[TheForge] Welding rod

[Larry and Pat Brown]

With the buzz box welders make sure that you are using AC rods, 6011, 6013, 
7014 and a few others. Look for small packs of rod in hardware stores or 
Lowes or Home Depot and try some fresh rods. Don't frustrate your self by 
trying to use the wrong rod with a bad coating to learn. Look at the 
information on the packages as to amperage, AC or DC and position
L Brown
(Learned on a Lincoln Buzz box many years ago, with some of the wrong rods, 
etc)


At 10:59 PM 8/18/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>At 01:55 PM 8/18/02, you wrote:
>
>A little addendum to Ray's good info.
>With the 60xx rods, ( for mild steel) you can generally get away with 
>drying them out in the kitchen oven . The rods with 70xx #s are " 
>generally low hydrogen rods and are quite sensitive to moisture ( 
>underbead cracking)  .The higher the number the drier it must be kept 
>generally. I've roasted 7018 thoroughly and used it without problem  for 
>shop tools and stuff but where lives are depending on the weld..get new 
>fresh stuff. I also use trash rod for general non-critical 
>applications...but then I'm a fool that way..used to making sculpture on 
>dinky budgets.
>Those little buzz boxes are wonderfully versatile tools...get to know the 
>different rods available..you'll be amazed at the stuff you can do....P