[TheForge] Welding Rod- 6013?

[Jerry Smith]

I get damaged or open 50 lbs tins of 7018 electrodes 2
or 3 times a year. I put them in the broiler for about
an hour, let them cool and put them in those plastic
rod cases that seal up tight. They work great, cost
little and don't get used for strong structual type of
welding.

Jerry

--- Gladish Family <gladish at cnw.com> wrote:

> Oh, noes! All our dirty little secrets are coming
> out now!
> *scrunches eyes shut and clenches fists* "My name is
> Andy and I'm a 
> welder. I, too, use old damp 7018 if I need to to
> get a job done"
> 
> A.G.
> 
> Mike Porter wrote:
> 
> >I didn't want to get involved in this discussion,
> but can see that a
> >dissenting voice is now desperately needed. In
> about 35 years spent as a
> >multi-certified weldor (this was originally the
> correct spelling when
> >referring to the operator instead of the equipment)
> I've heard a lot of
> >prejudice passing for wisdom. When it comes to
> welding rods, tunnel vision
> >seems to narrow down close to a pin-point.
> Certified welders (not to
> >overheat Spellchecker) are the prime carriers of
> this particular disease,
> >but shouldn't be blamed for it. 
> >
> >You see, no matter how good a welder may be, if
> he/she doesn't certify for
> >some particular project, or if any of his/her work
> doesn't meet quality
> >standards--for any reason whatsoever--he/she turns
> instantly from
> >grudgingly-put-up-with-necessary-evil to unemployed
> BUM. This naturally
> >promotes paranoia, leading to antisocial demeanor,
> thus ending in social
> >segregation, which promotes...well, you all get the
> idea. So narrow
> >mindedness is constantly reinforced, and chance
> taking is--often
> >severely--discouraged.
> >
> >Thus, we may have devolved to the point where only
> retired welders can
> >overcome combative attitudes well enough to admit
> that, the rules apply when
> >they work, but are often quite successfully broken.
> I have used 7018 so old
> >and exposed to the elements that it would
> completely crumble off the rod if
> >I didn't make a perfect start. It welded just fine,
> and was infinitely
> >better than the alternate (no rod at all). I have
> also used 6013 5/32" and
> >3/16" with the amperage turned way up, in order to
> mimic the performance of
> >7024, while welding deck cleats through standing
> water, paint, and tar, on a
> >barge deck; if this had not worked as well as it
> looked to, I would have
> >been fired by that company some time during the
> following two years that the
> >barge hauled cargo back and forth through Alaskan
> storms.
> >
> >I paid for welding school in the first place by
> running 5/32" 7018, in all
> >positions, using an AC 'cracker box'. Was I really
> that good? No, but it was
> >1971 in Seattle (remember "last person out of the
> city; turn of the
> >lights"?), and the boat owner told me it was his
> way or the highway.
> >Desperation is a wonderful helpmate when trying the
> supposedly "impossible."
> >
> >The moral of this story is, all those rules are
> very precious to engineers,
> >but welders who work in exotic places find out very
> quickly that "whatever
> >works is what goes"! In other words, take all the
> rules as the mere
> >guidelines they were intended to be; welding is a
> craft--not a religion. Any
> >AWS members in good standing might as well know
> that I'm retired and
> >couldn't care less about your disapproval.
> >Mikey  	 
> >  
> >
> 
> 
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