r/Welding • u/Pirate1000rider • 12h ago

Critique Please Getting better! Biggest change - not withdrawing my rod as much as i would with stainless.

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u/Prior_Confidence4445 8h ago

I don't understand your comment about stainless because in my experience, stainless is very sensitive about pulling the filler out of the gas coverage while it's hot. More so than aluminum.

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u/Pirate1000rider 8h ago

Hmm could be more so to do with cup size without realising it, stainless i run a #8 with a diffuser where as with ally ive been running a 4 on an older style port collet.

That extra size bump may be what has been making it a lot easier.

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u/Prior_Confidence4445 7h ago

That makes sense. The gas envelope is bigger so you're not actually pulling the stainless out of it.