| Click your process to continue | Process Benefits | Metal Type | Metal Thickness | Skill Required | Common Applications |
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| MIG Wire |
- Better control on thin metals
- Clean welds with no slag
- Out-of-position welding
|
Steel, stainless, aluminum
|
24 ga+
(.025"+)
|
Low
|
- Auto restoration & repair
- Farm & ranch repairs
-
Home Projects
(racks, railings, etc.)
|
| MIG Flux Cored |
- Same welding machine for MIG & Flux Core
- Does not require shielding gas
- Suited for windy, outdoor conditions
|
Steel, stainless
|
1/8"+
|
- Outdoor repairs
-
Remote areas
(where a gas bottle doesn't fit)
|
| Stick |
- Suited for windy, outdoor conditions
- Forgiving on dirty or rusty metal
- Can weld at a long distance from machine
|
Steel, stainless
|
1/8"+
|
Moderate
|
- Outdoor repairs - rusty metal
- Farm equipment
|
| TIG |
- Cleanest process, no spatter or smoke
- Precise control, better on thin metal
- Best-looking, cosmetic weld beads
|
All weldable metals
|
.010"+
|
High
|
- Auto restoration & repair
- Motor sports
- Sport aviation
- General repair & fabrication
- Metal artwork
|
| Engine Driven |
- No electricity required
- Weld and generator power
- Field portable
|
Engine-driven welders are capable of MIG, TIG, and Stick.
|
- Maintenance & repair
- Fabrication
- Generator power
|
| Plasma Cutting |
- Precise cut with narrow heat-affected zone preventing warping & paint damage
- Piercing capabilities
- Fast
|
All electrically conductive metals
|
Up to 1-3/4"
|
Low
|
- Maintenance & repair
- Auto restoration & repair
- Metal artwork
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