Welding 13-8 forging

[ChadInColo]

One of the people in out shop needs to do some welding of a 13-8 stainless forging in a non-critical area. Is this possible? If it is, what filler would you recommend? This is for filling a hole used in locating for fixturing, again, it is a non-critical area, it will get cut off in a later operation. Thanks for any help.

 

[GRoberts]

If it is getting cut off later, I imagine that anything that wouldn't crack would do. The first electrode I would look at is 309.

 

[TVP]

308 or 309 are acceptable electrodes.