slow down just a bit.

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Its called dial shield because of the gas acting as the second shielding agent... Hence the name dual shield. Most flux core is gas shielded actually.

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Oh and with Hobart 71T-1C

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I'm running a miller...um... Not sure what model haha I'll have to check. But 25.5v at about 300 ipm. Gas at 25-30 cfh. My gun angle is mostly a drag with a slight upward angle.

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I'm running 100% CO2 at this time so i know I'm gonna get a ton of spatter. But I'm doing horizontal and I'm having to clean my nozzle/contact tip after every 2 beads or so (only about 16"worth of welding) because it sticks to the metal and messes me up. I haven't played with flux core very much....

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Ok. I think I'm gonna try the chisel since I cut the bolts and it's still attached. I don't really have access to a hot enough torch so thats out the window.

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I'm trying to redo the pipe on my exhaust for my truck. In order to take only the section off I need welded, there's a flange right after the catalytic converter that I should be able to unbolt. Only problem is it is so rusted that I can't get it to come apart. Any ideas?