[TheForge] Welding Rod- 6013?

[Larry Brown]

6011 is a high penetration rod and 6013 is a low penetration rod. 
Penetration is the depth of mixing of the base metal and the rod metal.
6013 works fine, maybe the hobby tag is because it works on AC buzz boxes 
and is usually sold in small packages not just 50# cans
L Brown

At 07:07 AM 6/9/2006 -0700, you wrote:
>What I found is that I usually try to run 6011 too cold. Try boosting the 
>amps if you have trouble starting an arc, and try clamping your ground on 
>clean metal close to the weld, rather than on the table if that's what 
>you're doing.
>7014 is very sweet to use but it doesn't penetrate particularly well, so 
>watch that.
>Now, I hear 6013 called "hobby rod". Does that mean it doesn't work? Seems 
>like a good compromise for those of us who don't work on big enough 
>projects to need full boxes of 7018. I know of some fine old battered 
>trailers that were built with 6013 and just go and go forever.