[TheForge] welding rod question

[Peter Fels and Phoebe Palmer]

At 08:51 AM 12/11/01, you wrote:

Jeff:
Take some of the stock you are forging and draw it out to welding rod size, 
then weld with a torch or TIG.
However, I have not been very successful in drawing out these welded 
sections very far without cracking....Pete






>At 15:05 11/30/01, you wrote:
>>Is there a rod that is more like mild steel than 6013?  I was just welding a
>>1/2" rod back on itself to make a plant hanger and when filing the weld to
>>blend it notice that the weld is harder than the steel and therefore tricky
>>to file to blend it in.  I think I remember that the pure iron people sell a
>>welding rod that's supposed to be better with pure iron, so is there one I
>>should use if I'm gonna forge the weld?
>>
>>Thanks,   Jeff Valentine
>
>Sometimes I'm a little slow off the mark and it takes a while for some 
>things to work their way thought the twists and tangles of my mine.
>
>Have you ever considered gas welding the parts?  You can use mild steel, 
>the same as your project's stock, for the weld.  Then when you file or 
>even if you use a chemical coloring agent you will get consistent results 
>across the weld.  I've just learned gas welding myself, and although not 
>quite as convenient as clipping on the ground cable, flipping the switch 
>and b-z-z-z-z-z, it's not all that cumbersome to set up.
>
>Just a delayed thought.
>
>Dave Brown
>Blacksmith/Tinsmith
>Green Bay, WI
>ABANA, UMBA, GoM, MODA, ARG
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