I have a small mig welder, currently set up for flux core wire, that I would like to be able to mig with. Rather than buying a bottle of CO2/Argon mix, I would like to use the argon bottle I already have for my Tig machine. How would this work for welding plain steel, up to 3/16 thick? Or should I just bite the bullet and get a small, portable bottle of the mix?Sorry if this has been asked 100 times before, Gary
Pure argon gives very poor penetration on Steel MIG.
Just hook up the argon bottle, set flow to about 15- 20cfh..reverse the polarity of the leads and you are up and running.
I use pure CO2 for most mig welding on the old rough stuff I have kicking around..25/75 for fancy stuff and keep the argon for the tig, but Ive done argon mig. The welds tend to be shallower and more rounded..shrug
Gunner
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Rod: Straight Argon will give you less penetration and under cutting. CO2 would be better for use with solid wire than Argon. However, I'd stay with the self shielding fluxcore if money is _the_ issue.
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