At work, in the shop its all MIG. All aluminum is heavy ramps so the spool guns work good. On the road, its stick. [2 Miller big blue air pacs and 4 Bobcat 225Ds]
At home, [my shop], Tig and MIg run close. I do alot of aluminum repairs, marine/boat stuff, so TIG is used a bunch, but I also repair trailers, farm equipment etc, so the MIG gets used a bunch. I have a Bobcat 225D that I never use since I only work in the shop.
View Poll Results: What process do you use most?
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01-23-2008, 07:13 AM #11
Scott
HMW [Heavy Metal welding]
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01-23-2008, 08:17 AM #12
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01-23-2008, 08:44 AM #13
ha ha, We have 5 road service trucks [1 spare bobcat]. We take care of a fleet of electric utillity trucks, 450+ vehicles [bucket trucks, derricks, trenchers, etc] always plenty to work on
The air pacs are awesome, built in rotary screw compressor and can jump start anything.
Scott
HMW [Heavy Metal welding]
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01-23-2008, 09:26 AM #14
No listing for FCAW
I have burned 150# of .072 FC since January 1st.
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01-23-2008, 10:04 AM #15
I use stick more than any other. I don't have access to a MIG at work, just the Thunderbolt, Ranger 8, and an old Forney that's still goin strong after 40+ years of service. I do occasionally use a MIG at the school, we have 2 MM185s and a MM210, but i rarely use them unless i'm in a hurry or doing alot of stuff with small materials.
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Miller Thunderbolt XL AC/DC
Performance Tools 6" Bench Grinder
Craftsman Hand Tools
Craftsman Cordless Drills
DeWalt Angle Grinder
1976 AMC Jeep CJ7
1980 Ford F150 Custom
1994 Chevrolet Silverado C1500
At Work
Miller Bobcat 250
2 Miller MM251s
2 Miller MM252s
Miller Dialarc 250 AC/DC
Lincoln Idealarc 250 AC/DC
Snap-On Flux Core Welding Machine
Hypertherm Plasma Cutter
Victor Torches
2006 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD 4x4
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01-23-2008, 07:38 PM #16
I like to use GTAW when I can, I don't like spatter anymore. But I find myself using GMAW more often then I like, mainly for speed and convienence.
Tim Beeker,
T-N-J Industries
(my side bussiness)
Miller Synchrowave 350LX with tigrunner
Esab 450i with wire feeder
HH135 mig
Thermal Dynamics cutmaster 51 plasma cutter
Miller aircrafter 330 - sold
Marathon 315mm coldsaw
vertical and horizontal band saws
table saw
Dewalt cut off saw
Sand blast cabinet
lots of hand grinders
Harris torch
beer fridge
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01-25-2008, 08:21 PM #17
I kind of figured this.
Before I asked you guys for help on this one I had a pretty good debate with one of my supplier as to what was used most. I said mig he said tig. I thought that stick might be up there with it but it seems that mig is replacing (by application) it's popularity slowly year by year. I know ya all like to tig and why not? it's more fun, prettier and takes more skill. Tig seems to be used more in our garages on our own projects than in the shop where we have to turn things over faster and make that buck.
Thanks, I won the $5 bet.
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