bumpy
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| posted on 10/5/16 at 07:02 PM |
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Small scale welding of stainless steel
Hi
Does anyone have a contact around Suffolk or Essex who can help with the welding of stainless steel.
It's for a small scale project involving the construction of side screens for a kit car?
Thanks
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CosKev3
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| posted on 10/5/16 at 08:18 PM |
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Any of your local fabricators that use a TIG welder will be able to sort it out
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hizzi
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| posted on 10/5/16 at 08:33 PM |
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if you have a mig put stainless wire in and use a hobby bottle
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blakep82
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| posted on 10/5/16 at 09:20 PM |
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Fibreglass 
Without seeing any ideas of what you're thinking, stainless will be heavy, and expensive.
Therefore, fibreglass 
But both suggestions above are good.
Stainless is quite a sticky metal to weld, with tig anyway. Will need some practice before doing yourself on a MIG, so any local fabricators/welders
shops should be able to do it easy enough
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coozer
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| posted on 10/5/16 at 10:29 PM |
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I've used stainless wire in my mig and it was no different to me. If your any good with a mig it should be easy enough...
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Myke 2463
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| posted on 11/5/16 at 05:48 AM |
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Paul G 907 on here. lives on Suffolk / Essex boarder if i remember correctly.
Be Lucky Mike.
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nick205
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| posted on 11/5/16 at 07:37 AM |
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As above, I'd have thought stainless steel would be heavy and expensive although would look nice. A reasonable local TIG welder should be able
to do it for you, but welding thin sheet can be tricky to do. I've done mild steel sheet with a MIG and it took a few goes to get right. Kind
of a pulsing technique and then some grinding afterwards to tidy it up.
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Minicooper
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| posted on 11/5/16 at 10:41 AM |
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What gas is used for mig welding stainless steel?
Cheers
David
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 11/5/16 at 11:15 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Minicooper
What gas is used for mig welding stainless steel?
Cheers
David
Argon, preferably with a small amount of O2 or CO2 (~2%). Pure Argon can be used, but it tends to make the arc unstable.
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robinj66
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| posted on 11/5/16 at 11:17 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Minicooper
What gas is used for mig welding stainless steel?
Cheers
David
It's a mix of Argon/CO2 (97.5% / 2.5%) but you can get away with a little more CO2.
It also depends on the grade of stainless and the application of the piece.
(ETA Typing this whilst mike posted)
[Edited on 11/5/16 by robinj66]
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Minicooper
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| posted on 11/5/16 at 07:15 PM |
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Tried mig welding stainless steel grade 304 with my standard argon/5% CO2 gas I already have worked a treat a little bit of oxidisation but generally
fine.
I have a new tig but I need to do something this weekend and I haven't done any tig for a very long time so will need to do some serious
practice before I'm let loose on the nice stuff
Cheers
David
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Andy B
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| posted on 11/5/16 at 07:41 PM |
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We do a lot of stainless on a weekly basis especially thin wall - based near Stowmarket in Suffolk give us a bell on 01449 736633 if we can help
Regards
Andy
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