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Posted by Steve B on April 21, 2007, 10:52 pm
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I have a Lincoln SP 175+ wirefeed. I only use gas shielded wire.
I want to go buy a roll of general purpose FCAW wire. I believe IIRC, the
rollers will handle up to .035" wire. I like buying the 10# rolls for
economy.
What is a good general purpose FCAW wire?
Steve
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Posted by Grant Erwin on April 22, 2007, 1:26 am
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Steve B wrote:
> I have a Lincoln SP 175+ wirefeed. I only use gas shielded wire.
>
> I want to go buy a roll of general purpose FCAW wire. I believe IIRC, the
> rollers will handle up to .035" wire. I like buying the 10# rolls for
> economy.
>
> What is a good general purpose FCAW wire?
>
> Steve
>
>
Ernie recommends Coreshield 8, made by Esab, and further suggests you
avoid all Lincoln innershield wire.
GWE
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Posted by Ernie Leimkuhler on April 22, 2007, 3:32 am
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> Steve B wrote:
> > I have a Lincoln SP 175+ wirefeed. I only use gas shielded wire.
> >
> > I want to go buy a roll of general purpose FCAW wire. I believe IIRC, the
> > rollers will handle up to .035" wire. I like buying the 10# rolls for
> > economy.
> >
> > What is a good general purpose FCAW wire?
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
>
> Ernie recommends Coreshield 8, made by Esab, and further suggests you
> avoid all Lincoln innershield wire.
>
> GWE
Yes but I don't know if you can find Coreshield 8 in the smaller wire
sizes.
It is readily available in the larger industrial sizes.
For non-critical work many wires will work.
Lincoln, Hobart, ESAB, Harris, all make decent Self-Shielded Flux-Core
wires.
The AWS designation for these wires is E71T-8.
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Posted by pgrey on April 22, 2007, 5:07 pm
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> I have a Lincoln SP 175+ wirefeed. I only use gas shielded wire.
>
> I want to go buy a roll of general purpose FCAW wire. I believe
> IIRC, the rollers will handle up to .035" wire. I like buying the
> 10# rolls for economy.
I'm pretty sure that the 175+ will handle .045 wire; at least they say so in
their literature. Whether it does it hadnles .045 well, I don't know. You
may need to get another liner, though.
Petet
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Posted by Ernie Leimkuhler on April 22, 2007, 8:44 pm
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> Steve B wrote:
> > I have a Lincoln SP 175+ wirefeed. I only use gas shielded wire.
> >
> > I want to go buy a roll of general purpose FCAW wire. I believe
> > IIRC, the rollers will handle up to .035" wire. I like buying the
> > 10# rolls for economy.
>
> I'm pretty sure that the 175+ will handle .045 wire; at least they say so in
> their literature. Whether it does it hadnles .045 well, I don't know. You
> may need to get another liner, though.
>
> Petet
Please don't try to run 0.045" wire in a 175.
Those machines max out on 0.035" wire.
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> I want to go buy a roll of general purpose FCAW wire. I believe IIRC, the
> rollers will handle up to .035" wire. I like buying the 10# rolls for
> economy.
>
> What is a good general purpose FCAW wire?
>
> Steve
>
>