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Welder Can't Weld STAINLESS?
Guy's I'm trying to weld some stainless steel w/ my Hobart MIG welder. I have stainless wire, but normal mild steel gas that is 75% Argon/ 25% CO2. It just won't weld. It will strike an arc at first but then die, and a "glob" forms on the wire.
I used this same set up this past summer and it worked great, but I was just tacking nuts onto bar stock. Now I have to run some short beads.
Any ideas? I had the stainless wire out of the machine for a couple months, could oxide have formed on the stainless wire and that is what is screwing me up?
As far as I know, it was working fine with the mild steel wire, but I'm about to go put that wire back in and try it again.
Any input is appreciated!
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