Welding Cars

The dash 2 stuff has a tiny bit more carbon but it has a full complement of oxidizers mixed in. The dash 6 has the standard oxidizer package (no aluminum, zirconium, or titanium). Both are 70,000 tensile strength electrode type wire solid rod cross section. Overall, they are very slightly different in there make up since the percentages are very minute. If it fills & settles somewhat better on steel that is a bit dirtier than brand new stuff then I can see why folks would want to use it. As far as strength and hardness, the two are basically the same.
 
Seems somewhat comical with the fuss about easy grinding, tensile strength, wire composition etc.,etc.
Some times you could not find any thing to hang your coat on because all the coat hangers were being used as welding rods.
Never had any sheet metal welding issues either. :)
 
I think one of the reasons for the decline of western society is the elimination of wire coat hangers. I can't weld anything anymore, nor paint small parts (because I don't have anything to hang therm on); things I used to be able to fasten together solidly are falling apart. If there was a dry cleaner in my town that used only wire coat hangers, I'd probably be their best customer.:D
 
tubman said:
I think one of the reasons for the decline of western society is the elimination of wire coat hangers. I can't weld anything anymore, nor paint small parts (because I don't have anything to hang therm on); things I used to be able to fasten together solidly are falling apart. If there was a dry cleaner in my town that used only wire coat hangers, I'd probably be their best customer.:D
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Can't even use bailing wire anymore either, they use that twine now.:mad:

Bob
 
When I was in A&P school, we used new bailing wire as a filler when O/A gas welding tube clusters and such. It is a bit softer than RG45 but worked well enough for destruction tests on the project stuff we welded up. Coat hangers are a bit larger in diameter plus they have a lacquer coating. The impurities show up somewhat when welding with them but they will work OK for the average cobble job. The rod is a bit too thick for easy use on the thinner stuff though.
 
I saw a program from Cuba. They were using the wire from a wire mesh fence. Not out of choice or because it offered an advantage, it was all they could lay their hands on.

Mart.
 
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