[TheForge] Stick welding question

[Larry and Pat Brown]

Pick up a cheap disposable aluminum pan that is long enough for the rod, 
then if you are married or have kids explain that they are not sparklers. 
If you have a vent fan in your kitchen use it and as Ray said a couple of 
hours should do it or at least make a difference. Next time you are near a 
dealer get a new # 5 box of rods and tape it closed after each use. You 
could use 6011, 6012, 6013, 7014 up to 1/8 with that machine if I remember 
those days correctly.
Larry Brown
NYC


At 03:49 PM 8/7/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>250 degrees in the oven should do it for a couple of hours.
>
>Ray Miller
>Cincinnati
> >
> > From: "irontree" <irontree@visi.com>
> > Date: 2003/08/07 Thu PM 02:56:39 EDT
> > To: <theforge@mailman.qth.net>
> > 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