[TheForge] Welding advice needed pronto

[Craig Schaefer]

I have used straight argon with stainless with TIG or MIG.  Have also 
used argon/co2.  Works out about the same when I do it.
Maybe I am not very good.

CraigS

Ralph Sproul wrote:

>Craig,  Straight argon with Mig (which Jeff will be using)? or are you
>refering to Tig?
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>Ralph
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>From: "Craig Schaefer" <craig.schaefer at verizon.net>
>To: "Barking Crow" <mail at barkingcrow.com>; "Sponsored by ABANA"
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>Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 6:04 PM
>Subject: Re: [TheForge] Welding advice needed pronto
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>>My thought is that unless you work really cheaply, he'd be better off
>>buying a new/used version of what he wants.
>>You can use straight argon for stainless.
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>>CraigS
>>Gresham, OR
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>>Barking Crow wrote:
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>>>Here's my dilemma.  A friend that I sometimes work with on remodeling
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>>>wants me to turn an old 3 compartment stainless steel stand alone sink
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>>>a restaurant that we've done a bunch of carpentry work in, into a two
>>>compartment sink by cutting inside both walls of the middle compartment,
>>>discarding the middle section and welding the two end compartments back
>>>together to make a two compartment sink with an inch and a half or so
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>>>in the middle.  It seems to me like an incredible amount of work and that
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>>>should just cut out side one of the walls of the middle compartment and
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>>>it a two compartment sink that way.  He's worried that doing it that way
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>>>loose the nice curled top edge and that I should be able to weld the
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>>>back together.  Seems to me that there will be warping problems, and set
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>>>problems not to mention the grinding and rewelding trying to make the
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>joints
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>>>look nice, and the rust problems that will show up.  I'd be jusing my mig
>>>with I don't remember what gas that I have for welding stainless.
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>>>Any thoughts?
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>>>Thanks in advance.   Jeff in Tallahassee where it hit 80 and i was hot in
>>>shorts.
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