Easy grind mig wire

[Royal Ryser]

Where can I buy "easy grind" MIG wire? When I describe it that way to welding supply people, I draw a blank. Is it known buy another name or designation?
Thanks

[34PKUP]

Originally Posted by Royal Ryser

Where can I buy "easy grind" MIG wire? When I describe it that way to welding supply people, I draw a blank. Is it known buy another name or designation?
Thanks

Find someone who has a computer then 'Google' -'Easy grind weld wire'

[Tinker]

Here you go.

http://fordbarn.com/forum/showthread...rind+weld+wire

[Mike B]

Pretty sure it's made by Hobart...I think my local Tractor Supply carries it.

Edit:

Sorry, mis info, followed the link, it's ESAB, not Hobart.

[Tinker]

Mike it looks like TSC does carry some.

Metal meet discussion on easy grind wire.
http://www.metalmeet.com/forum/archi...php/t-873.html

[Torchie]

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Originally Posted by Royal Ryser

Where can I buy "easy grind" MIG wire? When I describe it that way to welding supply people, I draw a blank. Is it known buy another name or designation?
Thanks

Really
I got mine from my local autoparts store. They knew what it was right off.
What size/diameter are you going to use?
Torchie.

[Mike B]

Originally Posted by Tinker

Mike it looks like TSC does carry some.

Metal meet discussion on easy grind wire.
http://www.metalmeet.com/forum/archi...php/t-873.html

I was pretty sure they carried, just was confused since my TSC carries Hobart welders/etc.

Thanks for reassuring myself I'm not senile yet

[Dec211975]

I bought some from welding supply, Airgas also sells it. Here is the link to welding supply. https://weldingsupply.com/cgi-bin/ei...DEF:X:69130058

Regards,

Brian

[JSeery]

Sounds like a good idea, but is it really worth the cost and hassle of changing it back and forth? I would be willing to give it a try if it is was that much better, but most of what I have read just say somewhat better. Are there uses out there that are sold on the difference and think it justifies the cost?

[deuce_roadster]

JSeery, if you are trying to do the best body work you can the issue is the weld itself. If you want to metal finish the piece, the weld has to be as close in properties as the 2 pieces you are joining if you are going to try to work the repair. If the weld is harder, then it cracks and breaks, won't shrink the same and is generally difficult to shape with hammer and dolly and ends up lumpy. If all you are doing are lap joints and hitting it with filler, it probably doesn't matter what kind of wire you use. If you want smooth repairs that require only primer then you have to be able to work the welded pieces.
I personally now use TIG (like gas welding but with an oxygen free weld site) but have successfully used my MIG with the soft wire and still was able to metal finish the pieces. I have tried to fix other's work done with the harder (S6) wire and you have a real fight on your hands. It all depends on what your level of comfort is with the finished product as to if it is worth it to you.

[Carbroke]

I agree with deuce. Easygrind is a marketing ploy. I have used it and I don't think it grinds any different than any of the other stuff, yet it conforms to the same standards in strength and sheer etc.

TIG would be the best way to weld it by far, and next to that would be (IMHO) a jewelers torch on oxy/acetylene and keep the heat involved region to a minimum. A nice soft weld weld that hammers well and most closely matches the original material.

[quickchange34]

You will never metal finish it with any mig wire. Its either tig or torch.

[JSeery]

Have done a lot of torch welding and don't own a tig, so I guess it is torch. I like to hammer weld the seams which I understand you can't do with a MIG weld.

[Mike B]

Wow, guess I'd better buy new fenders, bedsides, etc , for all the cars and trucks I've had...I mig'ed the patches in.

[JSeery]

Looks like you have a lot of work ahead of you fixing all of that Mike!

[Mike B]

Lol!

[malpais]

Picked up some easy grind wire I had ordered from AirGas today. $15.00 per pound.

Outta weld itself.

[cmbrucew]

Acet welding with bailing wire worked good years before "mig & Tig.
Could it be skill is not what it was 50 years ago?
Bruce

[JSeery]

Yep, most of my work is gas. I get my grandson to mig for me and I don't have a tig.

[Mike B]

Originally Posted by cmbrucew

Acet welding with bailing wire worked good years before "mig & Tig.
Could it be skill is not what it was 50 years ago?
Bruce

Beings all my hay has been twined the past 20+ years, and coat hanger are now made of plastic...times have changed

Hey, them new fangled cars all have fuel injection now days too!