Welder advice needed

[JRouche]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

A spool gun is used for ALUMINUM... not stainless. Stainless wire will run on the spool that your other wire runs on...

When I weld SS with a MIG - RARELY since I also have a TIG machine - but when I do - I use a special Tri mix Stainless gas (90% helium, 7.5% argon, and 2.5% carbon dioxide).

Hey Greg I have a Q. Sorry OP, not hyjacking, just a quicky. I have a few 25lb spools of 308 wire. I dont have a machine to use them with so I was gonna use the filler with TIG. I see you like helium with MIG welding SS wire. What do you think about me using the filler with my argon gas? I just hate having this much filler around and not being able to use it. I have a wire straightener project thats in the works to straighten the wire. Any thoughts? JR