Argon Shortage

marcus1 · Postby **marcus1** » July 2nd, 2009, 7:49 am

There is a memo circulating ,shortage of Argon gas on the island for about a month.

Postby **Notorious Scullman** » July 2nd, 2009, 7:54 am

Ah gone!

yuh could have mine

Supazuki · Postby **Supazuki** » July 2nd, 2009, 8:01 am

oh gorm dat mean doubles gone up again, taxi fare likey to increase by ah $1 :mrgreen:

RBphoto · Postby **RBphoto** » July 2nd, 2009, 8:18 am

Fabricators will be affected.

Postby **tr1ad** » July 2nd, 2009, 10:00 am

^^ price gone up to fab a 6" spool

RBphoto · Postby **RBphoto** » July 2nd, 2009, 10:25 am

tr1ad wrote:^^ price gone up to fab a 6" spool

Already? Damn. Wonder if this will affect any mufler/ body shop prices.

InDeForest · Postby **InDeForest** » July 2nd, 2009, 10:53 am

They use the cheap CO2

kurpal_v2 · Postby **kurpal_v2** » July 2nd, 2009, 11:04 am

*looks outside and sees argon tank on truck*

Naaaa man...

*wonders if it empty*

:shock:

urabus · Postby **urabus** » July 2nd, 2009, 11:15 am

Notorious Scullman wrote:Ah gone!

whey u gone?

RBphoto · Postby **RBphoto** » July 2nd, 2009, 2:37 pm

InDeForest wrote:They use the cheap CO2

Are you that CO2 is the correct gas to be used with those machines, or is it a bush substitute?

InDeForest · Postby **InDeForest** » July 2nd, 2009, 5:26 pm

It is fine for carbon and mild steel, as far as I know, I believe the hardcore stainless steel and aluminum men would need their argon. Plenty muffler shops use CO2 right thru.
I've dragged out an old canadian welding textbook I have here, which says that CO2 is fine for all carbon and low alloy (ferrous) steels, with the advantage of high penetration, high welding speed, and low cost, the disadvantage being more surface spatter and a rougher bead appearance.