These are the rods we use for underwater welding. We waterproof them with clear epoxy. The flux properties of the 6013 and 7014 give a better arc and bubble underwater. Because we weld downhill vertical, the bubble properties are critical as they rise up past the puddle for that fraction of a second it's still molten. Trapped hydrogen is the enemy. Fantastic videos.
The E6013 and E7014 also have a thicker slag coating on the weld and a thicker flux coating on the rod, that probably helps a bit too. We use them extensively in Europe for root passes as the E6013 leaves a very smooth bead with not too much penetration and a good clean slag covering on the inside, E6010/E6011's are sometimes used but its mostly the E6013 and the results are just as strong. Open root passes don't need insane penetration, its open after all. More common to see the cellulose rods used when the root pass has backing support.
@@pondacres Yes, E7016 is the most common for a lot of coded work though, E6013 is used if nothing is specified, E6010/E6011 are however also used a lot but almost exclusively by US companies or for T fillets where penetration is needed, when it comes to open face roots, we prefer 6013 or 7016 because of the low penetration, you don't need all that much penetration for that joint, but I know 7016's are also used in the US too. It's not all that easy to pass the rutile tests too, E6013's are sometimes annoying, arc blow and the puddle being hard to see sometimes but the arc itself is buttery smooth.
Jody is the best thing on TH-cam! as I told him years ago, his tips and tricks and amazingly simple way of explaining the skill of welding and fabrication should be the go to channel for all interested in becoming the best they can be. I show up once and awhile just to hear him explain things the way they should be explained. Even after more than 45 years under a hood and still fabbing and welding in retirement I love to listen to him. I wish I could have worked around him at some point, I know from his style it would have been a pleasure! Thanks Jody for all you put into this.
Jody, I have been welding for 50 years and every time I go back and watch one of your videos I learn new stuff. You have done tremendous things for all of us in this glorious and rewarding pastime. Welding is pure passion for lots of us and you help us down that path. Much thanks.
This is a comment so far back I know you won’t see it immediately, but I just wanted to say I’m good at stick welding (never the best at anything for that matter); but seeing these techniques for “beginners” works on people like me too, that have been doing it a couple years. I can’t wait to use the pinky/thumb technique because I know it’s gonna help! Awesome stuff! Thanks so much!
Never welded with 7014 before but where I'm from, 6013 is sold by most hardware stores and used by alot of people for domestic applications, it's quite common throughout the country for people with small time fabricating and welding shops. For industrial and commercial applications 7018,6010,7024 or fcaw, gmaw and gtaw come into play.I'm not saying we don't have 7014 but personally I've never seen it.
First welder I bought, the seller gave me a box of 7014 with it. I sort of fell in love with it, and haven't really deviated much from it for my hobby welding. It's really nice versatile stick. Thanks for sharing, a lot of good reminder tips in there of things I do and don't do as regularly as I'd like to think I do.
This video is extremely amazing. I weld for 2 years now. I saw many welding trouble shooting videos before . I also got to much practicing on them. But this video is remarkable . It's the easiest the shortest and the most detailed in the same time.
Excellent video! Learnt a lot from this and look forward to getting out in the workshop t give it another go. What I liked most about the way the video was done was we didn’t need to watch loads of footage of just welding but rather what the welds look like from the different examples. Best short weld tutorial I’ve seen
Nice to see some stick action Jody. Don't seem to see a lot of it around and it's a great technique being able to stick/arc weld. I was taught to stick/arc weld before any other welding process and it's a solid foundation for anyone to have.
Haven't welding since high school. Finally fell into an old Lincoln tombstone AC welder. Forgot how much fun welding was for me back then. Thank you so much for the videos. I love the pinky/thumb technique. Have learned so much from you videos!
RedIron1066 6011, 6013, and 7018 seem to be the most common rods. I remember learning about them and other rods in welding school thirty-six years ago. My instructors taught us about the properties of the different rods, which was covered in great detail in the text book, and we learned what the different numbers meant. For example 6013 is 60,000 psi(60)tensile strength, all position (1), and all polarity mild-medium penetration based on the flux coating(3). 7014 run similar, but doesn't see as wide a usage. Terry Block, one of my instructors, told as while explaining the different rod numbers, that most of us that with all of those rod numbers, that we would probably end up running mostly 6011, 6013, or 7018, if we worked in a small job shop or repair shop, and 6010 and 7018 if we worked in the ship yards. 36 years later his predictions were true. Most of my career I ran a Mig gun, but when stick welding was required it was almost always those three rods. Usually 1/8" or 3/32". Also did some TIG, and had one job where I ran an aluminum spool gun for about eight months building drive-thru menus for Jack In The Box.
This is awesome I just recently started a new job where I have to stick weld pretty often and I haven't done it in years. No problem doing mig or tig when I was building trains,now that I'm on the repair side of it knowing to stick weld properly is key!
Don't forget the ever so useful 7024 jet rod.. I have burnt many a 50# can welding 3/8 plate with 5/32 and 3/16 dia rod. Sometimes when tired I have even nodded off while welding with 3/16 7024, long passes get monotonous..
The only thing good about hands on training that you don't get here is feedback, sometimes you really do need someone to look at your welds or technique to let you know what you are doing wrong or how you can better your technique but this is great to have for those of us that can't get the hands on training and great as a supplemental learning tool for those that can. .
Phill Huddleston biggest thing that helped me was watching my friend do 1 pass and seeing what I did wrong. He has formal training and education, I have TH-cam.
The thing that school WILL give you is feedback. Nothing will help you out more than someone who knows what they're doing, looking at your individual issues and working through them with you IMO.
Hi Jodie, I'm so glad I found your video, it was really helpful, I'm about to start welding with my Pickhill Bantam that I purchased from a blacksmith a few years ago. Your style of instruction is fantastic, and the fact you have manners too is great. Now I can't wait to get started. Best wishes from Scotland.
I make fire pits and barbeques and I use 7014 in various sizes. they work great and seldom stick. I use DCEP as it causes less splatter and the weld looks good. I also use them in pulse stick at 4 hz and I can weld fairly thin sheet metal . I mostly use Blueshield 7014 and some Lincoln. Blueshield is an Air Liquid product available in Canada and Europe.
Down at the shop, Ag Industrial repair, Gary uses mostly 6013, 7014 with GREAT success, and 6011 as needed. Has a Miller Bobcat 250 in the field and a Lincoln Tombstone 225 in the shop. I also have my ancient Wards PowrKraft 230 there to learn with.
I really should get myself some rods. Just started learning with a Mig/Stick combo. Mig is pretty simple to stick metal together. Stick is a bit trickier, used a stick welder in the past. As always thanks for the videos.
Im just starting my welding course. This video really helps me to have knowledge on how I can get better on my weld. This is very easy to understand. Thank you.
Iv red somewhere that slow travel speed isnt bad ,actually weld gets thicker and penetrates deeper,also it doesn't lose shape, only disadvantage would be waste of electrode
So many people knock 6013 rods, yet they are used a lot in the UK and Europe for structural steel, and low-midrange pressure pipework, turning out xray quality welds one after the other. Used a lot more than any 6010 rod, which are pretty much only ever used for open roots in pipework or platework such as storage tanks
I'm a very skilled welder, And today was the 1st time I ever ran a 6013...And to be honest, I Love the electrode...But...you do need to be precise in a position and speed, and arc... To me, after today, I feel like if amps are hot, you can stick a 6013 straight in were your beed will be, and it won't stick, and it will flow like butter...but all else is the same, just get yourself comfortable and get your degrees set right..BUT push that rod in..and you will like the 6013...one of the best things I love about the 6013.. I can run 4g/down hill flawless...and it's nice...I tend to like going down hill if I'm in the 4g position,,,But most electrodes/ 7018 etc you must run up hill...but it is what it is....good vedio
I am not an expert welder, but something I have found is that moving from left to right, and "pulling away" with the electrode or MIG gun, is how you do a proper looking weld. "Pushing" has never felt natural. My feeling is, as long as your electrode or MIG gun are not angled too far over, and if you maintain the correct arc length, a "pulling" motion does just fine. Strangely in MIG welding, they say you MUST "push" your wire to "maintain shielding" gas. In this video, the author is doing a "pulling" motion with the electrode, and the weld beads are beautiful.
Thanks for sharing all your knowledge, I learn a huge load of things from your video's! I just melted my first beads this week and I see a lot of progression after a couple of days and a lot of your tips and tricks. I learned myself to push the pool back in at the end of the bead and that works very well. They finally start to look good ;) Again thank you so much for sharing this,... keep them coming!! ;)
Great video, been a mig welder all my life, been tackling tig the last 2 years but really need to work on my Stick. Always seem to have a problem with getting the arc started.
6013 rods, in 3.2 , what every farmer here in Europe seems to use! And if you look in any farmers shed in Ireland or the UK, chances are there is an old oil cooled Pickhill Bantam welder sitting there, still humming away after 30 years.
Stick welded with mostly 7014 rod for the better part of 10 years, very nice rod, do just about anything with it. Uphill, downhill, sideways, overhead. Love it. Just about any other rod after that seems messed up.
Thanks Jody! Something about a well done stick weld is pleasing to the eye. I've made some stick welds that didn't look great but they held up fine. I imagine a little well placed weld goes a long way.
Well! That was really concise and informative! I'm doing some general review, finally getting electricity and organization into a small welding area. This is really helping. People think that welding is some kind of trick, like learning to juggle- they're just seeing the hand skill part. It's really important to be able to look critically at what you just did, and think of what you want to change! This part is hard for beginners.
The weld metal from a 70 series rod has a nominal tensile strength in the 70,000 psi range vs the 60,000 range for a 60 series rod. That being said, the actual weld is going to be no stronger than the base metal that you're welding. If you're welding two steel plates together that have a tensile strength of 48,000 psi, it really doesn't matter if you use 6013 or 7018 or even 11018, the finished product is only as strong as the base metal.
Always good to practice, I just had to use 6011 rods other day, haven't used stick welder in about a year, I burned about 15 rods practicing on scrap before doing the actual work!! Great video as usual, God bless.
Jody, perhaps a 'how to' vid would be good for those times when you get slag inclusions/LOF/LOP... I know it seems pretty obvious but would be interesting... Perhaps even some cut and etch to show how bad a bad weld can be when you start out and to help people understand why you should not weld over worm holes or slag inclusions... It's obvious to us that have been doing a bit but may be very helpful... Also, how about tying in some thin wall tubing welding for home fab/general fab for those without TIG/mig .... It's much harder with stick but is possible 😊
Yeah,that pinkey-thumb thing you were showing,guess I've been using it so long I didn't even realize it...caught myself doing this the other day and if I hadn't watched this would not have known I was even using it,had a pretty good laugh,but also a pretty good thing to keep in your toolbox!
6013s seem to get a lot of hate but I don't know if that's through a lack of the variety in the US. Here in the UK we have some really great quality rods, particularly the Bohler and INE.
I hear a lot of people that are struggling with downhill 6013. Took me a while to master myself. Maybe do a video on this sometime? Love your videos Jody!!!
@@kf8575 6013 can be welded downhill perfectly. Depends on the application and it does depend on which rod. But for example an Oerlikon Overcord will do the job neatly.
I try to always have the stinger cable over my shoulder so the weight of the cable does not put force on the stinger. I prefer 6011 because of the rusty stuff I weld. I tell my customers, "I do not stand behind my welds, I stand under them."
try using a pipe stand to hang your lead or get a smaller weld cable for your stinger. Sherman Young is correct regarding wrapping weld lead over your shoulder(s), all it takes is one time for things to go sideways. as for being fired it won't get you that here but safety will make sure you get it right.
I started to learn to weld 50 years ago. I wish we had videos like this then. Great job! Thanks.
I know man I am 21 and cant even imagine if youtube was around 50 years ago, could probably have toasters you could weld with by now XD
These are the rods we use for underwater welding. We waterproof them with clear epoxy. The flux properties of the 6013 and 7014 give a better arc and bubble underwater. Because we weld downhill vertical, the bubble properties are critical as they rise up past the puddle for that fraction of a second it's still molten. Trapped hydrogen is the enemy. Fantastic videos.
Pretty cool. Bet you make the big bucks.
*Some videos please!!!*
The E6013 and E7014 also have a thicker slag coating on the weld and a thicker flux coating on the rod, that probably helps a bit too. We use them extensively in Europe for root passes as the E6013 leaves a very smooth bead with not too much penetration and a good clean slag covering on the inside, E6010/E6011's are sometimes used but its mostly the E6013 and the results are just as strong. Open root passes don't need insane penetration, its open after all. More common to see the cellulose rods used when the root pass has backing support.
@@JoshuaNicoll I've been reading that a bit, about how in europe and asia 6013 is more common for root pass than 6010/11 is.
@@pondacres Yes, E7016 is the most common for a lot of coded work though, E6013 is used if nothing is specified, E6010/E6011 are however also used a lot but almost exclusively by US companies or for T fillets where penetration is needed, when it comes to open face roots, we prefer 6013 or 7016 because of the low penetration, you don't need all that much penetration for that joint, but I know 7016's are also used in the US too.
It's not all that easy to pass the rutile tests too, E6013's are sometimes annoying, arc blow and the puddle being hard to see sometimes but the arc itself is buttery smooth.
This guy puts out great positive advice in every aspect of welding . Appreciate the effort in providing people with welding tips .
Pinky thumb technique helped out on a lot of my weld tests. Thanks
Clear and concise, short and to the point. Perfect for the novice! Thanks for posting.
I'm so glad you still show stick welding strategies, 'cos that's all I got. No fancy stuff, just basic tools in my DIY home workshop.
Jody is the best thing on TH-cam! as I told him years ago, his tips and tricks and amazingly simple way of explaining the skill of welding and fabrication should be the go to channel for all interested in becoming the best they can be. I show up once and awhile just to hear him explain things the way they should be explained. Even after more than 45 years under a hood and still fabbing and welding in retirement I love to listen to him. I wish I could have worked around him at some point, I know from his style it would have been a pleasure! Thanks Jody for all you put into this.
Jody, I have been welding for 50 years and every time I go back and watch one of your videos I learn new stuff. You have done tremendous things for all of us in this glorious and rewarding pastime. Welding is pure passion for lots of us and you help us down that path. Much thanks.
Glorious? rewarding? passion? ...... LOL
The best channel for would be welders on TH-cam.Straightforward advice,no razzmatazz.To the point without blinding us with science👌
This is a comment so far back I know you won’t see it immediately, but I just wanted to say I’m good at stick welding (never the best at anything for that matter); but seeing these techniques for “beginners” works on people like me too, that have been doing it a couple years. I can’t wait to use the pinky/thumb technique because I know it’s gonna help! Awesome stuff! Thanks so much!
Jody and Bob Moffer from the other channel are the two best weld channels on the tube. Thanks for the pinky to thumb technique. Very helpful.
Never welded with 7014 before but where I'm from, 6013 is sold by most hardware stores and used by alot of people for domestic applications, it's quite common throughout the country for people with small time fabricating and welding shops. For industrial and commercial applications 7018,6010,7024 or fcaw, gmaw and gtaw come into play.I'm not saying we don't have 7014 but personally I've never seen it.
First welder I bought, the seller gave me a box of 7014 with it. I sort of fell in love with it, and haven't really deviated much from it for my hobby welding. It's really nice versatile stick. Thanks for sharing, a lot of good reminder tips in there of things I do and don't do as regularly as I'd like to think I do.
Simple, concise, excellent. Thank you, regards from Scotland.
This video is extremely amazing.
I weld for 2 years now.
I saw many welding trouble shooting videos before .
I also got to much practicing on them.
But this video is remarkable . It's the easiest the shortest and the most detailed in the same time.
Very nice video, not rushed, good instruction for us newby's, one of your best. Thank You Jody!!!
Every sensible, practical information on TH-cam, the haters are there to give it thumbs down. Their only relevance in life is to hate.
taught myself to stick weld last week. since then I've fixed numerous overdue rust holes in my Jeep skid pan haha
Hey I'm just picking up welding as a hobby and doing exactly what you did a month ago now...just through YT.
Excellent video! Learnt a lot from this and look forward to getting out in the workshop t give it another go. What I liked most about the way the video was done was we didn’t need to watch loads of footage of just welding but rather what the welds look like from the different examples. Best short weld tutorial I’ve seen
Great tips, thanks. I really wish this platform was around when I was first starting out. The knowledge base is priceless.
Nice to see some stick action Jody. Don't seem to see a lot of it around and it's a great technique being able to stick/arc weld. I was taught to stick/arc weld before any other welding process and it's a solid foundation for anyone to have.
Your welds look like works of art, thanks for the instruction.
You are pretty awesome instructor thank you for all the help so far
Thank you! Will weld for the first time today, no practice run. Using 6013. Wish me luck!
Thank you, best stick welding video. No trash talk.
Thank you I’m 13 learning and this helped me do better
That pinky thumb prop is good. Use it all the time since watching your vids.
Haven't welding since high school. Finally fell into an old Lincoln tombstone AC welder. Forgot how much fun welding was for me back then. Thank you so much for the videos. I love the pinky/thumb technique. Have learned so much from you videos!
Not much on TH-cam about 7014, and it's one of my favorite rods.
Thanks!
RedIron1066 6011, 6013, and 7018 seem to be the most common rods. I remember learning about them and other rods in welding school thirty-six years ago. My instructors taught us about the properties of the different rods, which was covered in great detail in the text book, and we learned what the different numbers meant. For example 6013 is 60,000 psi(60)tensile strength, all position (1), and all polarity mild-medium penetration based on the flux coating(3). 7014 run similar, but doesn't see as wide a usage. Terry Block, one of my instructors, told as while explaining the different rod numbers, that most of us that with all of those rod numbers, that we would probably end up running mostly 6011, 6013, or 7018, if we worked in a small job shop or repair shop, and 6010 and 7018 if we worked in the ship yards. 36 years later his predictions were true. Most of my career I ran a Mig gun, but when stick welding was required it was almost always those three rods. Usually 1/8" or 3/32". Also did some TIG, and had one job where I ran an aluminum spool gun for about eight months building drive-thru menus for Jack In The Box.
This is awesome I just recently started a new job where I have to stick weld pretty often and I haven't done it in years. No problem doing mig or tig when I was building trains,now that I'm on the repair side of it knowing to stick weld properly is key!
The 7014 is the best, it's the easiest to start, the smoothest, and it provides the cleanest welds.
Very informative... like the video great exaples and the explanation is great! Thank you
this video should be required viewing for all beginners and even experienced weldors......cheers Jody, well don
Nice and easy to follow packed with information thanks for the great video
Don't forget the ever so useful 7024 jet rod.. I have burnt many a 50# can welding 3/8 plate with 5/32 and 3/16 dia rod. Sometimes when tired I have even nodded off while welding with 3/16 7024, long passes get monotonous..
This is one of the best stick welding videos, Thanks Joey !!!
Joooodee. JODY
your videos+ a decent machine+ some scrap = better than welding school
The only thing good about hands on training that you don't get here is feedback, sometimes you really do need someone to look at your welds or technique to let you know what you are doing wrong or how you can better your technique but this is great to have for those of us that can't get the hands on training and great as a supplemental learning tool for those that can. .
I just finished welding school and you are very much correct.
Phill Huddleston biggest thing that helped me was watching my friend do 1 pass and seeing what I did wrong. He has formal training and education, I have TH-cam.
The thing that school WILL give you is feedback. Nothing will help you out more than someone who knows what they're doing, looking at your individual issues and working through them with you IMO.
Sure if you go to a really shitty school. There's plenty of good ones out there.
Excellent video. thank you
I just started welding in school and i watch your videos and there very helpful.Thank you.I will learn alot from you.💙😁
Hi Jodie, I'm so glad I found your video, it was really helpful, I'm about to start welding with my Pickhill Bantam that I purchased from a blacksmith a few years ago. Your style of instruction is fantastic, and the fact you have manners too is great. Now I can't wait to get started. Best wishes from Scotland.
Thanks. I am going to try the pinky/thumb method today!!
I make fire pits and barbeques and I use 7014 in various sizes. they work great and seldom stick. I use DCEP as it causes less splatter and the weld looks good. I also use them in pulse stick at 4 hz and I can weld fairly thin sheet metal . I mostly use Blueshield 7014 and some Lincoln. Blueshield is an Air Liquid product available in Canada and Europe.
Man great video. Am just starting to weld and everything u mentioned is exactly what am going through. Thanks
This is a fantastic refresher video! Thanks for putting these out over and over and over and over, etc.
Down at the shop, Ag Industrial repair, Gary uses mostly 6013, 7014 with GREAT success, and 6011 as needed. Has a Miller Bobcat 250 in the field and a Lincoln Tombstone 225 in the shop. I also have my ancient Wards PowrKraft 230 there to learn with.
I really should get myself some rods. Just started learning with a Mig/Stick combo. Mig is pretty simple to stick metal together. Stick is a bit trickier, used a stick welder in the past. As always thanks for the videos.
Great video for beginners.
Im just starting my welding course. This video really helps me to have knowledge on how I can get better on my weld. This is very easy to understand. Thank you.
That is a beautiful corner weld.
Just thinking the same.
Iv red somewhere that slow travel speed isnt bad ,actually weld gets thicker and penetrates deeper,also it doesn't lose shape, only disadvantage would be waste of electrode
So many people knock 6013 rods, yet they are used a lot in the UK and Europe for structural steel, and low-midrange pressure pipework, turning out xray quality welds one after the other. Used a lot more than any 6010 rod, which are pretty much only ever used for open roots in pipework or platework such as storage tanks
Awesome, I need to get back into stick. I will watch your vid over & again.
I'm a very skilled welder, And today was the 1st time I ever ran a 6013...And to be honest, I Love the electrode...But...you do need to be precise in a position and speed, and arc... To me, after today, I feel like if amps are hot, you can stick a 6013 straight in were your beed will be, and it won't stick, and it will flow like butter...but all else is the same, just get yourself comfortable and get your degrees set right..BUT push that rod in..and you will like the 6013...one of the best things I love about the 6013.. I can run 4g/down hill flawless...and it's nice...I tend to like going down hill if I'm in the 4g position,,,But most electrodes/ 7018 etc you must run up hill...but it is what it is....good vedio
God, I miss stick welding so much. Don’t get to do it that much at work and it’s normally on cast 😭
Good
I'm a newbie and I really appreciate the pinky thumb technique
Thank you. Did my first welding job for a mate today. The weld looks awful. Your tips will help.
Great video! I got a multiprocess machine but I've only used the tig function. This will get me started on stick.
stick is much easier just much slower if you can do tig you can do any welding .
@@BEAR3780 I just started stick it’s fun once you get it but it’s hell when you don’t.
You're the BEST! Those who gave 160 thumbs down- SHAME ON YOU!
Joined ffa and power mechanics thanks for the help
Thanks from Thailand, that was just the knowledge I needed
right now greate video ;-)
I am not an expert welder, but something I have found is that moving from left to right, and "pulling away" with the electrode or MIG gun, is how you do a proper looking weld. "Pushing" has never felt natural. My feeling is, as long as your electrode or MIG gun are not angled too far over, and if you maintain the correct arc length, a "pulling" motion does just fine. Strangely in MIG welding, they say you MUST "push" your wire to "maintain shielding" gas. In this video, the author is doing a "pulling" motion with the electrode, and the weld beads are beautiful.
Thanks for sharing all your knowledge, I learn a huge load of things from your video's! I just melted my first beads this week and I see a lot of progression after a couple of days and a lot of your tips and tricks. I learned myself to push the pool back in at the end of the bead and that works very well. They finally start to look good ;) Again thank you so much for sharing this,... keep them coming!! ;)
Great video, been a mig welder all my life, been tackling tig the last 2 years but really need to work on my Stick. Always seem to have a problem with getting the arc started.
Great video. We don't get the welding sticks in Australia with the numbers you mention.
6013 rods, in 3.2 , what every farmer here in Europe seems to use!
And if you look in any farmers shed in Ireland or the UK, chances are there is an old oil cooled Pickhill Bantam welder sitting there, still humming away after 30 years.
Thanks Jody,with your great vídeos I'm always learning!!
Really like that pinky/thumb method for steadiness
Stick and Tig welding, requires excellent hand/eye coordination, good stuff!
Great info! i can fully relate , because the explanation and visuals are spot on. This has really helped me. Many thanks
Very helpful video, thank you
Thank you very much sir!
Just like all of your videos! Great educational tool!🙏🏼👍
Just beautiful job. Thanks for the tips.
Stick welded with mostly 7014 rod for the better part of 10 years, very nice rod, do just about anything with it. Uphill, downhill, sideways, overhead. Love it.
Just about any other rod after that seems messed up.
Thanks Jody! Something about a well done stick weld is pleasing to the eye. I've made some stick welds that didn't look great but they held up fine. I imagine a little well placed weld goes a long way.
Just took up hobby welding, and I love your pinky/thumb technique! It'll be the first thing I'll try when I get to weld next time!
Thank you sir for a great video, the basic concepts are always great.
Great video, really nice arc shots!! Great tips, Jody!
Well! That was really concise and informative! I'm doing some general review, finally getting electricity and organization into a small welding area. This is really helping. People think that welding is some kind of trick, like learning to juggle- they're just seeing the hand skill part. It's really important to be able to look critically at what you just did, and think of what you want to change! This part is hard for beginners.
Excelent job and teaching. Thanks guy. GBU.
Thanks Very much, I always learn something from ur videos
Thanks! Appreciate the free lesson!
I am the only one of my friends that like 7014, I think it starts and flows easier and it has a high strength.
Love 7014. Beautiful looking welds, easy slag removal, the flux makes for easy starts. In addition to all that, it doesn’t need to be oven kept.
@MagicStick negative, different electrodes have different tensile structures ie 7014 70kpsi and 6013 60kpsi
The weld metal from a 70 series rod has a nominal tensile strength in the 70,000 psi range vs the 60,000 range for a 60 series rod. That being said, the actual weld is going to be no stronger than the base metal that you're welding. If you're welding two steel plates together that have a tensile strength of 48,000 psi, it really doesn't matter if you use 6013 or 7018 or even 11018, the finished product is only as strong as the base metal.
🖒those are some really nice clear arc shots brother
muchas gracias por sus vídeos eres de los más calificados que he conocido .
thank you sir from philippines godblss
great work
Awesome, Glad to see another stick vid
esse cordão ficou bonito!!! parabéns e muito obrigado por compartilhar seu proficionalismo conosco...
Always good to practice, I just had to use 6011 rods other day, haven't used stick welder in about a year, I burned about 15 rods practicing on scrap before doing the actual work!! Great video as usual, God bless.
Jody, perhaps a 'how to' vid would be good for those times when you get slag inclusions/LOF/LOP... I know it seems pretty obvious but would be interesting...
Perhaps even some cut and etch to show how bad a bad weld can be when you start out and to help people understand why you should not weld over worm holes or slag inclusions... It's obvious to us that have been doing a bit but may be very helpful... Also, how about tying in some thin wall tubing welding for home fab/general fab for those without TIG/mig .... It's much harder with stick but is possible 😊
I remember when I used 6013 and 7014 with my powerarc welder. I couldn't believe how different they were to weld with.
Yeah,that pinkey-thumb thing you were showing,guess I've been using it so long I didn't even realize it...caught myself doing this the other day and if I hadn't watched this would not have known I was even using it,had a pretty good laugh,but also a pretty good thing to keep in your toolbox!
Very nice welding indeed mate. Thank you for sharing. Cheers. 🦘🇦🇺
Best straight forward educational video!
6013s seem to get a lot of hate but I don't know if that's through a lack of the variety in the US. Here in the UK we have some really great quality rods, particularly the Bohler and INE.
Another great video Jody. All your content is relevant and fits in right and tight. Thank you for a real welding example again, Jim Tree
I hear a lot of people that are struggling with downhill 6013. Took me a while to master myself. Maybe do a video on this sometime? Love your videos Jody!!!
Should be welded uphill. If you want to weld downhill youre better off with 6010/6011, 7010 etc
@@kf8575 6013 can be welded downhill perfectly. Depends on the application and it does depend on which rod. But for example an Oerlikon Overcord will do the job neatly.
I want to go back into welding I miss it alot.
I try to always have the stinger cable over my shoulder so the weight of the cable does not put force on the stinger. I prefer 6011 because of the rusty stuff I weld. I tell my customers, "I do not stand behind my welds, I stand under them."
try using a pipe stand to hang your lead or get a smaller weld cable for your stinger.
Sherman Young is correct regarding wrapping weld lead over your shoulder(s), all it takes is one time for things to go sideways.
as for being fired it won't get you that here but safety will make sure you get it right.
Take the weight of it in your free hand?
Wish I could weld like this