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subs1000w 08-04-2002, 05:51 PM ive been playing with my grandpas arc welder and he gave me some 6013 rod i believe its 1\16 thick and used it all and not knowing the thicknes i went and bought some more 6013 and also some 7018 1\4 in and cant seem to weld with it, is it harder to weld with thicker rod any suggestions on how to get it to work would be great thanks Maine Jeepah 08-04-2002, 06:00 PM Turn up the juice! SMART ASS 08-04-2002, 06:01 PM Well hmm, lets think about this one champ... Thin rod burns nice and ez, if you run thicker rod what do you have to do to make it burn nice? INCREASE THE AMPERAGE! MO POWER!!! 1/4 Is fairly good size sheat, i dont even go that thick... buy some assorted rods, lost of scrap, and play with the different amperage settings on the lil buzz box. :flipoff2: Originally posted by subs1000w ive been playing with my grandpas arc welder and he gave me some 6013 rod i believe its 1\16 thick and used it all and not knowing the thicknes i went and bought some more 6013 and also some 7018 1\4 in and cant seem to weld with it, is it harder to weld with thicker rod any suggestions on how to get it to work would be great thanks subs1000w 08-04-2002, 06:25 PM i didnt think about that i have it a 70amps and it goes to 125 so ill crank it up a bit and see and next time ill buy thinner rod thanks and also what thinkness do you guys use lizard 08-04-2002, 07:50 PM Ususally run 3/16 rod on a buzz box. Get your hands on several types of rod. Use 6013 rod for general purpose, 6011 for dirty steel (cuts through rust and crud) and 7018 for "structural" work. Now get some scrap metal (be sure to clean to shiny metal - no grease, no rust) and try different settings for each position: horizontal, vertical uphill, vertical downhill and overhead. Now get a book and read :flipoff2: fabricator 08-04-2002, 08:51 PM you should get 1/16" or 1/8" rods they will do anything your buzz box can do i would like to see a pic of the 1/4" rod that is fawkin big Air Ride 08-05-2002, 07:02 AM Originally posted by subs1000w i didnt think about that i have it a 70amps and it goes to 125 so ill crank it up a bit and see and next time ill buy thinner rod thanks and also what thinkness do you guys use you will need around 200 to 250 amps for 1/4" rod. Take it back and get some 3/32". for get about the 6013 just get 6011 and 7018. fabricator 08-05-2002, 10:51 AM i betcha he doesn't have enuf welder to run 3/16" rod 125 amps come on. and why would he need a 3/16" rod for he welding on a bull dozer or some thing like that. mike 08-05-2002, 11:05 AM hehehe 3/32 at the most :D I never ran any bigger, even when I had a machine that'd do it lizard 08-05-2002, 11:38 AM Originally posted by fabricator i betcha he doesn't have enuf welder to run 3/16" rod 125 amps come on. and why would he need a 3/16" rod for he welding on a bull dozer or some thing like that. OOPS! right! meant to say 3/32". Youch, it been a long time since I picked up a stick welder... 6013 is a good rod to practice with. burns clean and easy, slag comes off quick. THE best rod to begin with. 7018 is best for structural but for newbies is a real bitch. 6011 is the spatter king, noisy and wreckless. the rest is in a book somewhere... | |