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copper less mig welding wire

Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 6:53 pm
by parrotveasey81
my works welding rep poped in today with a free 15kg roll of copper free mig welding wire for us to try out.
it cost £2 more per 15kg roll
has less fumes
50% less spatter
plus a few other benifits i cant remember

well it has the same amount of spatter but is easyer to get off,has less fumes but is alot smoother to weld with and gives a better weld with the same settings(just need to back off the tension on the wire feed rollers)
so im hook'd on it just need to try and get the company to get it in all the time.
with copper wire

Re: copper less mig welding wire

Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 6:55 pm
by parrotveasey81
with copper less wire

Re: copper less mig welding wire

Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 11:42 am
by Seth
Those welds are artwork, it's saying something when that level of skill can be improved on just by a component in the wire.

I was awestruck at your Vit chassis build.

Re: copper less mig welding wire

Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 12:10 pm
by ScottieJ
as if your welding wasn't pretty enough as it is! I might have to try some of that wire, looks :smoke:

Re: copper less mig welding wire

Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 1:27 pm
by dan_2k_uk
hopefully you can do something like that to my jeeps body soon.

hows sorting the vit going. i have spoken to the guys at work who are working in trowbridge who think they could chuck it on their low loader when they use it to pick up their diggers from site within a week or so.

Re: copper less mig welding wire

Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 1:39 pm
by ScottieJ
The vits been stripped of all the bits we wanted and it's ready for the scrappy! :mrgreen:

Re: copper less mig welding wire

Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 3:32 pm
by dan_2k_uk
good shiz. i look forward to a few weekends of garage based antics!

Re: copper less mig welding wire

Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 7:27 pm
by SJ-Mini
Wish I could weld!

Re: copper less mig welding wire

Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 9:25 pm
by Edweird
SJ-Mini wrote:Wish I could weld!
I've welded a bit, but only on thick-ish stuff, like 20x20 box and angle section . I'm not sure how I'd do with bodywork, probably end up with more holes than before I stated :lol:

Re: copper less mig welding wire

Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 9:40 am
by dunk
Who is your welding supplier ? I might have to give that a go :smoke: