Mig or Tig ???

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Mig or Tig ???

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for use in SS cans , which is better ??? :)
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Re: Mig or Tig ???

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Tig is the way to go
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You have more control with tig ,mig will work fine but may not look as clean.Be sure of the SS type some do not weld well.
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Re: Mig or Tig ???

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While MIG offers more speed, TIG will offer a bit more flexability. Namely precision heat control and clean welds will be your friend on suppressors.
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I'd be surprised if anybody could outdo a skilled TIG-welder for such applications. Structural welding might be done faster and cheaper with other methods, but for delicate work my first and second option would be TIG.
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Re: Mig or Tig ???

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TIG is indeed a slower but more precise method. SS always requires good back purge or the use of a flux to prevent the sugaring.
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Anyone TiG weld 4130?

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If I can't get 316 SS that is straight enough for my 50 BMG project I might go with 4130. Anyone TiG weld 4130? I have used flux core MiG with decent results but think or hope I can do better with TiG.

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Re: Mig or Tig ???

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This is what they are talking about, hard to get the same results with a mig on small thin stuff.


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Re: Mig or Tig ???

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tigtigtigtigtigtigtigtigtigtigtigtig

is that good enough?

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Re: Mig or Tig ???

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once you try TIG, you will not want to bother with MIG unless you really have to get the thing welded fast. Especially if you only use flux core.
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G'Day Fella's,

Krinkov, as has already been suggested to you, Tig fusion welding is the best method of welding suppressors together!
I have been designing and making "Cans" for some time now (in Australia), and my .22 Rimfire and all my Centrefire Cans are Tig welded together!!!
I'll try to post an image or two.....?
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Well, I don't think that worked!
Bugger!!!

Doh!
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Homer - you've got to get your pictures onto the internet in such a way that they can be accessed with a URL. Then, here, when posting, you click the img button, you get

[img] | [slash img]

Then you've got to paste the URL for the picture between those symbols, like

[img]http://www.picturebin.com/mypic.jpg[slash img]
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G'Day Fella's,

Baffled, Thank You for that advice but unfortunately, I'm a bit computer illiterate!

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