Teaching yourself to stick weld

[Rickabilly]

(06-14-2012, 12:33 AM)ETC57 Wrote: Being brought up in the sand and gravel industry I've always under stood that with stick you just crank up the amps and burn right on through the crud.

Yeah, That works too

But seriously, most home sized welding sets just haven't got the juice, and even in Industry, we do that because it's quick, but those welds NEVER pass a Radigraph (X Ray) the rust creates porosity issues. But it gets the Job done on thick base metal with cellulose rods(4111,4112 and 4113s) and lots of Amps.

And Sorry Dave, I'm back in my "Special Chair" for a few weeks, so I wasn't able to get to the Workshop to take photos, on the "UP" side, I've got a nice comfy seat wherever I go and I don't need to do all that stand, sit, kneel stuff when I go to Church on Sundays

Best Regards
Rick