[DeTomaso] Welding question? Stainless with MIG

[Dave Londry]

Say Thomas,
How about using a flux-core 308 and argon inside the tubes?
I don't have a shielding torch, as you can tell.
dave


Thomas Tornblom wrote:
> 2010-07-13 20:20, Dave Londry skrev:
>   
>> Good subject guys.
>> I need to weld a bleed line into one of my new stainless cooling tubes
>> and I wondered what wire to buy.
>> Now I just need to find some scrap to do a couple of practice welds.
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> You also need the appropriate shielding gas and the pipes should be 
> purged with shielding gas if you want to make it correctly.
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>   
>> dave
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> Cheers,
> Thomas
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>>
>> j g wrote:
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>>> you can buy 308 wire for your mig and do it yourself.
>>>
>>> --- On Tue, 7/13/10, steven.liebenow at att.net<steven.liebenow at att.net>  wrote:
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>>> From: steven.liebenow at att.net<steven.liebenow at att.net>
>>> Subject: [DeTomaso] Welding question? Stainless with MIG
>>> To: "mailing list detomaso"<detomaso at realbig.com>
>>> Date: Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 1:01 PM
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>>> Hopefully VERY SOONLY..... I will be needing to fit my new mufflers to a set of
>>> new headers....
>>>
>>> I ordered the mufflers with the inlet pipes unwelded, so that I could trim and
>>> weld accordingly.....
>>>
>>> My question is this.....  Can I use my MIG welder to safely tack the pipes where
>>> they need to be????      I would then drop them back out and take them down to
>>> the welder for proper stainless finishing......
>>>
>>> Can anyone chime in on what sorts of issues may arise??
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> Steve
>>>
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