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95toybox Mar 9, 2007 05:02 AM

Welding ?
 
Ok I am soon to start building my bumpers. I have a wire welder but have never built anything that needed to be this strong. What type of wire should I use?

Angus1 Mar 9, 2007 05:11 AM

how thick is the steel you are gona use?

mt_goat Mar 9, 2007 05:12 AM

Check out the Fab shop section:
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f88/

95toybox Mar 9, 2007 05:18 AM

Thanks man! 5/16"

Yota Tony Mar 9, 2007 06:10 AM

http://www.hobartwelders.com/techtips.html#mig

Solid MIG wire (welding with gas) you can use either .035" or .045" wire.
Gasless Flux core wire you have to use .045" wire.

95toybox Mar 11, 2007 06:09 AM

Thanks man!!

waskillywabbit Mar 11, 2007 06:19 AM


Originally Posted by 95toybox (Post 50461730)
Ok I am soon to start building my bumpers. I have a wire welder but have never built anything that needed to be this strong. What type of wire should I use?

Open the access panel and there should be a chart there that recommends wire sizes...everything from 0.023 to 0.045.

I use 0.025 in my Pro Mig 135 and 0.035 in my MM 251. You can weld with whatever wire you want and it will more than likely be adequate, but it will take more work and more wire to make a weld with smaller wire.

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