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Title: welding.. stainless to mild steel (exhaust) Post by: Ed on June 04, 2004, 11:14:13 PM Hello, can u join by welding, Stainless steel to mild steel?
Eg I want to join a stainless steel tube to my existing mild steel pipe on motorbike exhaust (to run a race can of course), but i want to weld these together. Is it possible? Using MIG with mild steel electrode.. or electrode which suits mild steel. Cheers Ed doesnt have to be ultra tidy, it's just a bash about bike. Title: Re: welding.. stainless to mild steel (exhaust) Post by: JB on June 05, 2004, 03:52:35 AM Hey Ed,
Give it a go on some scrap... See if that works. I thought that you had to use a special rod for stainless but am not sure. Cheers Jason. ;D Title: Re: welding.. stainless to mild steel (exhaust) Post by: Murray on June 07, 2004, 08:30:00 AM I know with a stick welder you can weld mild steel with stainless rods but not the other way round. Not sure if it's the same with a mig. Cheers Murray Title: Re: welding.. stainless to mild steel (exhaust) Post by: Sarge on June 07, 2004, 10:19:02 AM Ed
Have done it with Arc welding but never tried with mig. Have a crack and let us all in on the results. You need to use stainless wire/rod as mild will not take to stainless. Hope this is of some help. Regards Sarge Title: Re: welding.. stainless to mild steel (exhaust) Post by: Ed on June 08, 2004, 01:39:04 AM Dont think I'll have to now.
Am putting a Yoshi pipe onto my KLE500.. the pipe is worth more than the bike! anyway i am making a mild steel adaptor to use. so no need to weld. Cheers Ed Title: Re: welding.. stainless to mild steel (exhaust) Post by: streetneat on June 23, 2004, 07:42:49 PM Gday ED ...yep you CAN weld mild steel to stainless using the mig with no problems . I have done this numerous times in the past with items like stainless catches on pick up beds that are of course mild steel. So no need to panic. Stainless steel has a high content of regular steel in it... its still called steel remember... Cheers streetneat 8)
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