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==Welding Stainless Steel== | |||
(dump from an email from Russ) | |||
Details on stainless welding here (including which grade wire to use): | |||
http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/stainless.htm | |||
Note that after welding, the surface of the metal is not as | |||
nonreactive as pristine stainless, and it's also pitted. Depending on | |||
the grade of finish required (food-grade tanks tend to require | |||
smoother finishes) metal fabricators will either grind or (better) | |||
"pickle" the surface to reduce this. Pickling is carried out with a | |||
mix of Nitric and Hydrofluoric acids and is generally not something I | |||
want to touch with a bargepole. | |||
Other thing to note is that fumes from stainless welding contain | |||
chromium and nickel and hence are more toxic and carcinogenic than | |||
normal welding fumes. The ventilation isn't brilliant, so I'd suggest | |||
breathing apparatus of some description. | |||
[[WeldingEquipment|Go Back To Main Welding Page]] | [[WeldingEquipment|Go Back To Main Welding Page]] | ||
[[Category:Tools for use on metal]] | [[Category:Tools for use on metal]] | ||
