[TheForge] welding rusting metal
Ron Kimball
[email protected]
Thu Oct 24 21:21:01 2002
On Thu, 24 Oct 2002 16:59:21 +0000, [email protected] wrote:
>Can someone recommend a good stick to use for welding rusting metal. The 1/2
>wall 6" by 6" steel tube for the upright of the power hammer I am going to
>build has been sitting outside for a few months and now it is rusted all over.
>I am going to fill the in inside with concrete to add stability but the outside
>has to have the hammer support welded to it. Clean it? Polish it? weld right
>through the rust? suggestions?
If you are going for maximum strength get it to bare metal.