[TheForge] Stick rod vs mig

[Larry Brown]

Try heating and cooling low a few times (At least once) Annealing it might 
help make up for the different metals.
Usually works for me
Larry Brown
Oops, I slipped back to talking bout metal


At 09:14 AM 12/19/2007 -0500, you wrote:

>For some reason two pieces of steel welded with my stick welder will forge
>out clean and pretty but when welded with my 185 Miller and whacked with the
>power hammer, the steel looks like it is trying to delaminate. The heat
>looks right, penetration looks good, the wire is just a solid mild steel
>wire and the gas is argon & CO2....
>
>It seems to do a good job structural welding so why won't it forge decently?
>
>Ron C