Both Stick welding with 7018 and dual shield flux core are good processes but one is way more productive. If you are in business, that matters a lot.
Welding thick 4130 parts requires a preheat in order to prevent hard brittle areas. ER70 filler wire was used.
The basic settings are 100-140 amps using foot pedal so basically what that mean is at times I am at 140 amps but also much lower when heat soaks the small practice piece.
i used nearly 140 amps but when the aluminum gets soaked with heat, I used the foot pedal to use less amperage.
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If you have ever walked a 55 gallon drum across a shop floor, you understand how it works.
In this video I found some scrap pieces of 303 free machining stainless and chucked then up in a turntable and made a multipass weld walking the cup.
For a total of 7 passes.
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