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[eagle19952]

The rods I can get easily are 6011, 6013, 7014, 7018. I've got some 312 for welding stainless to mild steel. I can use 1/16, 3/32 but 1/8 is a challenge for my welder.


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8018 works well on stainless..iirc.

[mikelutestanski]

Hello.  Keep working on you skills with the stick.. takes practice , practice, practice.   You can find guidance on youtube about the right combination of rod and materials to help.. lots of info out there....     i started welding with a lincoln buzzbox 55 years ago.... still the best way to go but a good DC welder helps...
     Do mind the fumes ::: take precautions....eyes and lungs are priceless and you only have two each.....
    Regards and happy welding
      Mike

[TomC]

I bought a cheapy wire feed welder that uses flux core wire (165amp). Easy to weld with up to 1/4". Good Luck, TomC

[Oonrahnjay]

I bought a cheapy wire feed welder that uses flux core wire (165amp). Easy to weld with up to 1/4". Good Luck, TomC 

    240V, Tom?

[sledhead]

thanks for the link's on the heat exchanger's    Derrick 

dave

[brmax]

With your list of rods, you wont go back after using 7018 in 3/32 in my opinion. That 6011 is a brute in dirty metal and gettin in deep but/and it splatters the crap away. So in that arena less
amps / heat and it can help ya in the muck.
I stuck a few rods with a miller welder on my service truck, i had the options for AC but never unpluged from DC. Good luck and try 85 amps if runnin dc.
That 6011 will make ya dance and wish you had non melting clothes on. Cotton is king

Good day there
Floyd

[kyle4501]

MIG welding is like hot glue, only lots hotter.
Stick is more versatile, but MIG is so easy once you learn the setup. I never did get the hang of stick welding . . .


My first few projects used more grinding discs than should have . . . .

[DoubleEagle]

I think we have seen two very valuable welding training aids: a fantastic example of bubble-gum welds that might not survive a good blow with a sledge hammer, and a stellar example of a beautiful weld that will take any blow.

[Zephod]

With your list of rods, you wont go back after using 7018 in 3/32 in my opinion. That 6011 is a brute in dirty metal and gettin in deep but/and it splatters the crap away. So in that arena less
amps / heat and it can help ya in the muck.
I stuck a few rods with a miller welder on my service truck, i had the options for AC but never unpluged from DC. Good luck and try 85 amps if runnin dc.
That 6011 will make ya dance and wish you had non melting clothes on. Cotton is king

Good day there
Floyd

3/32 can be challenging for my 90A welder.


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[eagle19952]

3/32 can be challenging for my 90A welder.


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back in the day...worked on harbor dredges.
we had barges that were sinking when it rained..
there were many feet of cracks..old old rusty barges..
my point.
Your job was to weld and weld and weld some more...
We had an old one handed hook hand welder.
he could stick 3-5 6011 rods end to end.
stand up hood off, stinger balanced on his boot... and could run all five rods sight unseen by the sound in a straight pass, smoke a cig and finish a coffee... just like a wire feed.
6011 is not just splatter rod.

[Zephod]

I went in a slightly different direction. I welded the top onto the main unit. Just one screwup... I put the tube coming out the wrong side. Oh well... I'll work around that. 7014 rods, steady movement and thin steel seem to work well.


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