The base metal doesn't have to be super clean to light up 6011s. On your machine, not much you can do except play with the amperage as it doesn't have any other settings like a modern-day inverter welder. If you keep having trouble, you might want to settle on 6013/7014 rods instead. Either that or...

3/32 is a pretty flexible rod & is prone to stick until you get the feel of it. Try a 1/8 at about 70 - 80 amps & move faster. The higher deposition rate of the larger rod will help. Yes indeedy, I was having troubles with the tip of the rod bouncing all over so I started 'pool que' (not su...

3/32 is a pretty flexible rod & is prone to stick until you get the feel of it. Try a 1/8 at about 70 - 80 amps & move faster. The higher deposition rate of the larger rod will help. Yes indeedy, I was having troubles with the tio of the rod bouncing all over so I started 'pool que' (not su...

* Skip below to "???" if you want to bypass the intro Hi, I have some property in Hawaii, on the Big Island, and I'm starting to get a lot of machines. The machines are getting rusty, so I'd like to fix them. I did some welding in and Industrial Mechanics class in High School (in the '80s)...