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Barbequed 7018

Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 8:22 pm
by mbmalone
Has anyone tried Barbequed 7018's?
It seemed like a good idea at the time ...

I saw someone welding on some cast iron and they first barbequed that sucker, so I thought it might work for drying out some 7018?

Re: Barbequed 7018

Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 11:23 pm
by AKweldshop
mbmalone wrote:Has anyone tried Barbequed 7018's?
It seemed like a good idea at the time ...

I saw someone welding on some cast iron and they first barbequed that sucker, so I thought it might work for drying out some 7018?


Buy one of these....
I got one a while back at a yard sale for $5.
Put a handful of rods in, and turn it on....

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Re: Barbequed 7018

Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 11:50 pm
by MinnesotaDave
AKweldshop wrote: Buy one of these....
I got one a while back at a yard sale for $5.
Put a handful of rods in, and turn it on....

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Yeah, and then when you weld you always smell "hot pockets" and leftovers :D

Re: Barbequed 7018

Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 11:55 pm
by AKweldshop
MinnesotaDave wrote:
AKweldshop wrote: Buy one of these....
I got one a while back at a yard sale for $5.
Put a handful of rods in, and turn it on....

Image

Yeah, and then when you weld you always smell "hot pockets" and leftovers :D

No,
"Rocky Mountain Oysters", if you get my drift. ;) 8-)

Re: Barbequed 7018

Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 12:17 am
by MinnesotaDave
AKweldshop wrote:
MinnesotaDave wrote:
AKweldshop wrote: Buy one of these....
I got one a while back at a yard sale for $5.
Put a handful of rods in, and turn it on....

Image

Yeah, and then when you weld you always smell "hot pockets" and leftovers :D

No,
"Rocky Mountain Oysters", if you get my drift. ;) 8-)
Only when you buy them in Montana or Sturgis ;)

Re: Barbequed 7018

Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 12:30 am
by AKweldshop
I missed the joke Dave.... :?

Re: Barbequed 7018

Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 12:31 am
by MinnesotaDave
AKweldshop wrote:I missed the joke Dave.... :?
Those are the only places I saw Rocky Mountain Oysters.

Re: Barbequed 7018

Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 12:34 am
by AKweldshop
MinnesotaDave wrote:
AKweldshop wrote:I missed the joke Dave.... :?
Those are the only places I saw Rocky Mountain Oysters.

Haha,
We've got lots of names for them...

Sack lunch is the best so far.. :lol:

Re: Barbequed 7018

Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 12:35 am
by Braehill
After watching John's farm videos, I don't even want to know what his toaster oven smells like, Yikes!

Len

Re: Barbequed 7018

Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 7:44 pm
by Otto Nobedder
I think we can all agree...

Eating "Rocky Mountain Oysters" certainly takes balls!

Re: Barbequed 7018

Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 7:54 pm
by MinnesotaDave
Otto Nobedder wrote:I think we can all agree...

Eating "Rocky Mountain Oysters" certainly takes balls!

Re: Barbequed 7018

Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 9:15 pm
by AKweldshop
Otto Nobedder wrote:I think we can all agree...

Eating "Rocky Mountain Oysters" certainly takes balls!

That's about the size of it....

You guys had better try them.

No worse for you than shrimp caviar.... :roll:

Re: Barbequed 7018

Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 10:17 pm
by mcoe
I am a cheap skate, if I was going to eat anything like that it would be deer balls, they're under a buck :lol:

Re: Barbequed 7018

Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 10:34 pm
by AKweldshop
mcoe wrote:I am a cheap skate, if I was going to eat anything like that it would be deer balls, they're under a buck :lol:
Hahaha!!

Re: Barbequed 7018

Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2014 12:11 am
by 79jasper
You sure they weren't cooking the cast piece?

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Re: Barbequed 7018

Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 10:07 pm
by DylanWelds
If you have "wet" 7018 and Stick them to a piece of steel and let them heat up for like 5-10 seconds , will that take the moisture out and make them ready to use again? (Once they cool down)

Re: Barbequed 7018

Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 10:12 pm
by AKweldshop
DylanWelds wrote:If you have "wet" 7018 and Stick them to a piece of steel and let them heat up for like 5-10 seconds , will that take the moisture out and make them ready to use again? (Once they cool down)

Its a matter of opinion.....

Wouldn't meet code I'm sure.

Re: Barbequed 7018

Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2014 6:24 pm
by Otto Nobedder
DylanWelds wrote:If you have "wet" 7018 and Stick them to a piece of steel and let them heat up for like 5-10 seconds , will that take the moisture out and make them ready to use again? (Once they cool down)
John's right that it wouldn't meet code, but if they're freshly damp and haven't rusted under the flux, this method will drive off moisture, making them suitable for general-purpose work.

If, however, they're very wet... They may react like damp 308/309 rod, which behaves a bit like popcorn... If there's enough moisture, and it all boils at once, the flux will explode off the rod. I've never had this happen with 7018, but with the hard-composition flux, I'd imagine it's possible.

That, by the way, is a relatively safe prank to play on a fellow hand who's welding 308/309... Wet one pretty good (soak it for a minute...), wipe it dry, slip it in his rod bag, and wait for the fun. About 2-3 seconds in, three or four inches of flux will abruptly fly in all directions with a distinct "pop".

Steve S