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I am kind of an amature at welding, in spite of 6 years of experience working on a crazy car build project to turn a 40 Buick Super 4 door sedan into a 40 Buick Super Estate (Woodie) Wagon Hot Rod -- you know LS3 engine, 6 speed auto, PS, PS PB, AC. The real wagons are rare, but were probably build mostly from sedans. Anyway, my welding experience runs the gamut from new floor pans, lots of new body mounts because of rust, replacing fender sheet metal where it was rusted through and engine mounts and transmission crossmembers. I did all of this with a HF flux wire welder. Recently bought a used Lincoln welder (110 volt). It is better... So fast forward to me wanting to build some back seat supports that would allow the back seat to fold forward to facilitate storage, with stainless steel. I picked up some 3 inch x 3 inch x 1/4 inch SS angle iron. I wanted to weld some tabs on the ends. Practice welds on some of the scrap were not strong and broke with a hammer whack. My welder is under powered (85 watts) for 1/4 inch I think. I always V both sides of a butt joint. I found a technique by welding vertically that allows excess weld to flow away and let me bite into the V'ed area with the wire. Not satisfied, probably need a 135 amp welder like the new HF. Recently found a Blue Demon trial on on you tube, look for Blue Demon welding information. It was dated June 26, 2017: welding STAINLESS without gas. I need to try just a steady motion in a straight line like they showed. Maybe tomorrow. See my photos.Read full review
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Does not feed properly and very very brittle ... If u try to straighten the wire to feed threw the rollers and into the guide it will snap and it is very tight almost to the point I can't tighten the tip without twisting to wire and I bought brand new .035 tips and tried multiple ones just in case I got a bad tip.
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The weld quality are not as good as welding with a mild steel wire or a stainless with gas. There should have been some instructions about reversing the polarity. I would recommend it only for someone who is welding stainless on a very occasional basis, otherwise get the gas and do it right.
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I just tried out this gas less .035 welding wire....kwl beans, this stuff is amazing...I prepared everything as I normally would for SS.....welded up some bike parts, and the welds looked perfect. Good penetration, clean and simple. The wire balls at the end, but it seems normal for this stuff....I just trimmed it up before each tack and weld. Thumbs up folks!
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I am not a professional welder but for the small jobs and at home projects I do it was a better deal than buying a tank and gas fill. Product performance was excellent as far as fluxcore wire goes. Shipping was also excellent with the wire arriving in half the time as expected. I will definitely purchase this in the future.
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