Just trying to clarify terms, as I'm in welding school, and want to understand exactly the correct and common use of the term "root pass." My welding instructor tells me that we will be burning 7018 almost exclusively during the 5 weeks we're focused on stick, before we go on to MIG, then...

Interesting thing I have found with pulse, with both 6013 and 7016. Without pulse, I was running into occasional situations at low amperage's (around 30-50 amps on 2.5mm rods) where the slag was starting to cover the puddle. To fix this I was previously kind of slightly long arcing with steep rod an...

More dicking around; 6013_vs_7016.jpg From top to bottom; 6013, 45 amps, EN 7016 45 amps, EN 7016 40 amps, EN 6013 40 amps, EN I found 6013 easier to follow the chalk line for whatever reason. Perhaps because of the shade I am using, I am not sure. Also the 6013 definitely sounded smoother, and was ...

12 bourbons, 40 amps, 7016 on 1.6mm sheet

I would like to clean it up properly but its 1am and I do not want to wake people. Each has a restart in there.

So last Sunday I went into work to try out some new weld lenses ( so excited about trying out different passive lenses at the moment ). Anyway, I was also dicking around with some LB52U 7016, which is a low hydrogen rod designed for root passes and what not. After hours of welding on plate, I decide...

Followed by a bunch of 6010 mincing around at various frequencys and about 20A, and then a 7016 @ 35A 170 Hz

So these top 4 beads were done @ 40 amps, 70 Hz, 50% balance ( ignore the 50hz chalk ). They are 2.5mm rods, electrode negative. The ones below it were of 2.5/2.0 mm rods, at around 35 amps, but just normal straight DC, no pulse ( from about a week or two ago ). An interesting thing I have noticed w...

Hmmmmm. Another friday, another box of bourbon, another set of trials :D Pulsed stick welding seems to be helping on the thin metal. I went outrageous and set it to 70 hz, and 50 balance. Was able to circle around previously blown holes and fill them in, and also run past previously blown holes with...

a lot of those look like its to cold and to slow. also the slag inclusion at the start is either to cold or rod angle. when i get the garage cleaned up enough (full of sawdust and oil at the mo) i shall see if i can run some myself. it would be a good trail of these crappy new ones i have. Done som...

got any pics? if your getting slag inclusions then typically the problem is rod angle. you need to use the arc to blow back the slag. so typically 45 degree angle. also need to use enough amps and keep up a decent travel speed. part of it is to out run the slag. also make sure your not trying to ma...

I cut up about 20 or 30 odd peices of 30x30x 60 long 2mm box tube stuff, and practiced making t joints, and butt welds with it. Tried both kobe 2.0mm 6013, and magmaweld 2.5mm 6013. Some times, the welds looked really pretty. Most times, while doing seemingly the same thing, parts of the welds came ...

Crikey. Had some more bourbons and turned the arc force down to -10, and dicked around again. The 6010 worked as per usual, but needed a higher amperage. But I ended up drinking myself into a situation where I was kinda whipping/stepping the 6013, except not over it's self.. kind of a tight Z fashio...

So I was dicking around wtih vertical for a while ( on a 6mm plate ) and went 'yeah nah yeah time for something different' and tried some 6010. I normally weld with ear plugs in out of habit, but this time did not, and holy shit was 6010 noisy in comparison to 6013. ROOOOOOOARRRRRR SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...

Thanks for the replies. The rod I bought was a Rutile­-Cellulosic one, here; https://www.magmaweld.com/welding-consumables/welding-electrodes/rutile-basic-electrodes/esr-11/uo/esr-11 I have an 18 box of bourbons and am working through trials. I really cannot get downhill to work very well... some pa...

Well so far, it seems vertical up is easiest and produces the nicest looking welds when I have the electrode pointing _down_. I had a few inch square 2mm sheet cutouts which I welded to a 6mm plat, and then welded them together... 60 amps horizontal with a tiny weaving pattern worked really well, as...

And hello there, how are ya goings? So I helped a mate weld up a chicken coup the last weekend. We used 25mm box steel to add the required bits, and it was like, I dunno, 2mm thick ish, if that. I used 6010 to fill in the fitting mis matches and to do the initial joints, and then used 7016 to get a ...

tweake wrote: ↑Mon May 02, 2022 3:05 am thanks for that, its appreciated.

Did you go and buy them all, ya bastard?

I went to go buy some more and they are not listed because they are super low on stock

I got a hold of some Magmaweld ESB44, which is a twin coated 7016. It runs purrrrdy, its like WIA Austarc 16TC, has a black glassy slag which pops off easy, except its about 1/4 of the price. No more slag being smothered so far, except I did note I had to long arc for a while at the starts to avoid ...

Thanks, that makes sense.

I do not think I have noticed it when running a decent amount of amps, but in this case I was worried about blow through of the thin material. I will give it go after I get a hold of some more rods

And hello there, how's it all goings? So today I was doing a bunch of welding of 1.6mm SHS, using 7016 and when I ran out of that, 7018. I had the amperage at about 60 -70 ish when using 7016. Anyway, several times I noticed it was going along all nice (horizontal, fillets and grooves), all be it a ...

Not quite an inch (that's what she said) but it was fun

Wowzers, I was playing on an over welded practice plate, and thought, 'fuck it, I feel like Trump, I'm going to make a wall''. And I started trying to lay a bead on top of the same bead, over and over... and I am not sure if its bad or not, I was using 7016 at the time, but I found that 'whipping' i...

Thanks Gdarc21. I have not tried your suggestions yet ( have not gotten around to bevelling plate and such ). But today I introduced a friend to 6010 rods. He is a beginner like me. We ended up doing some practice beads on approx 4 or 5 mm flat bar, welded together into a 10"x10" plate. He...

It sounds like your gap closed up halfway through. Maybe put tacks in the middle to keep gap apart as it does close in, sometimes only a wee bit but still enough to change stuff. Perhaps so.. But I don't really know what I am doing though, it was probably a fluke in the first place :) But to get us...

I am sure they are going to make this stuff illegal soon. Its high density fun :) I was dicking around with just 3/32 6010 and 7016, doing butt welds on 1/4 inch flat plate with a 3/32 gap between the two plates. No bevels, because lazy and noise. With the 6010 I was able to get a bead on the other ...