How to Weld 7018 welding rod tips and tricks.
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 9. 12. 2021
- I'm going to show you tips and tricks about weld 7018 welding rods. I talk about everything I can think of. Some common problems and the best way to fix them. what to do when you have porosity. The things that cause porosity. And how to get it out when you do get it. And I also briefly cover why a rod heater is not necessary.
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Biggest thing about welding is you have to put your time in! There isn't one welder that knows it all because there is so many scenarios, alloys, so many processes, you name it! I've learned alot already from Taylor Welding from just a few videos, and i have been welding close to thirty years.
So true. Iâve learned from so many different welders. I couldnât count them all. Thanks for the comment. I appreciate you.
Best way to put it man. Iâm my high school welding class I excel way above everyone because I e had hundreds more hours of practice and this is what Iâve been telling them all to to pin to keep their spirits up. Very little people start out with good welds itâs a hard ass skill to learn and masterđŻ
So true, I try telling other new students that , every welder is different and what works for you might not work for someone else and no one knows everything it takes a lifetime of welding to even think of being a master at it even someone that has been welding 30 years can learn something , I love welding because of this
No way you're a pipe welder .... you're too helpful and not arrogant enough đ
Lol!
That's funny man...I've been on job...production side...he would fit a separator....ultrafab...etc...wasn't no moving to hook up...build all at one time on side of location...Heck of a good guy...
Beginner welder here, you've taught me more about the 7018 rod than any other of these videos that i've watched and i just wanna say thank you for doing that
Youâre welcome Jason! Thank you for watching and commenting
Youâre welcome Jaxon! Thank you for watching and commenting
Same here. I can always lay a nice bead with 7014 and love it. Never had a weld break. My nice J.D. 310c backhoe has developed cracks of the factory welds where stabilizers attach to backhoe main frame. My plan is to take the backhoe main frame off so I can lay welds horizontal. Then grind out cracked welds and reweld with 7018 and welding NOS heavy truck frame over welds for added strength. The service manual only says to use 7018 rod with base metal heated to 100* F. Pretty sure I'll do some praticing first. I think I can trust Taylor and should run 6010 on first pass. I sort of think spending $200 welding myself vs. buying a used frame for $2,000+ is worth a try for use on the farm. Thanks for the great video and info.
@@jefffrayer8238 thatâs what I would do
Although this video is a year old I wanted to make a quick comment. Iâm a recent subscriber and just happened to come across your channel. Iâve been a pipe welder for 23 years, certified 6G sched 80. Our procedure is always 6010 root with 7018 fill and cap. I have to sayâŠyour channel is so full of tips and tricks that one saying comes to mindâŠâyou can teach an old dog new tricks!â đ Keep up the great videos so that new and old welders alike that can never learn enough can keep on learning!
Thanks brother! I love to see people like you that have been in the field
For decades in the comment section. I really appreciate the affirmation. thank you so much.
I try to learn something from everybody I meet
up hill? how did you take a box of rods to job site?in a heater or if started raining trying to get this last weld done. rods getting wet what do i do 6010 6 inch up hill cap with 7018 how i got my papers
Thatâs what I remember about a6010 rod and a 7018 rod from welding school. I was only 15, and it was hard for me to get into the school because of how young I was, but my parents knew the instructor, Jack Stone, and after a couple of weeks of persistent inquiries, I was accepted. Sooner trade school in Oklahoma City on Main and Western. I had to make it through gas welding before I could move onto arc welding, and it took me a week to lay a good weld, but I had a good instructor. Flat welding with a 6010 rod was not so difficult doing beads on a 3x5 metal plate before moving on to vertical welding with a 7018 rod.
I never finished from there; I had a piece of hot slag get in my right eye from behind my safety glasses, and I had a patch on my eye for a week or something and had to do these eye drops every day. The next phase of the class would have been welding thicker metal like 3/4â thick or more and having the welds examined by X-ray.
A lot of companies sent their welders here for training and etc. I wish my dad had pressured me to go back. He was in it for a while and dropped out not feeling like he had the nack for it. I was actually doing pretty good until I was discouraged by the injury, but the vertical welding was probably the hardest part, and I had only been at it a couple of days when I was injured.
I spent most of my life in construction and the last 12 in the electrical work, 6 of it as a commercial electrician.
Welding still interests me, though I donât know if I will ever abandon my career as an electrician for welding but I think itâs good knowledge to have!
Thanks for sharing the knowledge!
Absolutely agree with you on those 7018's ....they don't need be in a rod oven
When i learned to weld the 6010 and 7018 were just in a holder on the bench no heat. At work all the rods were in an oven but it was only warm you could put your bare hand in the oven. Just to keep the rods dry. When asked great welder told me if i thought my rods maybe damp at home put them on a cookie sheet in the oven at the lowest setting for an hour to dry them out. Im working in construction in an lng plant and i understand why you will want to do every thing to code.
As a welding inspector (API and CWI) and a beginner back yard welder I really appreciate this video. Thanks buddy!
Another fantastic, encouraging welding video. Hardest thing to do was to convince my students that they could do it and to take a risk and try side hustle work on weekends. You do a great job of instilling confidence in your viewers that it's ok to practice a weld till your proficient and then take the risk of making money at it.
Hey Chris! Im currently in a free welding school put on here near my house. All we are using is 7018 and im addicted so far! Im prior military with a small passive income and im extremely interested in investing and making it out of the rat race. I decided to use welding as my means of starting that then a stroke of luck landed me on your page! You are by far the most inspirational contentent creator I have found on welding! Id love to learn more about both welding and generating wealth!
Just found this channel had no idea Billy Bob Thornton was a welder đ. Thanks for the content itâs great I am enjoying the channel and learning along the way.
Welcome!đ thank you
Great video! Thank you for helping to dispell the 7018 rod oven myth.
You bet!
nice vid! Iâm gonna return my 1/8 7018 for some 3/32. Iâve been fooling around with 1/8 6011 on some thin stuff (1/8-3/16) and Iâm either blowing holes or bird pooping (90A seems to give me the best results so far). Granted, my arc length is always too long, but Iâm working to fix that (Iâm a newby). Iâve been wanting to try some 7018, just to see if it wonât dig so much as my 6011, but I havenât opened the box yet. Thank you for sharing your experiences.
I agree. I have many old ass 7018 rods and they still have a lot of life. AND I don't get into problems. Rod ovens make great paperweights. I've also have gone to job sites and got a lot of free 7018 welding rods, because they say the rod container has be open more than 5 hours and the rods are bad. That is such bull but, thank you guys for the free practice rods.
7018 is the rod I keep in my toolbox. Simply put they work. I have boxes of various sizes. Theyâve been open for years. If I do anything Iâll strike an arc on scrap to preheat the rod if Iâm in a high humidity area. The other thing weld rod negative. 3 semi batteries in series will weld 5-10, 3/32 rods.
Depends on the climate your in, if the flux gets mosture in it it will effect the way the 7018 runs and will cause porosity in starts, rod ovens are a nessety in Northern climates where humidity is a huge factor in welding. Keep up the great content..(Not a cwi)
Thanks for the info!
just started doing the certification for stick to weld pillars and means for steel buildings, although the names of electrodes and measurement is different in Sweden this helped me a lot
1st enjoyed your video presentation on 7018, been welding many years as yourself but enjoy welding so much I relax and watch videos of welding for views and perspectives but great video and tips for new young welders.
Pa taught me to first strike an arc at 6 . Same last name . Burned lots of rod without an oven .
Everybody told me to start with 6010. It was the absolutely worst advice I was given. I was given a few 7018s and welding became fun. By comparison 6010s are temperamental, hard to start and almost convinced me to sell my welder and buy beer. You are right about them not needing an oven for most situations.
Joe: Donât give up on 6010. Practice on them. Once you discover what there about youâll appreciate what 6010 is for. If your only looking for pretty beads to start with, forget 6010 and 6011 rods.
@@CactusPete69 I appreciate the advice. I haven't thrown or given them away. It's cold enough to appreciate the warmth that running beads give give off.
I long arc on start,let the rod warm up and then dive in.
I had my 7018 welds break on a 4 wheeler trailer because they were only surface welds, I then went to 6010, and now thatâs all I run. Those broken welds were super discouraging for me. I was told if I need to weld anything it 6010 was the do everything rod. I ve never had a 6010 weld break. That was years ago, and itâs all I run around my farm.
Ive got a tip !!! If you use 3/32 7018 and have trouble welding it because it shakes a lot , Just shorten up your rod , I shorten it up by where the stamp is at on the rod . đ
Running 7018AC was an absolute delight the few times I got my old buzzbox to run properly. I've yet to run them on DC but have a power source (all flavors heat box) on order that'll run anything. I didn't understand 6011 when I was a kid and they started us with 6013 and 6011. Then I strayed from welding and chased other pursuits. Other pursuits didn't work out so well, but I had a lot of fun. NOW I've got a job that lets me get back into welding properly (I can buy decent gear now we don't weld at work, but my crewchief is a reformed ship builder) --and this internet thing that wasn't around when I learned to weld is sure helping me advance my skills. I did get hot into bicycles for a while and O/A brazed up a couple of them (custom fitted) with double butted 4130 tubing (0.035" on the ends). Fillet brazed one with brass and silver brazed one with lugs. Get my TIG skills sharp and I might weld up a few.
So I had to subscribe when I saw the mudbug video, but I didn't watch it yet. I've developed my technique of mudbug shuckin' over many years and am happy with it. I'm looking at your welding and hustle vids. Plumb--holding a level vertically is for "plumb" not "level" but hey we knew what you meant (pipe fitting vid). Quit leaning into the screen I tells myself right now. Thanks for not being another wannabe welder with more products than experience. Geez they are deep around here.
I'm a beginner. I started with a flux core welder and decided I needed to learn stick and I'm really wishing I had gone with learning stick welding first. I'm having a hard time keeping a consistent arc, or making a nice looking weld. In my restarts I'm having a super hard time with my electrode sticking. This is with some old 7018. Old as on at least 4yrs . Unknown past that. I ran some 6011 and had considerably less problem with restarts. But weld appearance was even worse and consistentcy much worse.
Hang out but you have to keep your 1/8 gap
so remember when your hanging out back off 1/8 from the edge
This is the key for making a flat up hill weld
Rod heaters just make the rod run smoother.
Got a light film of oil on my rod had to through it in the trash
I'm an amateur welder. I'm used to using 6011 rods, got me some 1/8th inch 7018, (I want to get some 3/32). I've have a real nice TIG machine and a couple of flux core wire welders. I've been having lots of fun with them. Have not gotten up to doing aluminum yet but working that way. đ . I've been dealing with SD bullion for years. Most of the silver I've gotten I've paid around $16 or $17 . I figure in another two or four years the silver will be worth about twice as much as I paid for it. I don't buy much silver anymore, I figure having around 4,500 Oz is enough. Sometimes I wonder the reasonableness of buying it. đ„Ž. I've been focusing on gold the last few years. Thank you very much for the video it helps me get better at welding. I hope to sell most of my land and etcetera and just have a nice workshop that the land appraiser won't value too highly. And spend some time trying to invent, make, & fix things. You know just have some fun and maybe do something worthwhile in the process and maybe mentor a young man while I'm at it.
Man some people I know just don't care about the mechanical advantage of 7018 and want to put 60 rod on load bearing joints. Preach it Taylor welding
Thanks Jim 7018 ia a bad mamma JAMA . As u well know. Thanks for the comment brother
My man you are the funniest welder on CZcams I love your videos.
I appreciate that
Great stuff man, I'm just getting into welding like a lot of guys here. You're a good teacher and it seems like you enjoy sharing your knowledge and take the time to really explain things. Definitely going to remember the electrical tape tip !!!
Lol
thanks for the kind words Budy
I'm a tig and mig welder, I've got a water tank that I want to use the stinger on my multi-processor 325x, my biggest problem which mostly is probably using the multi welder, but getting started just sticks so bad, I've messed up so many rods just perking them off the metal being stuck, maybe I need hotter or something, other than having a dedicated stick welder
I love it . Stick weld a lot. Learning on my own. Getting better moving on to mig .
I have 3 welders 1 plasma cutter. I love it all. Just learning 7018 6013 all I use .110 welder I use 3 /32 I think . Thanks for making this videos
He's a great teacher...thx for the videos
10:52 pm here on the west coast and I wanna get out and weld!
Thanks Pete. You probably should get out there and Weld!
9:52 in Oregon, screw the neighbors I'm about to get the grinders and buzz box. jJahah
Absolutely great and helpful video, my welds has already started to improve man thank youđ
Thanks for the information I appreciate it
U are a great teacher appreciate the update and the way you explain things thanks once again and God bless you đđđđ©đ°
I appreciate that!
Thank you for the rod oven info.
Dude,
thank you so much I just put what you taught today to practice and it fixed both my uphill and my overhead you rock brother
Thank you for telling me ! it really means a lot that I help somebody! Keep on practicing brother.
And if you have any questions or any hangups let me know Iâll make you a video
I think that was my problem, now thinking back42 years, that I was using a 1/8 7018 rod, but my instructor had me running a bead uphill, and listening to you, Iâm thinking I should have run the bead with a 3/32 or used a 6010 and went over it with 7018. Am I thinking about it right? Iâm trying to think back and figure out what I could have done to correct myself.
Great video!
I just watched the video you were talking about the welding machine causing porosity. Had to do with spending a few hundred on a part with your heat-box. Iâm glad youâre reinforcing that knowledge! Some good knowledge to keep in mind!
I'm in welding school just moved on from 6010 to 7018 I like the 7018 alot but striking an arc isn't as easy at least for me it seems to stick alot more. Great video by the way!!!
Thanks, John
clean the end of rod after a weld with a pipeliner file not your gloves then remember how to Strick your 6010 . here is show and tell burn a 6010 stop lay it down burn a 7018 stop lay it down then look at the ends you will see the difference. how to relight the used rod
You are an đ Angel đ from the Welding Gods!!!! I just started school about 3 weeks ago and we're of course starting w 7018. I'm working on my horizontal now đłđšđł and ooowweeee it's getting hard but I'm gonna keep at it. U just filled my head with soooo much knowledge sir! I appreciate u so much! Keep doing ur thang sir! Ur amazing!
Thank you. If you have any questions, let me know. I remember how discouraging horizontal and vertical 7018 were at first.
@@TaylorWelding it definitely can be discouraging but I just gotta get comfortable and keep running em to get it down. I've came a long way from my first few welds. I even welded a few where the slag lifted right up like a piece of bacon lolđ„ Thanks again for all the knowledge. U are appreciated đ
The vertical tips are ones I am going to have to try
Enjoy your channel. I did recently see a test on 7018 on a youtube video called "Hydrogen Cracking" where they put the welds into mineral oil to see the hydrogen seep out. From what they showed, there really is less hydrogen in the weld if the rod is kept in an oven. Like you, I've had no problem welding with the rod either way but... food for thought.
Thatâs interesting I wonder if it makes a damn bit a difference
@@TaylorWelding hydrogen embrittlement is real, that's why most welding codes require 7018 rods to be kept dry.
As you know they don't generally become harder to weld with if they get moisture in them.
It's unfortunate to hear this video. He's got a LOT of good videos with many helpful tips, tricks and explanations. However, not understanding hydrogen embrittlement isn't a good reason to put out incorrect information about it.
Your weld will look great. It will pass UT and X-ray. Hydrogen embrittlement will likely only be noticed after failure of the member. Is this a big deal in oil pipe? Probably not since most are underground (however most DO leak).
It's entirely different when you're talking about a bridge or high-rise.
I hope the great videos continue, I'll continue to watch.
When I was in VOAG classes in HS 7018 was one of my favorite rods to weld with. Especially when I used it to cap the deep welds on my log spliter wedge.
7018 is an awesome rod . Really strong
Great video! Love your style. Was burning a few rods of 7018 tonight, I'm getting better but there's a lot to learn. Thanks
Thank you for watching. Let me know if you have any questions.
Iâm green as grass when it comes to welding, but⊠I was given an AC/DC tombstone and all the accessories by my neighbor. Her husband died in 2005 so the newest the 7018 rods are at least 18 years old some were sealed, some were stored in a bucket, they all work good for me. Even the ones that Iâve cut are good. There is some survivors bias as I throw away any rods that are obviously damaged, and I donât cut the welds I screw up. Maybe things are different on oil rigs, but for automotive and farm, these old 7018 are running strong.
Good video the 7018 is a great rod I always keep some in California you don't really need a rod oven the Sun is so damn hot I open the rod holder and leave them in the hot sun or just take my little propane torch to them and go on welding it works for me always
I watch your financial prepper channel. My stockpile is fairly solid and finances as good as they can be. Trying to get ready to be as self sufficient as possible so bought a welder as I figured with a good stock of tools welding will come in handy. Figure we will be fixing instead of purchasing a lot sooner then I care to admit
Just ran across ur channel and liked and subbed. Iâm a newbie and have picked up MiG pretty decent, and starting on sticks. Bought 6013-3/32 & 1/8, also 7018 in the same. Turned up hot start and ran a few, but harder than MiG. When a teen and working in body shop, had old tombstone and gas torchâs with coat hangers as filler rods. Talk about warping panels, you had to be careful. Anyway, like your channel and will hang out in your shop and try to pick up some stick tips. Have a blessed day. Kentucky
6013 (farmer rod) seems to be the forgotten rod. It has it's uses, but nobody ever mentions it. You Tube is all about pipe welders ( 6010 and 7018 ). 6013 rods run on old tombstone a/c buzz boxes or any other welding machine. They are easy to use and can weld just about anything around a farm. I prefer 7018, but 6013 works pretty good on thin sheet metal.
Excellent information.
Good video. 7018 is a nice rod. My favorite stick rod also.
7018 is a tough mother
very interesting delivery,,,,all good information......enjoyed this...covered the important parts for sure.....best wishes and .cheers from Florida, Paul
Thanks Paul! Iâm just now seeing these comments.
@@TaylorWelding I am sure your channel will grow, you information is to the point and solid.....Merry Christmas......Paul
Man I've ran so many 7018. It's mostly structural, like your background. I've had the itch to learn 6010 5p and pipe for a while now.
Thanks Chris you saved me from throwing out my old 7018 welding rod but you can use bad rods bent to the shape you need as hooks in the shop.
Right on
Chris, great videos man, cool way you bring the message across to viewers. Wanted to say the other day I picked up an old box of Lincoln 6011's that were in an open box dated back to 1977. Thought I'd run one to see how they worked. Very interesting how well they lite up and welded like out of a new unopened can. Guys, if you run across some old rods, try them out before you throw them way. If they never been soaked in a good rain, I'll bet they will work for you.
Thank you for sharing Mr.Lynn . Those are some old rods. I guess they made everything better back then.
That's great to know Lynn. My late FIL didn't know how to weld but I just checked and there's a huge open box 20 lb. ? of 6012 that looks good, probably 10 lb. of 6013 and 2 unopened tins of ??? probably 15 lb. each. No doubt courtesy of Grand Trunk where he worked and from the 70's.
@@jefffrayer8238 Try them and see what you have. I was surprised how well these old rods preformed. Iâd say if they never been wet, they just may surprise you.
Your videos are very very informative !! Been at for 5 years basically a shop welder on equipment repair.. love those 7018 rods !! Recently went to the dark side and started running duel sheild 045 but I still love the old 7018 6010 combo for a good strong weld !!
That combination is hard to beat
I run a lot of 7018 and at times you can get porosity even from the metal you are welding on I have had fits like that alreadyđ
Bed frame steel is fizzy crap.
I haven't welded in years, but ready to start back with it. Thanks for addressing porosity. I had a problem with it once and had no idea what was causing it and I couldn't remember it being covered in school. Lastly, something to add that i did remember, was how they name the rod.E for electrode, 70 is the tensile strength, 1 is the position allowable to weld 1= all positions, 8 would be the composition of the flux, low hydrogen for the 8
Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Thanks for watching. Man when porosity starts itâs hard to pin it down where it comes from.
Agree with you 100% on 7018 I love them who don.t
Thanks Bud...I enjoy learning...
Thank you wilmar. Hope your doing well
Still learn so much from you, you sir are the shit đȘ
Thank you sir, have a blessed day América
I know what you talking about hang to the side it also helps the undercut , remember clean those sides where Slag like to hide. Keep welding đ
Iâve never heard that one
Thanks for the video bro watching this just before work đ
Iâm glad you like it. thanks for watching and commenting!
I learned welding over 40 years ago in HS shop class. Did ok. Used the Lincoln AC Tombstone or Buzzbox. Simple setup.
I bought one recently, and have picked up over 50# of old 7018 from different yard sales. All in plastic welding rod containers, so away from the weather, but maybe not 100% airtight seal.
I have problems striking an arc with 7018s. I do ok on the others (6011, 6013, and others I think.) The 7018s keep sticking.
I thought maybe I needed to dry them out, but since you said that doesn't matter, what (besides practice and some lessons) will help me strike an arc with a 7018??
Thanks!
(Can't wait to do the electrical tape trick!)
Everybody at work Monday is learning about that electric tape moveđ
1780 stick always my go to, trying to find out the name and year of my favorite old machine shaped like a torpedo and had a sound nearly break your eardrums like a turbo but setting and watch slag lift right behind bead.
Smooth and almost weld itself.
Reach out if you can any information.
Love to have one.
đ grait tips, especially the one with the electrical tape! Thanks a lot!
Lol! Thatâs a funny one!
Great talk good info.
7018 is a great rod. I always keep some around.
I agree !!
I miss talking early in the morning
as always, great video đđ
Thanks again!
I'm glad to hear you say that about rod ovens because a fellow just gave me a big handful of 1/8th 7018 that has some rust on the part that the rod holder clamps to. I was wondering if it was any good. I don't have a rod oven and didn't think my wife would appreciate me putting a bunch of welding rods in the kitchen oven for a few hours. I enjoyed this video a lot. Thanks!
If you want to experiment with rod heating, you might be able to fit a handful of them in a toaster oven
Yep,works great.
Good work
Awesome video
I just started welding again after 30 years and bought myself a cheaper welder. 6013's runs great on it so figured I would grabbed myself some 7018's. What's the best settings to run it? My machine is an ARC 200. Please let me know, that would be awesome, thanks.
I know one of my biggest flaws with vertical welds and 7018 was not hanging at the sides long enough or the extreme of too long also. I had that groove on the edges of the weld. Last time I mentioned that someone made sure to let me know the technical term for it lol
I think, after listening to you though, I just wasnât hanging out at the sides long enough and was spending too much time in the middle.
Am I thinking of it correctly? Thanks again for the video!
Thank you for the tips. I wish I had your video a few years ago. I had to figure out the uphill 7018 on thinner stuff by myself. This video would have helped tremendously!
Me too. That's why I made it.
Hey dude good video I used 7018 for the first time today, it Was horrible! but after watching your video I looked at my job and said, if is stays together forever I donât care if it looks like popcorn! I just didn't want my rim pass me while driving lol. Thanks
Lol
Great video sir!!
Thanks Craig! Iâm glad you like it. And thank you for going the extra mile and making a comment
Bad ass video. I am learning on 7018 right now. I have used and still use SD Bullion. Go figure.
I like your video and your style of teaching, tell me what I'm I doing wrong, when I use 7018 my rods sticks a lot.
That can be a lot of things. But more than likely if you crack the end of your flux back away from the welding rod itself, it will stick and stick and stick
@@TaylorWelding OK I got it Thanks.
Chris, I cant wait to see ya in the Bahamas! Great Video's
Iâm in! Iâm going to try to get to the Bahamas in the spring I hope. Just for a vacation. But Iâd like to spend a little bit more time after I retire.
thank you for watching and commenting
@@TaylorWelding YT channel SV delos spent a good part of last summer living on an uninhabited bahamian island..... good videos of beach, wildlife, fishing, sailing, and spearfishing.... it was great scenery.
What settings do you have the welder for 7018
I know what you mean about keeping the rod dry to begin with. I keep mine in a good 20 mm ammo can. Also if your doing a lot the rod is gone before any chance of going bad.
Thanks bro will put the tips u shared into practice.Tell me is it absolutely necessary to use a hot rod heat with 7018.. especially if welding oil n gas pipes?
The only thing around heaters good for is drying out your rods. Keep them dry you donât need a rod heater. IMO
Thatâs just my experience.
Recently found your channel and enjoy all your videos. You mentioned changing your heat box, may I ask what that is? Thanks for your time.
Itâs the remote / rheostat
What is the trick to putting a slick cap with 7018 1/8th on pipe? I seem to always get undercut from moving too fast, or either get a gouge/grape for moving too slow on the dead manâs corner when capping the bottom. So about 7- 9 oâclock on the pipe
Practice/
Great video! You add all kinds of useful information and insights. I can't help but wonder if you're from the same town as the great Billy Bob Thorten?
no, but I get that a lot lol
What is the best welding rod to use on a truck axle, i have to weld some mounting plates on ?
I donât know the best welding rod, but I would use a 7018
on thin metal does ac work better than dcep? i have heard of some running dcen for open root 7018...any experience trying that?(northern sweden welding did that i think)
Honestly⊠I very seldom weld thin metal. If I have to I will TIG or Mig
have some 2x6 11 ga tube i wanna make a carport out of--7018 ok to weld that or would you use flux core fcaw e70t11 ? once the weather warms up i wanna make some sample joint welds. can i run downhill(to lessen penetration) with a 3/32 7018 in this gauge metal with maybe a 1/16 open root for the butt weld at the apex of the roof joint?
Youâre going to get really close to full penetration with about anything you use on 11 gauge. I would not worry about gapping it. I would probably use a mig hardwire for that unless it was dirty I would use flux core. And if you have to use a stick I would use a 6010 3/32
@@TaylorWelding thank you for you insight..
Before you tell people not to worry about baking a E7018 and that it doesn't matter what the moisture content in them is, you need to be able to explain WHY it doesn't matter. Unless you can do that you are precisely the same, if not worse, than the Inspector who cannot and does not want to weld.
Learn when it matters and learn when it doesn't matter. Been in welding since 1983 - all over the planet - not that that matters now - does it! :)
Good for you Mr Paul.
Nah, come on, tell em why they can and then tell them why they can't. Why do you think you know more than Lincoln Electric and countless others if you can't explain that one? Not good for you, that is crap matey! And from what I see apart from this you are not crap, are you....@@TaylorWelding
@@TaylorWelding See the way I see it is that toughness is important to you, that is why you work out, BUT it doesn't appear to me that it is important to your welds. You cram pack your welds with H2 and your fracture toughness values goes through the floor, something a welder never gets to see, so they wouldn't know. Don't believe, do a comparison test, make a video and let the whole world see the results, go on I dare you to! You never know you might be able to jamb one up Lincoln Electric themselves. Till then I'd suggest you follow their recommendations in critical situations at least - unless you think you know more then them....
Can you weld a small boat trailer with 6011 rootpass and 7018 1/8 thats been covered in the plastic box
in the garage for 2 years and never been in the oven since the box was opened ? How strong will that trailer tongue be?
Yes you can! If the rods burn ok and have not got wet your good to go
Tks man preciate you
Hard work beats brains everytime
I have an AC stick welder, and usually use 6011 or 6013, both 1/8". Have gotten along with them, but tried some 7018AC 1/8", horizontal, on 1/2" steel, at 120 amps. It was terrible. Couldn't hold an arc. Went back to 6011/6013 to finish. What's your opinion of 7018AC rods? After watching this, I would try 3/32, if the AC rods are worth using vs 6011/13.
Not a pipeliner or fabricator here, mostly repairs to machinery. Thanks.
Thanks for watching
7018 uphill/vertical is giving me a run for my money, could u do a vid of multi pass 3F T-joint, hot,fill,& cap
When I figure out how to film a The puddle I will
I've got 2 boxes of 7018 ac and I haven't had any luck with either of them yet (one is Lincoln 3/32 and the other is Hobart 1/8). All kinds of porosity at the start and a few random spots throughout the length of the weld
Are the AC 7018s junk? My welder can do DC also, I just didn't realize they were the AC version
Any tips?
Yeah I wouldnât mess with this ac version. Sounds like the culprit
I stared learning to weld and I just can't lay them well, 6013 I can go fairly fine, but 7018 for some reason just won't melt nice. Can it be my little inverter not having enough power? It's a 130 amp welding machine for 1 stage 127v
yep... That's exactly what it is.
I like this guy
Thank you Ellis