Stainless Steel welding.

Can anyone tell me if it's straight forward to weld stainless steel? I need to mig weld stainless steel and is it the same as steel or will I need special welding wire? I've got some brackets that are ideal for making an axle so can anyone give me some info please.

Stu.

Done some reading up and I'm now even more confused ( if that's possable ) I use a gas-less mig welder and everything I've read is about the gas to use, so I don't know if I can weld with a gas-less welder. It looks as if I need special welding wire I've learned that it's very dangerous to inhale the fumes when welding stainless steel.
So I still need abit of help about the gas-less part of it.

Stu

never done stainless steel welding before but my brother does it on a daily basis ... im seeing him on sunday , i will ask

Thanks Matt.

Stu.

oh shi* i totally forgot to ask him was at wiltshire steam and vintage rally today , il ask him tomorrow if can

Not a problem Matt, I might have to have a re-think about welding the axle as I don't think it will be strong enough, so looking at plating and bolting it now.

Stu.

STU..
problem is you are to far away from us Dorset boys..i know a fella that did do it but not 100% sure he still does it..
its quite expensive to do though...
regards,mike.

Thanks Mike, think I've found away round welding it.

Stu.

excellent..good luck with it..
regards,mike..

you need to use stainless steel wire. as far as i know, you can't do it on a gasless mig

That's what I found out that I needed special gas, so I've got another idea to sort it. thanks for replying.

Stu.