Ok boys How much stronger is a stick weld over a mig weld. the reason I ask is I do a lot of big steel work. I always stick weld (i use a 106 rod its similar to a 7018)
well my buddy was looking at some miller generators that will push an arc or a mig. Well I dont think that a mig weld would be strong enough. Yes it would be a lot faster and easier. I do a lot of overhead and vertical up's. I just wanted some opinions.


Modified by NINJASWORD at 10:40 PM 3/23/2006

 

theyre really different processes. i wouldnt compare the two.

and its just arc...no h

 

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I know its a different process, I know how to mig weld steel. The question is are they equal in strength?

 

Arc is the strongest out of all of them. All structural people will say the same. It provides proper penetration and shielding. Any building structure, pressure tube, or fluid transfer tube in your entire city was arc welded. On building structures they require something like 7 full passes.

 

Arc welding encompasses a ton of different processes. GTAW, SMAW, GMAW, SAW, FCAW, etc etc.

GMAW vs SMAW is two different processes, used for two different things.

 

most of the steel beams we build at work we mig with flux core. When I had to get state certified for structure steel welding We had to MIG and do vertical up's