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Stick welding vs MIG on a big repair job I had last spring

Had to choose between stick and MIG for a cracked boiler drum in Gary. Went with stick because the wind was brutal. Took me 8 rods to get it right but that bead held like iron. Any of you guys face that choice on site and pick wrong?
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lisa_bennett
Preheat consistency matters more than the process choice in wind like that.
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samward
samward1d ago
That line about preheat consistency is interesting - were you running a temp stick on the metal between passes, or just relying on the initial heat to carry through?
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