Posted by trucker40 on January 29, 2010 at 09:04:23 from (69.149.165.244):
In Reply to: Re: Welding question posted by 135 Fan on January 29, 2010 at 01:21:02:
I dont know where you get your info unless you dream it up.While some of what you say may have some truth to it,some doesnt. There is a lot of stuff welded with a MIG.MIG is probably stronger in a lot of cases because it doesnt heat the metal up any more than necessary.You can argue all the rest of that stuff from now on,but if you are welding car parts or farm machinery there is no comparison.MIG works way better. Now there are reasons stick is used preferably over MIG.Its not fair to make a blanket statement that stick is always better because that is not true at all.Maybe you should go to a school that tells you about MIG welding if you want to make statements about it. In the welding that you do,which you wont see a lot on farm equipment,you may be right about stick.However you sound biased to me so I dont even think thats right.I think you were told to believe something to justify using a stick all the time,maybe because its easier to get in awkward places or some reason.There are processes that are stronger than 7018.As long as somebody perpetuates the idea that 7018 stick is better you may have a job.Which this is fine with me,dont get me wrong.I think people ought to have a job and welders that do what you do are amazing there is no doubt.However to condemn MIG welding as you all seem to like to do,is just wrong.MIG welding has its place and stick welding cant even come close to it.The only reason for using MIG is because its faster is another misconception.It is faster but they dont buy those high dollar MIG machines with lots of consumables only because they are fast.They are better for different types of steel and better penetration and dont heat the area up as much which adds up to better all around even if the weld material is a little more brittle.
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