Someone made the point about 6013's being more widely used over here (Europe - UK in my case). Granted, I don't do pipe work any more, but in the US you're so anti that I wonder if there is a difference. We used them on 3" - 36" water pipes in the sugar industry with no problems. Here we c...

That's one of the beauties of welding, however long you've been at it, there's always something new to learn. I've hardly had two jobs the same, and if I have I've nearly always tried something different the second time.

Hi, I'm Brian. I'm a fitter/welder, in the past on pipe work in sugar factories and heavy fabrication, but now mainly agricultural and construction machinery repair and some dairy pipe work. Been under the bucket on and off for over 35 years, on smaw, TIG, O/A, and gnaw when I can't avoid it. I'm he...