[TheForge] Brooms and Welding Cast

[Washington, Aubrey O.]

Okay.  Checking out he Lincoln web site I found this table of electrodes:
http://www.mylincolnelectric.com/Catalog/consumableseries.asp?browse=104|2030|

One message I get from reading it is there are several different version of E6011 (Fleetweld 35, 35LS, 180) and seven different types of E7018!  I guess I need to be more specific when I ask questions.  I'm pretty sure Fleetweld 180 is the 6011 I've been using.  Fleetweld 47 appears to be the only E7014.  There sure are a bewildering number of choices.

I think it's humerous the way Lincoln editorializes as it describes the electrodes instead of being purely objective.  "Here's a terrific all-position electrode...."  "Operators consistently give this electrode high marks."  "There's a long list of reasons why operators are so loyal to...."  This kind of promotional advertising sees odd in table like this.

Aubrey