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link to How to Weld Cast Iron to Steel

How to Weld Cast Iron to Steel

There's a pretty wide range of reasons why someone might want to weld cast iron to steel. Whether the end use is structural, decorative, or something in between, there are ways of making these two...

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link to Can You Use Argon CO2 Mix for TIG Welding?

Can You Use Argon CO2 Mix for TIG Welding?

Usually, TIG welding is done with pure argon as a shielding gas and an argon-CO2 gas is used for MIG. However, with a massive rise in popularity of multipurpose welders that can do both MIG and TIG,...

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link to How to Reduce and Remove Welding Spatter Easily

How to Reduce and Remove Welding Spatter Easily

For beginner welders, you'll often get the feeling that you're learning more about grinding than you are about welding. With MIG and arc welding, you can always expect a certain amount of spatter...

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link to Can Steel Be Welded to Aluminum?

Can Steel Be Welded to Aluminum?

Both aluminum and steel are very weldable metals. There are no problems whatsoever in welding steel to steel, and aluminum to aluminum. But what happens when you need to cross the boundaries and join...

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link to 12 Different Types of Welding and What They’re Good For

12 Different Types of Welding and What They’re Good For

There are loads of different ways to fuse metals together. In this post, I'm going to introduce you to several of the more common methods that are popular. Here's the additional information that...

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link to Flame Cutting: Dealing with the Heat Affected Zone

Flame Cutting: Dealing with the Heat Affected Zone

One of the downsides of cutting metal with heat is the heat affected zone. Sometimes this doesn't affect the project at all; other times it's a complete deal breaker. How can you deal with the...

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