Originally Posted by
hairnet
Thanks!
Have you tried some large flux wire? Blows stick out of the water in terms of speed and deposition. 0.072" Lincoln NR232 is a hell of a wire to work with, really, so many burns and blisters.
I was at an installation site once, and they let try their large MIG rig (gasoline powered) it had flux core in it. I was positively impressed by the power it had but was not so keen on the splatter. The welds looked harder to clean up than when using something like 7018 sticks. That to me is the beauty of MIG, no slag to clean up.
Flux core technology has improved a lot and I can see the utility for construction work. Often you can't use regular MIG outside, because the wind blows the shielding gas away.