YAP! I need someone who can decently weld stainless steel to mild steel or mild to mild. It's 3" piping for a turbo car I am building up. I'll have everything cut and marked for welding. You won't have to weld while it's on the car it'll be in your hands so you can move around. It should take about 30 mins for about 10 welds total. We'll be using the welders at UMR if you want. A little reward for your trouble will be offered and maybe I can throw in Cartman to give you a BJ from JLO . Anyway...reply to this or e-mail me --> amsrh7

Thanks guys!

what type of steel you are welding doesn't matter, they will blend. it doesn't take special equipment or skills.
define "little reward".
i'll pass on the hand job, thanks.

I don't know maybe 10 or 15 dollars or a case of something if you want (It's only a half hour of work). The welds don't have to look pretty but it has to be sealed and this shouldn't be the first or even second time you've welded something.

Thanks for replying

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give me your phone # & info, and i'll let you know as soon as i have time.

Yes it does. To properly weld things, they have to be the exact same material.

You can get different kinds of steel to stick together, but it won't be a very good weld.

Of course, basic metallurgy tells me that the weld will be strong, but the heated metal right next to the weld will be very weak. So...

exactly... the weld is always stronger than the metal next to it. assuming you know how to weld. but, you can't avoid it. i have stainless wire, the metal & weld will be stainless, but (depending on thinkness), the .1-.5" around the weld will lose its properties.

Hmm...if only you could perform friction-stir welding on a cylindrical part...

If you haven't seen that stuff, swing by the Met department and ask Dr. Kohser to show you where it is. That stuff is freaking cool...

FSW allowed the space shuttle external tank to lose several thousand pounds. that thing is friggin huge, and it's made of ~1/8" aluminum lithium alloy. i've been inside one... the FSW allowed them to lose the extra thickness they needed for traditional welding or bolting.