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You're not wrong there. They are dangerous as shit and I usually avoid them now that I have the 14" Evolution and plasma. But I was cutting 4 foot sections of expanded metal for the top on my new wood rack and that can be a bit of a pain with plasma. In hindsight, I think I will try torch cutting it standing up and cutting downward instead of laying horizontal.

I made the 1st pass (heavy gauge) with the hand torch. I've cut exp metal with it before and it's easy to drop down in the low spots and hit the side of the cup, and I was getting some melting as its kinda tricky to move quickly and not miss the area you want to cut. Also, I hit the duty cycle more than using the torch on the plasma table. I've never hit duty on sign cutting, even with some pretty elaborate pieces with long cuts.

I do use my dremel cut-off wheel to clean up small errors on some of the signs I cut. It has saved me from scraping probably 5-10 signs that had flaws. Cut-off and small grinding stones, especially the tapered cone shaped ones, really come in handy.

 

Me!! It is still my device of choice for quick cutting ! .

So handy always within reach!

 

Here's that clothing rod installed

 

I had a rod something like that since I no longer have AC the damp clothing just gets moldy!

 

Anyone else know they made 309 for fluxcore?

$42 Blue Demon 309LFC-O X .035 X 1LB Spool stainless steel flux core gasless welding wire

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00G5GHKEW

Only problem is no overhead position, and the limitations of mig, but still..

 

Interesting.

Overhead I'd run 308L rod; I hated overhead MIG on stainless steel especially since heat transfer can be tricky.

 

I’ve run quite a bit of it at an old job. Hated the stuff. It never ran smooth or looked perfect when done

 

I would agree 308 stick for stainless to stainless and for overhead.

I would find 309 more useful to weld stainless to carbon. Ranch life, and all. Hence why I talk more about stick welding…I can’t always control the position I end up needing to be in.

Reading about it on blue demons website, seems you definitely need more amps. It’s not really for the 110 cheap flux core or AC welders. DCEP is recommended to get it to run right. I can see how some people can have issues with it. Reviews seemed solid though.

Anyways, thought that was interesting.

 

309L is the go to for carbon steel to many stainless flavors.

it seems the price of stainless wire has gone up.

 

That's a proper laundry setup!

 

I was sure that was going in the bedroom.

"Clothing rack"? Riiight....uh hu..

 

Ha ha Ha!!

 

But why would you need a clothing rack in the be... oh, I get it. So they don't have to hang stuff outside.

 

I foolishly used some rain barrel water in my plasma table last weekend. Even though I use Pico Quench water treatment, I developed a slimy algae growth when the heat index hit 105-110 this week. I started scooping it off the top and thought, well, it's time anyway.

I usually fish out my drops because a friend's wife uses them in here craft work. This is 7 months worth of casual cutting:


Algae. It had made a thick layer across the top. I hadn't cut anything all week and just noticed it yesterday.

 

Yikes!

 

When it starts moving around on it`s own it is time to worry.

The water being outside in the Heat and Sun them mixed with the interesting plasma arc .

 

Look what I found in the crud...bonus! Must have had one drop and never found it.

 

Looks like 14 gauge?

 

Hoping to get my 40 back from a HG and valve job (among other things) and got some time to work on the tire swing out carrier. I’ll add the bumper when I get it back and cut the length. This is half and I created a yeti / fuel rack for the other side.


Not sure if there is a debate or general best practice, but I ran out of my 035 wire and tried 030 for the first time. Pretty sure I’ll stick with 030 now on. I usually fool with 1/8, 3/16 and 1/4 and 030 with the box settings just seemed to work / feel better for me.