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Offline whereufromnosecity

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Welding gas
« on: 25 January 2011, 20:01 »
Who uses what welding gas and where do you get yours from
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Re: Welding gas
« Reply #1 on: 25 January 2011, 20:04 »
Rotten camper?  :laugh:

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Re: Welding gas
« Reply #2 on: 25 January 2011, 20:06 »
Rotten camper?  :laugh:

No not rotten but holy  :grin:
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Re: Welding gas
« Reply #3 on: 25 January 2011, 20:07 »
Rotten camper?  :laugh:

No not rotten but holy  :grin:

I know how you feel i have a mini  :laugh:  :lipsrsealed:

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Re: Welding gas
« Reply #4 on: 25 January 2011, 20:13 »
I knew it need work when i got it, it's the disposable gas bottles cost a fair bit and dont last long

The refills are cheap in the long run but struggling to find any where local that do them with out stupid rental costs
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Re: Welding gas
« Reply #5 on: 25 January 2011, 20:16 »
I knew it need work when i got it, it's the disposable gas bottles cost a fair bit and dont last long

The refills are cheap in the long run but struggling to find any where local that do them with out stupid rental costs

Sorry cant help TBH we use .8mm gasless  :smiley:

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Re: Welding gas
« Reply #6 on: 25 January 2011, 20:18 »
Industrial Gasses

if you want to make a good job you'll want the proper gas with a mig that would be  Arcsheild light for the cars,  93% argon, 5% carbon dioxide  , 2%  oxygen  is the mixture.



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Re: Welding gas
« Reply #7 on: 25 January 2011, 20:19 »
How do you find the gasless, when i used it before it was ok but i prefer gas gives better neater welds imho
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Re: Welding gas
« Reply #8 on: 25 January 2011, 20:20 »
i find that gasless is crap,   i get a much much neater weld with gas,  also find it much easyer with gas  also i find gasless wire is expensive.

would rather use pub gas than gasless
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Re: Welding gas
« Reply #9 on: 25 January 2011, 20:26 »
Industrial Gasses

if you want to make a good job you'll want the proper gas with a mig that would be  Arcsheild light for the cars,  93% argon, 5% carbon dioxide  , 2%  oxygen  is the mixture.






I have an empty boc argonsheild lite bottle but boc wont help unless i take out an account in which case i would get a bottle anyway it's just the yearly rental that puts me off
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