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Hobart Filler Metals Offer Ease of Use to Custom Welder

By: Hobart Brothers

Tough fabricating jobs require the best filler metal. That’s why M&M Welding relies on Hobart stick electrodes and wires. The Hobart® 7018 XLM 7018 stick electrodes offer the California-based company easy-to-remove slag for the custom welding jobs it takes on, helping to minimize post-weld clean up and get the job done faster. Adding the Fabshield® XLR-8 self-shielded flux-cored wire to the operation allows owner/operator Mark Upshaw to gain the welding performance he needs, even with varying voltage parameters.

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The filler metals I use are primarily Hobart. I use 7018 XLM, and the slag removal is extremely easy to remove; if it doesn’t just fall off on its own. I also use  XLR8, which is a self-shielded wire. Your parameters can be a volt or two volts off and it still runs, it still welds beautifully. The Hobart filler metals are the best consumables money can buy.


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