[TheForge] Welding Rod

[Dan Tull]

Mostly position.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick" <rick at smokyforge.com>
To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 7:51 AM
Subject: [TheForge] Welding Rod


> Hi folks -
>
>    I am in the midst of a dilemma.  I used to weld every day, and got 
> pretty good at it, but never learned about picking out which rod to use. 
> (I was primarily a layout man and only welded to fill in.)  I have heard 
> 7018 touted as a good all around rod.  I had some 7014 rod here that was 
> probably 10-12 years old and never in a rod cabinet, since I don't have 
> one.  It also gets quite humid here in the summer.  That 7014 rod worked 
> great the other day when I used it.  The 6011 or 6013 I had wouldn't work 
> near as well.
>
>    Can someone tell me what the letters mean?  I know the first tells 
> tensile strength, but what do the others mean?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rick Crawford at Rafter Lazy C
>  Home of Smoky Forge and Lem the Wonder Mule
>   In the middle of Northern Illinois
>
>    http://www.smokyforge.com
>     rick at smokyforge.com
>
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