I originally went to Air Liquid when I started welding (8 months ago) and they wanted the $80 for 80cf (argon). To make a long story short, after approaching Air Liquid they would not budge on any of their prices. I.E. 5 times more for filler rod, 4.5 times more for gas, $100 more for helmet, 4-5 times for all other accessories.

Can our Argon welding gas bottles be stored horizontally? Our new supplier of E size bottles dropped off their first one on Friday. I tried to install over the weekend but quickly discovered that their bottles are 100mm or 4" to tall to fit under my welding bench like the old bottles do. The only way now is to lay it down on the floor.

May 4, 2010 · The problem with Argon is the arc is tough to start/maintain on steel. CO2 is cheap and puts a lot of heat into the material. But its prone to spatter. The solution has traditionally been to mix the two. The smoothing running argon with the hot running CO2. Many LWS don't stock mixtures other than 75/25 and pure argon and pure CO2 in 80 cu ft ...

Stainless, mild steel, chromalloy. its all 100% argon. the price differance for argon over c25 will never come close to the amount of money youll spend replacing tungsten, gas lenses and cups by running a co2 and argon mix. Now for explaining the gas labels. C25 or sometimes called 225 is 75% argon and 25% co2 C10 or 210 is 90% argon and 10% co2.

Excessive gas flow will not cause spatter, but it will burn up you wallet a lot faster. For CO2 15-20 cfh, if you are using mix gas or argon for short circuting somewhere between 25-35 cfh is a good starting point. If you want to get into spray transfer you are looking at a range of 45-55 cfh, as the arc is trasfered through the shielding gas only.

Sep 23, 2008 · Argon gas has a density of 1.78 grams per liter and carbon dioxide gas has a density of 1.98 grams per liter. These densities are close enough that mixing the gases (as in a C-25 cylinder) and running the mixture through a flowmeter will not significantly affect the accuracy of the reading if read on the meter's Argon scale.

I use about 5 cfh, gas lens, #4 cup, 14 to 33 amps average purged at about 2 cfh on the steel tuned exhaust pipes I make. I used 10 to 12 cfh, 48 amps dc #6 cup gas lens, purged at 5 cfh when I was welding stainless tube in the dairies. More gas …

The best gas for spray welding will also work well for pulsed spray welding. I would recommend that you try some argon CO2 mixes like 92% argon /8 CO2 and maybe some argon oxygen mixes to see what is best. 98% argon 2% oxygen is a good mix that would work well too.

Feb 28, 2017 · Obviously welding out of a pickup bed is less desirable that off a flatbed, but I haven't got around to building a flatbed yet. I am trying to organize the space and I'm wondering if I can get input on whether or not an argon bottle can be laid on its side when used or if it has to be upright. I would appreciate any insight on this.

Apr 7, 2011 · The manual for the Millermatic 200 does NOT give any info on shielding gas adjustments. All it says is that different gas mixtures have different requirments as far as pressure and flow. This is a good source of info.