[TheForge] Stick welding question

Thu Aug 7 15:55:01 2003

250 degrees in the oven should do it for a couple of hours.

Ray Miller
Cincinnati
> 
> From: "irontree" <[email protected]>
> Date: 2003/08/07 Thu PM 02:56:39 EDT
> To: <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Stick welding question
> 
> Thanks...I got a box (20 lbs) of free rods (6013) from a school metal shop
> that was closing.  The rod was really old and sitting in a cardboard box in
> a closet for years.  I am betting humidity unless flux can spoil???  I'll
> try baking them for a bit
> 
> Temperature?  time?  Can I just put them on a stainless steel broiler
> pan?....Will it ruin the pan?
> 
> Dan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ralph Sproul <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> Date: Thursday, August 07, 2003 12:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Stick welding question
> 
> 
> >Dan,  It sounds like if you have the same welder, on the same amperage,
> >using the same rods,  it is a humidity problem with all the rain and humid
> >weather we've had lately.  If the flux is blistering off when you strike
> and
> >arc that is definitly the problem - but that's usually when it's real bad.
> >
> >Ralph
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "irontree" <[email protected]>
> >To: <[email protected]>
> >Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 10:15 AM
> >Subject: [TheForge] Stick welding question
> >
> >
> >> Hey all,
> >>
> >> I need some welding advice.
> >>
> >> I have an old Lincoln buzz box (220 volts, 50 amps).  Lately my welds
> have
> >> been filled with bubbles.   What's wrong?
> >>
> >> possiblilties:  Old sticks?, too much amperage?, sticks left sitting out
> >> (humidity)?, etc.
> >>
> >> Any advice?
> >>
> >> Dan
> >> www.irontreeworks.com
> >>
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